I can totally relate to your attraction for the « physicality » of the books and the history they carry with them. I will often pick up a book in this type of bookstore and just want to bring it home because of the look of it, the grain of its cover, the print, the smell :-) Mostly I’m reasonable enough to quickly thumb thru it and check if there’s remote chance I will read it or not, but sometimes they just come home as « objects », carrying their history, scribbled notes in the margins from previous owners, ….
I spy a few Bukowskis in that photo that pique my interest. That's my sort of bookshop - crowded, used, loved, affordable, and ideally timeless titles.
Confession time: I didn't think to take a picture when I was actually in the bookshop, so the above is, in fact, a photo I took yesterday of (some of) my own bookshelves when I realized I needed a pic for this post!
Love the fact that your bookshelf is being mistaken for a well stocked bookstore (best kind of compliment!), and also loved reading this!
Right? And thank you!
I can totally relate to your attraction for the « physicality » of the books and the history they carry with them. I will often pick up a book in this type of bookstore and just want to bring it home because of the look of it, the grain of its cover, the print, the smell :-) Mostly I’m reasonable enough to quickly thumb thru it and check if there’s remote chance I will read it or not, but sometimes they just come home as « objects », carrying their history, scribbled notes in the margins from previous owners, ….
Exactly this! You put it perfectly
I spy a few Bukowskis in that photo that pique my interest. That's my sort of bookshop - crowded, used, loved, affordable, and ideally timeless titles.
Confession time: I didn't think to take a picture when I was actually in the bookshop, so the above is, in fact, a photo I took yesterday of (some of) my own bookshelves when I realized I needed a pic for this post!