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jedi-bird · 5 months

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There are a few books that I read while growing up that influenced my desire to be a writer (I'll get there someday, I swear). One of those was the Green Rider by Kristen Britain. At the time, it was the exact fantasy book I needed and craved. Recently, I had the opportunity to order a special signed edition in honor of it's 25 year since publication. And of course it came today, in a very heavy rain storm.

Box was soaked all the way through, but thankfully the book was wrapped in plastic and in perfect condition. It might seem silly to buy a book I already own two copies of yet again (my original falling apart mass market paperback and a used library copy with heavy duty binding that I've switched to using for rereads), but I love collecting new versions of beloved books.

#birdy collects nerdy things #birdy's extensive book collection #signed editions from authors i like are one of my downfalls lol #but this one was important to me #and it was well below the threshold of worth it limit #i set up an price point in my head years ago that I'm not willing to go over #it's adjusted a bit over the years because of rising costs but it has a hard limit that i refuse to compromise on #recently a special edition of another beloved book came out #but it's over 400 dollars and i won't pay that much so i passed it up #my super fancy limited signed art books don't even cost that much #heck even the amount I've spent on signings and convention tickets for my comic don't total that #someday i hope to get all the fancy editions and favorite books together in one place

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