I have become an absolute sucker for special editions. I'm not willing to pay a humongous amount - I prefer to do book subscriptions where I get random special editions sent to me. Some of them are great books I wouldn't have read otherwise, and some of them are terrible, but the pain of buying a terrible book is eased by how pretty they are.
I just wrote about buying books for their looks albeit from the perspective of learning discernment when it comes to bringing books into my home. I never once thought of flipping books. The whole thing is fascinating!
I adore this one, and so much I didn't know! I too live in a poor thrifting zone and try to make up for it online. But hey, I am on the board of a co-op independent bookstore and we've been pushing Libro.fm for years. Bookshop for audio books. Ebooks are a problem though.
I have become an absolute sucker for special editions. I'm not willing to pay a humongous amount - I prefer to do book subscriptions where I get random special editions sent to me. Some of them are great books I wouldn't have read otherwise, and some of them are terrible, but the pain of buying a terrible book is eased by how pretty they are.
I just wrote about buying books for their looks albeit from the perspective of learning discernment when it comes to bringing books into my home. I never once thought of flipping books. The whole thing is fascinating!
I adore this one, and so much I didn't know! I too live in a poor thrifting zone and try to make up for it online. But hey, I am on the board of a co-op independent bookstore and we've been pushing Libro.fm for years. Bookshop for audio books. Ebooks are a problem though.
Always such a pleasure to read these highly informed, deeply intelligent posts.