Why even have a bookshelf... - eviltoast
    • rmuk@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Did you know you can buy books with blank pages? You can even choose the severity of the discoloration and degree of mottling of the pages. Utter psychopaths.

      • XTL@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        Those are some of the best books. They can take a while to fill up, though.

        • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Not journals, staging books.

          I know someone who has beautiful 2 story bookshelves with a rolling ladder. The only real books I saw on their massive bookshelves? The hunger games and Harry Potter. So sad.

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            1 year ago

            Which is honestly hilarious and sad, because you can basically just spend a weekend going to estate sales and get a phenomenal amount of gorgeous old books for less than what they probably paid for those fake ones. I’ve picked up so many cool turn of the century science/engineering books that are sometimes hilariously outdated, but they cost like a dollar or two at most, the majority being like 10/$1, and at the very least look really nice on the shelves if that’s all you care about.