• % of people who sport this on a bookshelf compared to those that have read it - staggeringly low - Nohaptimus
  • this is quite a nice book... - svanes
  • another decent choice... - svanes
  • of course, i'm inclined to believe that this is an excellent read... - svanes
  • good book - lieblingx
  • This book is next on my list, once I'm done with McSweeney's Vol. 1! - Вера Надежда Любовь

The Fortress of Books (what is your favorite book?)

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Last week I walked into my favorite bookstore on Sawtelle and bought The Human Stain (from my favorite book store owners who I love to imagine fantastical things about). Sometimes when I read a book I just want to cry because its so good and it finds something inside you that feels so true and perfectly aligned.

When I was in high school, every year I would often find myself in the library. And I remember those hermetic moments where I was not inclined to socialize or or felt alienated, where I would hide in the library, as some of my most fufilled and happiest moments. And for some reason every year I would find myself moving into that space for at least a couple months, where I would go hide, and I miss that. Because it was often a place I was pushed into by circumstance but became my most memorable place and a place I remember the most after all these years.

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  1. fun house rear view mirrors 65 months ago | reply

    mmmmm, maybe Cien años de Soledad, by Garcia Marquez

  2. arcketipo 65 months ago | reply

    no puedo ver todos los nombres...pero muy buena foto..tratare de buscar mi libro....afinando la vista...Slds.

  3. Yanks4Life23519 64 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called All things indoors =), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  4. achuka 64 months ago | reply

    fabulous sp !
    :)

  5. conejoazul 64 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Show me your books, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  6. Ragnhild S 62 months ago | reply


    Great Photo! This photo was seen in All Things Indoors =)

  7. azen2 [deleted] 61 months ago | reply

    gooood i take this picture.

  8. adihrespati 59 months ago | reply

    I hope you don't mind that I put this picture on my blog. If you do, I'll take it out.

  9. Perpetually 59 months ago | reply

    where is your blog? can i see it?

  10. lomokev 57 months ago | reply

    shameless plug:

    this one:

  11. enso-on 50 months ago | reply

    Mmmm, books.

  12. Nora Q 48 months ago | reply

    I love this photo. May I have your permission to upload it to my website?

    www.newandgentlyreadbooks.com

    It expresses my sentiments exactly. So many books; so little time.

  13. SHINE «KWS» 47 months ago | reply

    Nicely Captured ..
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  14. thebuds1969 27 months ago | reply

    "In His Own Write" - John Lennon

  15. delovelyj 27 months ago | reply

    Your picture says
    bookworm all over it!

    Please add it to I love to read!

  16. cth825 21 months ago | reply

    "10" williams all the way!

  17. TO INSANITY ♔ AND BEYOND▲ 18 months ago | reply

    the harry potter on the far right, and then the dr seuss books =D

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