tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post4661752985101950410..comments2023-09-07T10:40:00.762+01:00Comments on Stranger Worlds: The Siren Call of the Secondhand BookshopEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-74192374432573234352014-09-13T15:21:33.234+01:002014-09-13T15:21:33.234+01:00Absolutely. Books just jump out at you. And they d...Absolutely. Books just jump out at you. And they definitely have a magic about them -- wondering who their previous owner was, feeling extremely smug about your finds!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-8131312339002165052014-09-11T02:57:27.797+01:002014-09-11T02:57:27.797+01:00I know exactly what you mean. I can just stand in ...I know exactly what you mean. I can just stand in a secondhand shop for hours just roaming around and when I finally think I've seen seen everything another cool thing pops up in front of me which starts the whole cycle over again.<br />I buy primarily most of my books and things from secondhand shops there is just this kind of magic in them that other places don't have.<br /><br />Carly @ <a href="http://carlybooksandetc.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Books and Etc.</a>Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522064884938295650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-85510706719159159162014-09-09T19:58:33.360+01:002014-09-09T19:58:33.360+01:00It's a serious problem, Lauren! I was initiall...It's a serious problem, Lauren! I was initially v. sceptical about Anna but the book blogging world is so obsessed ... and it was only £1!!! It's only short and light so even if I don't like it, it won't take me too long.<br /><br />Thanks for the tag! Gah I've still not done the last thing you've tagged me for .... but I *will* get round to it! :LEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-54729112401505905212014-09-09T19:56:31.274+01:002014-09-09T19:56:31.274+01:00Yikes I am seriously running out of space .... how...Yikes I am seriously running out of space .... however I'm eyeing up a bookshelf of my brother's that he really does not need (he is 32 and lives in Singapore, I mean he's never even lived in the house we live in because he'd left home before we moved, so *frankly* I think I get bookshelf priorities!!!). <br /><br />Haha I'm so excited to read it!!! I was very chuffed when I spied it ;)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-66921021198916982802014-09-09T19:51:24.434+01:002014-09-09T19:51:24.434+01:00They're just the best! I'm excited to read...They're just the best! I'm excited to read all my new books (though considering the length of my TBR list I'll be lucky to do so before I'm fifty!). I'm excited for the Dumas. I have a very gorgeous shiny copy of The Count of Montecristo that's waiting to be read ^_^<br /><br />Unfortunately I don't live in a town so I can't get anywhere without a car - !! But when I'm in town I loooove to wander the charity shops (thrift stores) and secondhand shops to find the books. I love your story -- that's one of the best things about buying books secondhand, which you can't get going to a firsthand shop: you wonder about the book's previous owner and the story behind the book. In the amazing shop in St Andrews that I mentioned in this post there are some really old books - my friend got one, can you believe it, with a dedication written inside from 1898!!!!! She also found one with a plate inside that had been presented as a school prize - and, here's the cool bit, it was to someone in her own school - in 1916.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-45300854593340641612014-09-09T19:42:08.288+01:002014-09-09T19:42:08.288+01:00Hawwa why the evil laughter I'm confused and (...Hawwa why the evil laughter I'm confused and (slightly) disturbed ...<br /><br />Haha thanks, ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS I'M EXCITED!!! Don't worry. We all make text talk faux pais sometimes. I have been known to liberally use the word lol in conversation. Sad but true. Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-22847858760767531562014-09-09T07:11:06.019+01:002014-09-09T07:11:06.019+01:00I, too, "suffer" from this addiction. L...I, too, "suffer" from this addiction. Looks like you picked up some great titles! I'm torn on reading Anna and the French Kiss, but I probably will get it from the library one day.<br /><br />By the way, I've tagged you for the Book Life Tag! :) <br />Here are the details: http://never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-book-life-tag.htmlLauren Stoolfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777860030600932061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-58889651787131963122014-09-09T03:43:48.200+01:002014-09-09T03:43:48.200+01:00I totally understand this "problem"! I h...I totally understand this "problem"! I have it too, and my shelves are not thanking me for it. <br /><br />I'm SO impressed (and jealous...mostly jealous) that you found The Cuckoo's Calling second hand! I would have snapped that up so fast, haha.Sunny Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185336977090257875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-25727989880785370372014-09-07T21:54:49.047+01:002014-09-07T21:54:49.047+01:00I love secondhand bookshops! They are the best thi...I love secondhand bookshops! They are the best thing known to this planet. :) I've never read any of the books you listed but the first one, the children's story one, and Dumas looks very interested (I've always wanted to read Dumas' books but haven't had the chance yet, you will have to tell us how about it).<br /><br />Unfortunately our town is fresh out of secondhand bookshops. . . or any bookshops. :( But my friend and I were killing time one day and we walked into a thrift story. Guess what we found piled up in a corner and stuffed in trash bags? Books in amazing condition (Lots of them had a girl's name on the inside covers and judging from the titles, we liked to speculate that she was a homeschooler ;) ). I bought the first and second LOTR books, along with a hardcover Inkheart, a dollar each. And these books look like they've never been read. I was ecstatic. a.n.g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03667996517318905980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-81724255069624987392014-09-07T18:29:32.435+01:002014-09-07T18:29:32.435+01:00Muahaha I love this post title and ANNA AND THE FR...Muahaha I love this post title and ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS. Yes I was like you, the book snob, who reared its head, LIKE A HORSE [I am not a horse, just to clarfiy], but IT WAS GOOD. I mean, not perfect and amazing and fantastic like my favourite books but when you want something nice and simple and sweet then TOTES STEPHANIE PERKINS.<br />Did I reALLY just say 'totes'. *slaps self*hawwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829730878026235945noreply@blogger.com