/lit/ - Literature

>go to thrift shop
>books are $1-2 each
>buy every single book I've ever heard of or books with a nice cover that have a good rating on goodreads
>go home and add it to my pile consisting of hundreds of books I've never read

Is the millennium series any good btw? I bought the series because I saw them at every shop and usually in very nice condition
Honestly I think I have a problem but I've felt this before with other things that I can collect including rare plants but fortunately books are like $1-2 each instead of the $10-300 I was paying in the past for other shit

My justification is that at least in my case I'm buying them to read one day instead of people who may buy these books in order to sell them online
Recently got two 60's-70's locally published The Hobbit and The Silmarrilion editions for $1 each and I saw people selling the exact edition in a far worse condition for like $20-30, pretty scummy imo

>be pushy anon
>want to lend friend a book that I really love
>friend never reads it
>moves out and throws it away
Feels bad
Last time I'm ever recommending anything to anyone

I think I have childhood trauma

>>19047539
her

Well I'm trans (and attracted to men) but for me growing up I was kind of always rejected by people and seen as the weird kid and so I spent most of my lunch times in the library reading and most of my free time reading instead of playing sports and hanging out with friends

I like harry potter, I've read it multiple times I was a kid
I wish I had girl friends who liked literature :(

I only read 10 pages today...
Should have read 80 by this point :(

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>>18429466
Ouch :(

>>18410405
I'm a poorfag too and I own one that I built up from buying used books and books from charity shops but yeah, it sucks when there's that particular book you want and it costs more than $10 used :(