Consciously Building My Small Physical Library- Only Repeated Rereads

I'm a digital book reader. 

But not only a digital book lover. The new world wants us to be ALL one thing or another. We are more complex than that.

As a slight minimalist and someone who struggles with visual clutter, I don't currently desire a vast (even neatly done) physical library.

There are a few books that call to me. They demand that I pick them up and thumb through them often.

I have a slightly different opinion on rereading. TL;DR: reread ANY part of a work, and that IS rereading.

While yes, I do full rereads of several novels every single year- it's my favorite way to read ... to reread, but I also thumb through different novels on a daily basis. Most of those being my favorite novels.

It feels partially addictive... I am compelled to pick it up and page through what Bathsheba says when she first meets Farmer Gabriel Oak (a love of mine). 

I oftentimes likes to break my own heart repeatedly by reading what Anna Karenina does towards the very end of the novel. (I seek to avoid anything that even seems like a spoiler when I can).

Weekly, I need to page through something by Jane Austen. Right now, it's a slow full reread of Northanger Abbey. (I normally reread this one every Autumn).

Jane Eyre is another that I HAVE to pick up at this time of year. Just seeing Jane on her journey away from Thornfield in the dead of night... sleeping outside... I glance out at the Autumnal leaves and I am right there with her. 

Recent Additions to My Physical Library

Additions (all used) to my physical library

I have been spending time combining some of my life philosophies (consuming less + supporting charitable organizations) and I decided to only buy my physical books from Better World Books.

I loathe that I have to say this, but NOTHING I put here is ever sponsored by ANY company. EVER. 

I had a coupon for savings on used books and I grabbed myself 5 new additions to my library! All paperbacks and with the exception of the last two, all are being replaced after giving away the others to fellow readers who were anxious to get into classics. 

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
2. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 
3. Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
4. Soulstorm: Stories by Clarice Lispector
5. The Illustrated Dracula by Bram Stoker; Illustrated by Jae Lee

I am so excited for these titles. They will come over the course of the next 3-4 weeks. I don't mind.

I work on having a more analog way of looking at life (as I type on the internet :), and it's perfectly fine if it takes longer than 2 days for a book to arrive. 

Wishing you a great start to the Autumn season filled with pumpkin spiced candles, comfy pajamas, and plenty of time to sink down into a good novel. 

I'm off to read about 45 minutes of Proust and carry on with Dracula and Shirley.

Happy reading my slow living friends.