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DJUNGELSKOG · 05-22-2025, 01:39 PM

Almost all of my purchases tend to be impulse purchases, and so are the most of my library loans.

Yesterday I went to a used bookstore to buy a copy of “His Dark Materials” for €12. I left the store €70 later with the book that I wanted, but also with a beautiful copy of Wuthering Heights (it’s really pretty!), a hardcover edition of Max Hasting’s Catastrophe (no longer available in my language in hardcover, woohoo!!) and a book about daily life in Ancient Greece (for absolutely no reason).

A week ago I went to the library with an intention to deliver the books that I have borrowed despite my commitment to focus on reading books that I already own. I left the library with a firefighter’s memoir, why would I bother finishing those dull fantasy books when I could learn about a daily life of a firefighter, right??

05-22-2025, 01:39 PM	#16
DJUNGELSKOG Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 438804 Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Belgium / Vlaanderen Device: Kobo Libra 2	Almost all of my purchases tend to be impulse purchases, and so are the most of my library loans. Yesterday I went to a used bookstore to buy a copy of “His Dark Materials” for €12. I left the store €70 later with the book that I wanted, but also with a beautiful copy of Wuthering Heights (it’s really pretty!), a hardcover edition of Max Hasting’s Catastrophe (no longer available in my language in hardcover, woohoo!!) and a book about daily life in Ancient Greece (for absolutely no reason). A week ago I went to the library with an intention to deliver the books that I have borrowed despite my commitment to focus on reading books that I already own. I left the library with a firefighter’s memoir, why would I bother finishing those dull fantasy books when I could learn about a daily life of a firefighter, right?? Last edited by DJUNGELSKOG; 05-22-2025 at 02:06 PM.