thewayileftyoureading

[thewayileftyoureading]

𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔶 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶

[thewayileftyoureading]

home library so I never have to leave the house 📚

[thewayileftyoureading]

𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔲𝔫𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱

[thewayileftyoureading]

𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

[thewayileftyoureading]

[thewayileftyoureading]

[thewayileftyoureading]

𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰...

[thewayileftyoureading]

obsessed with mass market paperbacks. their pleasing rectangular proportions. how they fit badly in a hoodie pocket so you can drag them around everywhere with you like a temporary little buddy. the way they fit in your hand because they're MADE for human hands and not as bookshelf decoration. the way the pages feel when you riffle them gently with your thumb. How pristine and crisp they look when you get them and how creased and folded they look when you're done, even if you try to be nice to them. how that wear is okay, how that's correct actually, because they're made with the philosophy that books aren't meant to be PRETTY, they're meant to be read. that little ripple new ones get on the left side from where you hold them when you're reading, the way the ripple only goes as far as you've read, because u change stories by reading as they are changing you. how you can find thousands of these creased and folded and loved little dudes in every thrift store and used book shop and neighborhood library and you can instantly see the ones that someone carried around in a backpack for weeks or read to pieces or gave up on halfway through because they wear being read like fresh snow wears footprints. I love these poorly made, subpar little rectangles so much. truly the people's books.

[thewayileftyoureading]

Jimbocho Booktown in Tokyo!

[thewayileftyoureading]

inspired by this post

[thewayileftyoureading]

Books I’ve read since starting T, 2024

Oil on canvas

24 x 18 in.

[thewayileftyoureading]

There is something so intriguing, so fascinating about library cards, the ones that are kept inside the books, with the list of people who issued it and the return dates. Like yes, show me who read you before me and let my mind imagine unrealistic scenarios for them.

[thewayileftyoureading]

Beautiful vintage book spines

[thewayileftyoureading]

join our bookclub!

We're currently reading two books!

Our book for the month of April is Perfume by Patrick Süskind! Every month we vote on a new book, proposed in the last week of the month.

Our book for the second quarter of the year (ending at the end of June) is The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon!

This is a self paced book club with discussions. Quarterly reads are optional, monthly reads are not (with flexibility depending on your date of joining). For more information, check out our pinned post!

[thewayileftyoureading]

[thewayileftyoureading]

𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤

[thewayileftyoureading]

𝔠𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔢 & 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪