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Moostache

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2. My collection is 45 years + in the making...

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:00 PM

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I have mismatched shelves ( on purpose because they are the ones I have built alongside the collection itself)...

We live in an era of make believe and performative nonsense. It is everywhere and it's just sad.

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Books by the foot?!?!?! Are you kidding me?!?!? [View all] Coventina Friday OP

But if you pick books yourself just based on what you like to read, the sizes and colors won't match... RockRaven Friday #1

My collection is 45 years + in the making... Moostache Friday #2

I think we have 17 bookcases. Fifteen to twenty years ago rsdsharp Friday #3

We're a culture of rampant anti-intellectualism. Rizen Friday #4

Nothing new. Lars39 Friday #5

Some people don't even bother using real books. LudwigPastorius Saturday #6

Books by the foot describes only a small part of my personal library. Aristus Saturday #7

No not most people. Figarosmom Saturday #8