Felt so poor after going to a book exhibition!
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@anya12adwi (10002)
India
December 23, 2024 10:27am CST
I went on the last day of the book fair! I wanted to buy so many books I found there! From Sylvia Plath to Prativa Ray, from Jane Austen to Ruskin Bond! I also could not cover each and every stalls! There were many photography books, and that too old ones!
One mistake I did was I bought a few of book from the first stall I went to!! We should have looked around all the stalls and then should have bought! Or, I should have gone to the fair on the first days rather than on the very last day!
I have also this guilt that I skipped buying books from Odisha Archive stall! I felt so poor seeing these buildings of books! Touching and feeling these books made me so sad that we do not have enough of libraries! And books are so expensive!!
They made me feel so powerless and poor!
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
27 Dec
@kareng I envy you! We have gotten reading rooms but not enough of libraries! But that library is occupied by the students and job aspirants!
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@marguicha (223910)
• Chile
23 Dec
I´m looking for someone to receive part of my books. Not Jane Austen though (I read it again once in a while).
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@marguicha (223910)
• Chile
24 Dec
@anya12adwi Almost all Jane Austen is free to read online. Check at Gutenberg project.
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
24 Dec
What books are those?? A mylotter asked me to read Jane Austen but it was pricier! 
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@snowy22315 (182527)
• United States
23 Dec
Ohh maybe you can get some online. Some libraries have a web presence. You could check
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
24 Dec
I cannot read online! I cannot just read anything online for more than 5-10 mins! @snowy22315
@allknowing (138095)
• India
24 Dec
I did not know you were such a voracious reader. I am just the opposite
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
24 Dec
I was when I was a teen! I had huge hunger and not fulfilled ever! Now I am trying to heal myself!
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@sathviksouvik (19712)
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24 Dec
I understand your feelings. Every year in Calcutta we have international book fair in jan. i can purchase few of the books but stare at the others which are also dear to me
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
24 Dec
Here in December! And how many libraries are there in Kolkata?? I have heard from one teacher you guys have very good collection of books!
@aureategloom (11033)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
23 Dec
i'm sorry about such experience. i also felt poor at book exhibitions and i never actually bought a book there. actually, i bought one kids book for my brother when he was little, because kids books were cheaper 
i buy them at bookshops and i also bought some used book but that are in well shape. you can try doing that too 
i buy them at bookshops and i also bought some used book but that are in well shape. you can try doing that too 2 people like this
@aureategloom (11033)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
23 Dec
@anya12adwi cheaper option and you can still read them. nothing bad about it
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@Dreamerby (6036)
• Calcutta, India
24 Dec
@aureategloom as long as you don't have dust allergy like me
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@much2say (56266)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Dec
It's all a gamble. If you don't grab the books you want sooner, they may not be there later. Sometimes the deals get better towards the end, but by then all the good ones may be gone. When I go to such book sales, I want to get SO MUCH but there is just no way. I don't have any more room at home anyway 
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@much2say (56266)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Dec
@anya12adwi Yah, for your arms it's like holding weights 
! It's hard to strategize these things. Do they hold these book exhibitions often?
! It's hard to strategize these things. Do they hold these book exhibitions often?1 person likes this
@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
27 Dec
@much2say Yes, atleast once a year!! I literally had shoulder cramp next day!
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
24 Dec
It is painstaking task to carry all the books you buy to home! I could not cover the rest stalls whole heartedly! I should have gone the very first day to kidnap all the good cheaper books I wanted to! 
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@Dreamerby (6036)
• Calcutta, India
24 Dec
I know this happens to all book-lovers! We are just flabbergasted by seeing so many books around that we are on the verge of losing our sanity
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@anya12adwi (10002)
• India
24 Dec
I felt like I am losing out on so many good books!
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