Advice?

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Okay, I think the most complicated craft I've ever done is make bracelets, or making a stuffed heart in the fourth grade. I've pretty much forgotten how to sew, but I REALLY am interested in crafts and want to get into it.

Blah blah blah, to the POINT, right? Anyways, I have about 2 hundred books my mother left in my garage about a half year ago and me. I got rid of some of them, but alot of them were too beyond repair to sell. So, I've got alot of them left and I thought I'd do something crafty with them. Some of these books are from the friggin' fifties. God, I'd love to save them but their so beyond repair.

So, I need ideas on what to do with them. I have children's books, educational books, a children's bible (hah, yup, I actually don't mind destorying a bible. -.- Don't hurt me...), some books with comics (like a Dilbert collection I'm lusting to do soemthing with), comedic books (Quotes from Deep Thoughts from SNL), even a "better sex" book! and then there's a golf book I want to especially do something with since Father's Day is coming up and my dad is a golfing freak and I NEVER know what to buy him...so I thought I'd do something with that.

PLEASE help. PLEASE please PLEASE please PLEASE.

[EDIT for clarity] I have both soft and hard back. I was looking more for what to do with the pages than the covers. MAjority of the covers are moth eaten, a bit holy, veeery worn. Some are 40+ years old and have been rotting away in a garage...but I might do a book purse. I already have that idea. Any other suggestiongs?