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fingertipsmp3 · 4 days ago

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The problem with cash is I literally convince myself that no one can see me spending it and therefore it’s not real money and can’t get me. And then I spend £48 on books

#my grandma gives me cash every time i see her and i always forget to deposit it until i’m carrying over 200 in cash like some child emperor #who is begging to be robbed #the thing is instead of depositing it i make these stupid financial decisions #anyway does anyone want my book haul in text form??? okay so #first i hit up a secondhand book shop and honestly i could’ve spent all day in there and bought everything but i tried to be realistic about #what i was actually going to read sometime soon #so i bought revival by stephen king; the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera (i just keep hearing good things about this book #and i’m curious and it was only £1.50)#then i bought two taylor jenkins reid books; after i do & maybe in another life #i just like her romances. i don’t care for contemporary romance generally but idk there’s just something about how she writes #i really liked one true loves and how Much was going on in that book. so i decided to get these two as well #then i walked into a new book shop and for whatever reason my inhibitions just left my body #it would’ve been better if i had gone buckwild like this in the secondhand shop but anyway #i bought a fucking special edition of dracula. what’s really crazy is it wasn’t even the cover that sold me #the typesetting is so lovely for some reason. i saw it and i was like okay the next time i read dracula; it needs to be from this book #then i got rouge by mona awad because i loved bunny; it was so delightfully bizarre #and i dithered a bit but i bought orbital by samantha harvey #i am just so curious about how it beat james for the booker prize… i’ve gotta know why #i mean maybe i just have the blinders on when it comes to percival everett in that i think everything he writes should win an award #like maybe it’s just me #the owner gave me a free magazine and wrapped my books really nicely 🥹 i must cry #i feel like the trip was a success. i love independent bookshops. my wallet doesn’t though #personal

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