#paperback books

[godzilla-reads]

I am pretty meticulous about keeping my books in good condition, but there’s something about finding a beat up book with a cracked spine and maybe the dust cover is a little torn that makes me feel such love and care and appreciation. You were loved and I will continue to love you.

#godzilla reads #paperback books #hardcover books #booklr #bookworm #bookish #book blog #booklover #bibliophile

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

Born June 6, 1923—eternally prolific V.C. Andrews (d. 1986)

#reading #books #vintage paperbacks #paperback books #paperbacks from hell #vc andrews #flowers in the attic #gothic fiction #80s horror

[yourcoffeeguru]

The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings Boxed Book Set J.R.R. Tolkien || SWtradepost - ebay

#J.R.R. Tolkein #the hobbit #the lord of the rings #book set #the hobbit book set #collectible books #paperback books #collectible lord of the rings #swtradepost #ebay books

[macrolit]

The Glass Blowers Daphne Du Maurier

This is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

#daphne du maurier #the glass blowers #literature #classic lit #paperback books #rebecca #novel #book contest

[peaceandnature]

huge fan of the smell of those paperback books printed in the ‘80s and ‘90s with slightly brown pages. 💛💛

#the smell of books #books #readers #book smell #thoughts #book reading #smelling books #sniffing books #book sniffing #memory #good memories #reader #penguin paperback #paperbacks #paperback books #paperback #90s books #90s #1990s #1990s aesthetic #book obsessed #book readers #reading #best books #niche interests

[arconinternet]

Naked Came the Robot (Book, Barry B. Longyear, 1988)

You can borrow it digitally here.

#internet archive #book #books #scifi #sci fi #science fiction #cover art #book cover #book covers #robot #robots #obscure books #sci fi art #science fiction art #paperback #paperbacks #paperback books #1988 #1980s #80s

[444-shawty]

Just finished this book during a buddy read and ooowweeeeeee it was so damn good!!

#twisted #emily mcintire #twisted Emily mcintire #Booktok #bookstagram #booksta #paperback books #reading #annotating books

[ezuri6725]

I want to be covered in books

like

Paperback books

Just

Laying on the floor buried in a sea of them

that sounds so good rn

#ezuri speaks #walking around the manor for 30 minutes because I need to feel something #someone just get on top of me already /p #I need the crushing weight of another human being right now #or alternatively #paperback books

[cali-vintage-finds]

What the what?

Vintage Bram Stoker Dracula Paperback Book (avail: Cali Vintage Finds on Etsy)

#vintage #paperback books #dracula #darkacademia #whimsigoth #readingaesthetic #bookstagrammer

[sweetsavageflame]

This is one of my favorite Robert McGinnis romance covers he created for Johanna Lindsey. The original American title is A Gentle Feuding, but that Avon edition cut off the best part.

The Spanish-language version didn't, as we can see so cheekily.

sweetsavageflame.com

#coverart #romance #retro romance #vintage romance #historical romance #old school romance #romance covers #covers #book blog #review #bodice ripper #bodiceripper #books #bookstagram #my books #paperback books #romance books #booklr

[godzilla-reads]

I just got my copy of the Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition of TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea. I loveeeeee the edges and I desperately want to get the Under the Whispering Door one as well.

#godzilla reads #the house in the cerulean sea #tj klune #reading #B&N exclusive edition #pretty books #paperback books #booklr #bookworm #bookish #book blog #bibliophile

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

We made it! 👻🎃🕸🦇🕷😱🧛🏻‍♀️🔥💀🍂🧟‍♀️🔥☠️🩸

#halloween #horror fiction #ray bradbury #vintage paperbacks #horror #paperback books #horror art

[stone-cold-groove]

From Stone Cold Groove’s Compendium of Banned, Amoral or Dirty Books: You Asked for It - 1955.

#ian fleming #vintage illustration #pulp fiction #pulp art #book covers #paperback books #vintage paperbacks #books #vintage books #reading #literature #fiction #fictional stories

[nicked-it]

i should probably go on a book buying ban soon, all of these have been purchased in the last month.

#paperback books #paperbacks #fantasy books #book aesthetic

[detroitlib]

From our vertical files: Detail from advertisement for Perma-Bound Paperbacks (With durability "built-in")

#we challenge you #would you dare put an ordinary paperback through this test #would you #would you dare #paperback #paperbacks #book #books #paperback books #perma-bound #challenge #vintage #vintage advertising #detroit public library

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

I'm enjoying Percival Everett's "Erasure" (2001), and I'm glad I bought the paperback, instead of an e-book. Except

My main annoyance with the book so far is a print formatting decision to put all meta-fictional writing (I'm not sure if that's the correct term): newspaper articles the protagonist reads, story ideas, and story passages the protagonist has written, etc., in italics, instead of indented paragraphs, or some other way of setting them off from the main story.

I don't mind a line, or two, of italics. But because the protagonist is an author of literary novels, and a college professor, the stretches of italic print can go on for several paragraphs or pages at a time (in the middle of Chapter Two, he reads an academic paper at a literary conference that goes on for five pages straight). The typeface is already a point or two too small for me to read comfortably (yay, 60-year old eyes), and I'm reading by the light of a bedside task lamp. I'm getting back into the swing of reading off paper, and reading this font. But the long stretches of italics just tell me I'm out of the "main action" of the current narrative, and I skip over them, instead of giving myself a headache.

Of course, in the middle of writing the above paragraph, I remembered that italics were invented in the 16th century precisely because you can fit more words per page, so this was probably a cost-saving measure on the publisher's end (indenting the text for long passages would have meant a much thicker, more expensive, book.

Anyway, it's a good novel. And I recommend it. Even though it's not my favorite genre.

#“erasure” (2001 novel) #print books #reading #fonts and typefaces #paperback books