I generally get most of my books from second hand book stores. I love those shelves of used books and the stuff you can find on them. Most of my favourite writers are now out of print or hard to find. I also admire old paperbacks and do buy books for their covers, even if I never read them afterwards. Given a choice most of the older editions look much better than their modern counterparts. And even if I can’t find a great looking old paperback and opt for current versions of a book, well, then it’s still a good bit cheaper to purchase those than to go for the full priced ones.
And every once in a while I also come across some madcap inscriptions like this one:
I got a good chuckle out of this when I started reading the book on a plane. It’s ironic that this was found in a novel dedicated to living your life randomly and experiencing the thrill of life by making often subversive decisions.
Good for you, unknown reader!
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