I love a hardback
They're a cunt to read in bed, though.

I'm vain enough that I care about how they look on the shelf. Appalling, really.
( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:31, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I hate hardback books
one of my mates insisted I read some Peter F Hamilton stuff but the books were the most stupidly large things that I put it off for at least 6 months, and constantly cursed them the whole time I was reading.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:32, Reply)

i hate it when you get into a series
and the newest editions are only available in hardback so they don't match your earlier paperback ones.

it is almost worth going on holiday just so that you can buy the paperbacks at the airport.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:38, Reply)

I don't buy new books
and only get hardbacks if I have no choice
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:39, Reply)

Whereas I will order off Amazon
specifically because I can reliably get hardback copies of older books.
( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:42, Reply)

oh god i love buying books
i am banned from going near a bookshop if out with friends/boyfriends because they know they can't get me out again. i esp love second hand bookshops, the really old jumbled kind, where you could find absolutely anything stashed next to something else, and where you can get loads of books for £100 instead of about 7.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:43, Reply)

I love it too
that's why I can only buy secondhand. I'd be bankrupt otherwise.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:46, Reply)

i really want to go to baggins book bazaar
allegedly the biggest second hand book shop in europe. it's in rochester, and it's a few cottages knocked together into a many roomed random wandering delight of a bookshop.

/drools

check this out! "Best place in Britain for a bookworm to burrow
It is a bookworm's paradise. More than half-a-million hardbacks and paperbacks line the shelves, covering every topic under the sun. You will probably never have seen so many books under one roof -- there are libraries that are ill-stocked compared with Baggins Book Bazaar in Rochester High Street ...

HALF A MILLION BOOKS? how can a crappy kindle compete with that?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:48, Reply)

there's a place called the Book Barn in Somerset
it's massive and is chock full of books.

When I have some money I'm going to go there and go crazy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:51, Reply)

You don't have to go to Rochester for one.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:54, Reply)

^this
also, the book barn place I was referring to has a million or more, and is on my way somewhere that isn't Rochester.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:56, Reply)

"There's millions," says Geoffrey, "All under one roof..."

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:01, Reply)

indeed
it's like Toys R Us, but less disappointing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:02, Reply)

"It's called Battersea Dogs' Home"

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:05, Reply)

shut up jeff

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:11, Reply)

rochester looks really pretty though
it would be a nice day out, roof down on the car, cheesy music pumping, nice walk, nice restaurant, nice book shopping... what's not to love?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:59, Reply)

haha, if you ever need a volunteer to go with you..

(berk, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:17, Reply)

It's a date.

( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:04, Reply)

I could easily fill another two bookcases with all the books I have stacked up around the house
I started going through them to fill some boxes for charity but It's hard to let go.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:50, Reply)

I can't let go of mine either
I know there are some important tomes missing as well, which irks me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:52, Reply)

ditto, i'm an absolute book nightmare
however shit the book, i simply can't get rid of it. i have: 3 bookshelves in the hall, 2 in my spare room, 1 in my lounge and 2 in my bedroom. and they are all full. then i have 4 more in the room at my dad's, plus a wardrobe full. if/when he sells the house i am going to have to cry a LOT or spring for storage.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:53, Reply)