/lit/ - Literature

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>be me finally getting to a book store after the pandemic
>haven't been in a decent book store in thirteen years
>decide to pick up a beautiful hardcover edition
>The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien illustrated by Alan Lee
>gorgeous book with it's own built-in book mark
>gorgeous pencil and watercolor illustrations
>high quality paper with a nice large readable font
>flip through the pages to make sure it's not damaged
>walk up to the cashier and pay fifty bucks with tip
>drive all the way back home two hours away
>put happy little book on shelf for two weeks
>last night decide to relax and crack open the book
>going to read the first chapter first time since I was a kid
>mfw I notice there are eight bent pages in my new book
I don't anons, but sometimes I feel like life is just fucking with me. I bought this book to replace an old damaged one. Had I fucking know it had bent pages I would never have paid for it. The whole reason I did not order this online from Amazon was that they damage every fucking book they ship to me.