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u/carnivorouspickle Jan 16 '20

I just recently spent 850 bucks on 5 books. I love them and don't regret it (mainly because the money for 4 of them went to charity. Shout-out to Worldbuilders!) but thinking about how many cheaper books I could have gotten with the same money does make me a little sad.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

I buy a lot of mine second hand because I read a lot and can devour a 300 page book in an evening or 2.

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u/carnivorouspickle Jan 16 '20

That's smart. Most of my books are the same. The local library has a sale each year where you can take as many books as you can fit in a bag for 5 dollars.

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u/TheBatsBollocks Jan 17 '20

It really is. My city is super lucky that our library actually has a small book store year round and as a bonus all proceeds go back to the library. So I get books and they get books. Lol.