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A Pound of Paper
A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict | John Baxter
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The memoirs of a book collector are comprised of the author's whimsical recollections of his encounters with literary figures and trace his transformation from an Australian bush child to a Parisian penthouse occupant with a personal library worth millions. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Addicted 📚 #KClarkson

#VolumesAndVocals 🎶🌞🌈🌼

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs Perfect 😍 10mo
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TheEllieMo
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The tagged book (from which this quote comes) has the subtitle “Confessions of a book addict”...

#Collect #QuotsySept19 @TK-421

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OrangeMooseReads
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Yes, but it depends on my mood and my interest. I love a big book some times.
@SilversReviews #tuesdaytidbits

Amiable All the time! I love big books and I cannot lie! 😀 5y
SilversReviews Thanks for playing and re-posting. I stick to 350 or less. 😊 5y
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Jobe
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EXACTLY!! #booksaboutbooks #bookcollecting “Collecting a writer‘s work is a way of owning the artist you admire, and each step in the collection of a title takes you closer to the author.” John Baxter.

Aims42 Yep, that sums it perfectly!! 💗💗💗 5y
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Cinfhen
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28 books waiting for me...I‘ve got LOTS of reading to do 😉🤓where should I start???? Darn, a few got cut off.... #BookNerdProblems #BlameitonBookOutlet

Librariana I see sooo many good ones! I've read and enjoyed 6y
Jess7 I agree with @Librariana !! Eleanor 💙💙💙 6y
Suet624 I‘m with Eleanor Oliphant (edited) 6y
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Librariana I also see "The Immortalists" which I've also been pumped to get to! And isn't "An American Marriage" Oprah's current Book Club pick? 6y
Librariana Yay! @Jess7 @Suet624 😄😁👏👏👏 6y
2BR02B You have one more on the way! I've sent out One Day We'll Be Dead... and tracking says it'll arrive Tuesday. Hope you brought a big suitcase! 😅 6y
mrozzz 😍😍😍😍😍 6y
Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾🎉 6y
Tamra Which Crooked River? 6y
Christine11 So many books, so little time ! Hope you enjoy them all ! 😊 6y
Cathythoughts Definitely Eleanor.... would be my choice ❤️ 6y
AmyG Wow. How do you even decide what to read? ❤️ 6y
emilyhaldi 😆😆😆 how will you have any room to buy new ones?! 6y
GripLitGrl So many options i wouldn't know where to begin myself Wonderful bookish problem to have💞📚💞 6y
Redwritinghood Wow! Lots of good options there. Barbarian Days has been on my TBR for awhile so I‘d start there. 6y
LeahBergen 😂😂 6y
valeriegeary Crooked River obviously. 😋 But also I'd highly recommend The Immortalists. Just finished that one and loved it! 6y
BarbaraBB What a lovely problem! Did you bring some extra bags in case you‘re planning to buy some more as well 😂?! 6y
Kalalalatja Oooh, lucky you! 😍 6y
Cinfhen Hahahaha @valeriegeary 🙌🏻😍good call!!! And definitely looking forward ❣️❣️❣️ 6y
BarbaraBB I am starting An American Marriage tomorrow 😀 6y
TrishB What a lovely dilemma 😁 6y
Cinfhen Truth @TrishB 🙏🏻 6y
Bklover Oh fun!!!!‘ You should have some from me waiting there as well! ❤️ (edited) 6y
Cinfhen Yours are waiting for me in NY @Bklover 😉😘much to Niki‘s delight❣️❣️❣️ 6y
Cinfhen I‘ll be up in NY from March 8 - 13😍 @Bklover 6y
Bklover Oh good!! Have a great time!😘 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You have something else coming too!!! 🤗🤗 6y
Cinfhen Same @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks although I‘m waiting for a stop in NYC to add a little something/something 😘 6y
Reviewsbylola Yeah you better get reading so you don‘t have to get them all home!! 6y
Cinfhen I can‘t even recall why I ordered half of them @Reviewsbylola 😬🙄 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
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Used bookstore haul

annahenke ❤️📚84, Charing Cross Road Road 6y
OrangeMooseReads @annahenke I‘ve seen so many post about how good it is I couldn‘t pass it up for $5 6y
suvata @OrangeMooseReads Great price on a great book 6y
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readordierachel Excellent find! 6y
OrangeMooseReads @ReadOrDieRachel thanks. I could have picked up so many more lol 6y
britt_brooke 84, Charing Cross Road is sooo good. 6y
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mrsmarch
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I will not go shopping today. I will not go shopping today. I will not.....

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I try not to go book shopping during a bookswap #goespostal, in case I step on my match‘s toes. But there‘s something called Book Warehouse at the outlet mall in my husband‘s hometown... #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange

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LeahBergen
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As far as #subtitles go, this one is pretty great. 👍🏼 #AprilBookShowers
#BooksAboutBooks

Lacythebookworm 🙌😊 7y
Kalalalatja That subtitle could be a very accurate description of most posts on Litsy 😄👌 7y
kspenmoll 😍📚 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕💕💕 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 2! The confessions of another book addict! Sounds scandalous, doesn't it? Well, growing up in rural Australia, reading was a suspicious activity. Kind of helped JB when he penetrated the secret fraternity of runners, or book scouts. With the help of the legendary Martin Stone, he scoured junk shops, markets, auction houses, to acquire rare treasures. Now his Paris library is worth *echoes* $millions. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

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howsannie
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"Restoring a library book to collectable condition is like trying to return a Kentucky Fried Chicken to the state of health where it can lay an egg."

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