Marcia, first and foremost Welcome to the board. Secondly I would easily say that I have over 100 books as well, I have thought about getting rid of some of them but then I glance through and find something I wanted to make originally and that's why I keep them. With the new modern quilt movement what's old is new again, that being said you would probably regret getting rid of them. Another site you may want to check out is FaveQuilts.com they do take you to blogs but the instructions for the most part are good. BTW sorry for your loss, Good luck!