/lit/ - Literature

>>13501341
I do, but my favourite local libraries all have volunteer-run bookstores and sell books for $1-$2 each. It's hard to resist just buying instead of borrowing, so I usually go that route. Also, I get free books from work all the time. But I have already placed 89 separate orders for books from amazon so far in 2019...so I can't say I don't spend too much on books.

>>13496356
At this point I've read about 70%. It used to be much higher, but I have library and thrift bookstores close to me now, so I can get interesting books for a dollar each almost any day (and my job gets me many free books). I accumulate about 10-20 books a week, on average.

>>11113426
This. The Annotated Lolita is a good buy, OP, and would give you more than just translation aid.

>>11031071
I usually prefer trade paperbacks. Hardcovers only when necessary, or for huge page counts (they take up too much shelf space and cost more), and I try to avoid mass-market as well (horribly cheap, harder to read). But in the end I'll buy it however I can if I really want it.

More from the library bookstores, $1 each.

>>10856063
So, the argument of morons like you who ask this stupid question is that knowing the title of a book you haven't read is somehow more useful information to help you decide to pick it up, buy it, or read it, than knowing who wrote it?

>>10841302
My local library bookstores are good to me. The stack with the Vonnegut on top is from this week, all $1 each.