that sounds amazing ;_;

i've become a sort of barbara comyns collector but at first i just wanted to read every one of her eleven novels. but there was no way to track them at libraries, and i only found one of her books at a local used books sale. i bought all of her other novels which i've read (some i'm still yet to find) and i bought them either new or used- but always from international sellers ;_; she's worth it to me, but i can't help envying those who're able to just request any of her novels at a library. or walk into a used books store and simply find one of her novels on the shelf.

interlibrary loans are AMAZING.

That's what we have out here. Regional libraries. We also have a return system that's regional based between library systems, so if we had to, we can return books in other cities and they'll make their way back.

I wouldn't mind having a top secret archive with classified documents and stuff >w>

I blame Danganronpa

I have a top secret archive at home. Granted, most of it was written by an eight-year-old who once wanted to grow up to be the new James Bond. Might have a few Donald Duck comics mixed in for good measure.

That's awesome xD I'd love to read some old Disney comics.

You're never too old for Disney, right? ^^

right!

i have a couple of Richmal Crompton's 'William' books and badly want to get more, but they're out of print :((

Supposedly our state has a thing where you can borrow book from the state library and they will mail them to you, but I have never tried it. I should look more into it.

I am surprised how many books I used to love are surprisingly hard to find now.

libray loans are amazing<3 i would put like 10-25 books on hold using both the local stock and the surrounding libraries then when all of the books were in i would pick up the whole lot then spend the next couple weeks returning them a few at a time, it would also give me a reason to peruse the daily recommendations and pick up one or two of those since i was already there dropping off read books<3 sadly now it is over an hour away and because november to febuary is my work season(almost all of the years work is at this time) i haven't been to the library since november v_____v on the plus side when i am well enough to drive again it will be the off season and i can totally go check out a few<3<3

*pops in*
o_o Books...are...
...books. e_e

does merskelly need aggressive convincing? i'm more than ok with making you read like 30 field manuals all the bad pun pocket books you can stand >D

Some books have changed over the years too
Like Nancy Drew was originally a badass flapper, but the stories were rewritten in the 50s to make her more passive
Trixie Belden, while the stories generally remain consistent between editions, details change.

Stand? /:D What fool reads books standing?
The only proper way to read field manuals is, where else? A field. >X}
As for bad pun pocket books, you best read those aloud when locked in a room with someone. >xD

Were the stories really rewritten, or did they just change the main author? Now I want to dig through my old Nancy Drew paperbacks...

or in a comfy armchair while contemplating going to visit a field eventually some day...later