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Lirael · 11-15-2009, 10:09 AM

I used to wax romantic over the smell of old books - honestly, I loved it - and then the library where I work got a donation of dozens of crumbling, bug-infested, nasty old books that I had to go through. Sort of killed the magic of book-smell for me.

11-15-2009, 10:09 AM	#38
Lirael Moomin Posts: 137 Karma: 202147 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Sony PRS-350	I used to wax romantic over the smell of old books - honestly, I loved it - and then the library where I work got a donation of dozens of crumbling, bug-infested, nasty old books that I had to go through. Sort of killed the magic of book-smell for me.