The vintage feeling.

The air filled with old paper smell.

The beautiful editions.

I actually liked it lol. I think it's one of her better books. I hated the main girl and husband right away from beginning and saw them as villains. Poor kid.

It's not the article, it's what you wrote:

"Lovecraft had picked up on the ideas of a writer and a biologist, Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English."

There's a true and interesting statement trying to get out in your post though.

Yeah I second this. As someone from the US I see a bunch of 20 somethings reading print books in used bookstores Edit: Ah! Yes you are indeed correct and isn’t it sad

Supporting a local business while stepping back in time while also feeling cozy what’s not to like?

I mostly read older fantasy/sci-fi, classics, philosophy, and history, so used bookstores are much more likely to have a selection that interests me. I also prefer worn-in copies that I don't feel like I have to baby.

One of my favorites is finding an old mass-market fantasy classic for like, three dollars.

1. Books are great, so lots of books are awesome. Some new bookstores, like Barnes and Noble, are branching out into selling other things more. That might have positives for reading, like getting more kids interested in reading. But, it has negatives, like LESS BOOKS. Most used bookstores just sell books.
2. New books are expensive. As a poor college student, used bookstores were great for getting a collection of books. This conflicts a bit with my tendency toward a desire to have less stuff. Used bookstores help with that, too. They buy books, too. And, I use that money to buy more books.
3. The one I went to in Chattanooga was huge, with a great selection. That's where I started the collection. But, the design was kind of boring. The really cool ones are converted from something else, and seem to have had shelves added at random. Just PACKED with books. I used to go to one in Pennsylvania. A former residence. The first time I went there, I thought it was decent sized. Then, I discovered the second floor. It also had a kitchen where you could make tea. I think there were some snacks. If they sold anything, it was on an honor system. I think it was the second or third time I went there that I discovered the attic. They had places to sit and read. They held poetry readings there.
4. The place in Chattanooga was a chain, but most are not.
5. I prefer used books to new books, even ignoring the price. They give me a sense that someone has already enjoyed this book.

To some extent, it can veer into conspiracy theory stuff at times.

I wish I’d done this, I’m kind of a stickler for reading things all the way through in a shorter timeframe and I don’t think it’s meant to be enjoyed that way.

I'm sorry but it seems to work for me? I'm on the Android mobile app and it's working exactly like the example.

You want brainless action where two-fisted threat-snarling he-men get the drop on one another with laser pistols while spaceships whirl hopelessly to shrieking destruction in deathtrap gravity wells and the lone pneumatic schoolgirl love interest screams and turns her ankle running away from the lust-driven chief robot, you want somebody other than Asimov. Fortunately, there's plenty of it out there for you.

I fkn hate the whole manuscript vs. letter thing, because it doesn't allow the reader to figure it out. There are reasons why both wouldn't be true. If Jeremy was at fault, how tf did he walk away without a scratch after crashing the car into the tree? If Verity is at fault, what was her motivation for faking her disability? I could go on, but there are far too many holes for both sides, which doesn't make for a fun ending, just a convoluted one.

Because it's real and feels that way.

I've always been blessed by book and music algorithms, so I've managed to miss or be notified of things that are BS.

I've also just started noticing this very worrying trend of lack of quality+abuse is actually love in almost all romances, of any subgenre, so I avoid them like the plague now.

"The Bloody Nine" in "the blade itself". We finally meet him, or maybe he finally let's us see who he is. You have to be realistic about these things.

The smells, the notes found in the used books, or old bookmarks and dog earred corners. I love it all

Verity is the entire reason i stopped taking book recommendations from tik tok. The only time I didn’t have a grimace on my face was when I would put it down and ask myself why the fuck i was reading it lol. I felt like I was 13 again reading a sex crazed wattpad fanfic written by another 13 year old, but somehow worse??

I read this one in high school too soo good and weird

How? Everything was valid critique. It's not like she came for Hoover's family and dignity.

There’s a chapter in “A visit from the goon squad” where two friends go out swimming in a river and one watches the other drown that is some of the best writing I’ve ever personally read. Either that or the chapter in “The Wind-up bird chronicle” when the general tells the story of being caught by the enemy and tortured in the desert.

I already bought The Great Alone a while ago so I’m glad to see people saying it’s better

Thank you! I’m glad to hear this about The Great Alone because I already bought it!

That’s called title case, and this person used it for the title of their post. It’s fine.

"The Dragon and the Dog" in Rhythm of War by Sanderson.

Ehh I feel it’s the opposite. I think it’s the newest books that are the most hit or miss, the ones that have been through a few printings have survived for a reason.