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in_omnia
31 October 2010 @ 04:34 pm
a used book smörgåsbord
Apparently, working in a library---where I have access to just about any book I might want---doesn't leave me immune to the appeal of Half Price Books. Today's visit with Elessar netted three of Patricia Briggs' novels and a beautiful, imported boxed set of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker Trilogy. It's such a delicious treat to simply buy the books I want; I'm so much more likely to eye them with longing and then wait weeks to check them out. Silly, I know, as they're hardly a strain on my wallet or my waistline, but I ration my book purchases like the richest, rarest of dark chocolates.

...Oh, and since I'm here: Happy Halloween, all!
 
 
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[identity profile] mneme-metis.livejournal.com on November 2nd, 2010 01:46 am (UTC)
You know, I think that makes the books that you do purchase that much more special.
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[identity profile] in-omnia.livejournal.com on November 20th, 2010 12:54 am (UTC)
I think so too! ::nods emphatically::
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[identity profile] ludzu-alus.livejournal.com on November 3rd, 2010 05:08 am (UTC)
Do you think the imported ones read any different than the editions I can buy at work?
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[identity profile] in-omnia.livejournal.com on November 3rd, 2010 11:59 pm (UTC)
The punctuation is British, and I like the covers far more than any of the American ones I've seen. (So pretty! Slim, smooth trade paperbacks with clever little pictures. One has *tea* on the front! Bwahahaha!) But I haven't read them yet, so I can only rely on this guy's (http://www.amazon.com/Difference-between-two-kindle-editions/forum/Fx2JT5EEW8LJ0QH/Tx35KIH51OTNPYC/1/ref=cm_cd_et_md_pl?_encoding=UTF8&cdMsgNo=5&asin=0345391802&cdSort=oldest&cdMsgID=Mx1RG46KTZ01NK1#Mx1RG46KTZ01NK1) review regarding differences in content.
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