/lit/ - Literature

i'm too paranoid someone will call the cops on me. those are basically gentrification signals for people too uptight for street art. there's just something so kareny about a little library.

>>22128562
70% of my bookshelf is filled with books from these.
80% is junk in there but I find at least one book each time i visit mine here. maybe i am a bit lucky because mine is directly nearby the theatre of my town. a lot of classic literature in there.

>>22128562
I fill these with copies of Bronze Age Mindset and Thus Spake Zarathustra

>>22128562
I always take all books from these, literally free shit, doesn't matter if they are bad.

nothing says "we're rich, white, and raising the rent" like a free little library. no human being is illegal, love is love and black lives matter, btw.

>>22128567
>street art
it's called vandalism

>>22128567
Cops??? Nigga what do you mean. I've been perched outside people's houses prowling through their libraries with a headlamp on and they've only said hi
If they see some white dude pouring over books (I assume you're white) they will be disarmed.

>>22128571
Yea I frequent like 5 and it's really location dependent. There's one in a whole foods which always has super cool books, art pieces, films. I imagine it's because it's full of rich old people

>>22128576
Based. Once I found anti-islamic propaganda I'm one and I gave it to my mom. She laughed.

>>22128584
Yea I ain't arguing that, but honestly where I'm from it just means you can feel safe saying hello to a stranger.

>>22128586
not the high end stuff made by people with mfas from pratt. that's called infusing the neighborhood with a bohemian vibe.

>>22128577
You're a thrifty man, you'll survive the apocalypse

>>22128562
How do they stand up to the moisture in the air? Are they weatherproofed boxes?

>>22128562
>tfw no longer have a bike
fuck man. so comfy. i get a lot of them by walking, though. there's at least 1 on every block here.

sometimes it takes me a few months to get around to actually reading it, though. sometimes i also forget which box i took it from. i try to return it at least to the same general area though.

>>22128562
I found Mason & Dixon in one and exchanged it for a Stephen King book

>>22128725
Motherfucker

>>22128567
Bro I frequent like a dozen of these things and nobody even notices if you stop.

>>22128689
>there's at least 1 on every block here
West Philly? I've never seen that kind of density anywhere else

>>22128562
I found an old Italian edition of Dante in one of these in Boston, but usually there is nothing good in them.

>>22128752
West coast in a bouge zone. mainly white and asian

>>22128689
Go buy another bike bro lol. You can cop a good used one for like $100-200 bucks.

I've looked in probably like 30-40 of these things and have never one time found a book worth taking. I'm not exaggerating when I say that 100% of the books are either YA garbage or Joe Nesbo/John Grisham tier schlock.

>>22128562
>I haven't bought a book in months, just been taking books out of these. I just ride my bike around town and anytime I see one I stop for a chance at a good book.
>Mostly it's junk but you'll find classics there every now and then. Probably you'll find Shakespeare, any American author, maybe an art book or two.

Dude the best places to hunt these are upper middle class urban areas. Used to live in one, and had a route that would take me to 10+ of them. I have found numerous classics, antiques, and other nice things. onetime found an unopened bottle of whiskey in one.

pic rel are some of the better finds that i have made

>>22128567
lmao A+ b8

just wait until you discover real libraries

Im going to make one for my community, its gonna be made from bamboo because we live near big forests of those, so its pretty cheap and I like how it looks. Then i'll fill it with easy to read books so kids and the neighbors may get a taste of reading, can't put stuff like Nietzsche or Evola even if i like those a lot. The town is extremely catholic and it may be counter-productive . Probably will ask for help on /diy/ because i've never worked with bamboo before. Thanks for reading my blog and if you encounter one put some based book in it. It may change somebody's life

>>22128562
i used to walk by one of these every day while walking my dog. it disappeared after i took out all the books and chucked a doggy bag full of wet shit in it. dumped the books, didnt even look them.

>>22130682
>The town is extremely catholic
The perfect breeding ground for disillusioned catholics.