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Used book haul (Part 1).

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every shitty book now is called something like a court of shit and fuck or something equally stupid. books used to be called frindle and we liked it. we liked it

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Every body hates me because my body is made up from mis matched corpse parts and i make scary noises.

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be a pervert about classic literature right fucking now

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nothing is more frustrating than when I’m leading a serious discussion about the importance of learning how to properly research folklore & cultural stories from reliable sources and someone pipes in like “why does it matter if it’s all made up anyway?”

yeah dude vampires are made up and the whole “vampires couldn’t see their reflections in antique mirrors because of the silver backing” is made up so you can combine those however you want for fun.

but you can’t say “the Victorians believed vampires couldn’t see themselves in mirrors because of the silver backing, which is why Dracula has no reflection,”

because the author of Dracula was a real man who never said that and the Victorians were real people of a real era and you can’t just make up things about real people because it’s important historically for us to understand what people believed about the world and why.

Making up facts about vampires is folklore & literature. Claiming random people in the past believed that, with no evidence, is just lying.

Am I making sense??

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It’s easy to forget JRR Tolkien was a fairly prolific academic translator with an interest in early medieval literature and philology. It’s so inspiring that he found time to write The Hobbit while fighting for his life over Beowulf.

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save me used book that costs $3... $3 used book save me

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its so embarrassing when i'm reading a pretentious book and someone says "what are you reading!" and i have to be like "um it's uh. fear and trembling? by kierkegaard? well yeah it's um. philosophy. no i'm not in school. just reading it. for fun i guess. ha ha.....yea" like god just shoot me now

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i love lil paperback books that can easily fit in ur purse. ur my guardian angel now

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it is a truth universally acknowledged that having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card

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just saw the picture of dorian gray and slaughterhouse five shelved under "best of booktok" at barnes and noble

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I can behave normally around books

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i have not stopped thinking about this goodreads review for a MOMENT since i read it. it pingpongs in my head at all times. yesterday i walked into the kitchen and i realized i hadn't washed the pot from the night before, and said coldly, "the work of a sad little man who needs to see the ocean." unreal. i know i am changed.

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we have GOT to abolish the paperback only being released a year later scheme brother i simply am not purchasing your $40 hardcover book

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Brattle Books, Boston

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Q: Which do you prefer: Fitzgerald and Hemingway? What is your favorite novel from each of them? Here are my thoughts.