Rec | BORROWING LIBRARY BOOKS

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Benefits: - free - can try new genres without financial burden - nostalgic old book smell - short time span with book, forces me to read efficiently haven’t been a book borrower in years, forgot how great and exciting a trip to the library can be. many older books that you wouldn’t find in mainstream book shops. my uni has a whole floor dedicated to translated fiction- french, german, chinese, russian…- so exciting to browse and pick something other than a current best seller.

@laurenocal

Dec 29, 2024

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