A long time ago while running a busy B&B I learn not to put in areas with guest access anything that is important or of value to me. Guests invariably do not respect them. That way you save lots of anguish and frustration,
I get a lot of avid readers as guests, who usually bring a book or two with them. I show them my bookcase, and have one shelf that contains books I’m happy to pass on, and tell guests they are free to read anything on my bookshelf, but only the ones in that specific shelf are free for the taking.
It’s worked out fine and guests have also left me lots of great books. Most “book people” have a lot of respect for not making off with something that someone else says they want to keep in their collection.
I have way more problems with loaning books to friends who never return them. Now I write down who I lent what book or movie to so I can retreive it.
I’m down from about 1200 books at peak to whatever I have now. I know it’s less but not sure how many less. I’d be happy to give away or let walk away many books. I’m in the process of rearranging and remodeling my Airbnb room and would like to take out a too large bookcase for the space and replace it with something else. But I always want to have a spot for at least a few books. My books have been commented upon a few times but none have disappeared. I only had area interest stuff like history of El Paso or some books about he west like McPhee’s Basin and Range or Abbey’s Desert Solitaire.
Books in a basket is something I’ve seen done and looks nice.
What!!! You place isn’t as adverised??? Refund! 
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We have high quality 2nd hand books, about 100, they are for sale or trade. My Mother hand picked/ supplied them and some are from her bookstore ownership years and have prices. Honor system 25c - 2$
“pay piggy”.
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Oooh! One of my favorite landscape books!
I first got to know his writing when the first part of “Coming Into The Country” was published in the New Yorker. He was guest on a statewide radio talk show on the 40th anniversary of its publication a few years back, and I was able to call in, but was unable to persuade him to write a geology book about Southeastern Alaska.
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