The cap is when your spouse reaches a hand out from a barely-survived avalanche of charming old Dickens books you *strongly intend* to read and asks if you really need a second set of them, which you have just found on eBay.
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My wife just learned there is a "wish list" service at our local book store with your on-line account. The woman behind the counter let her know I had been using it for years. Oppsieee.
aug 28, 2025, 4:56 pm • 1 0 • view
If anyone is buried under my collection
aug 28, 2025, 2:43 pm • 2 0 • view
Ooh, which eBay seller did you find that will still ship here from England or the Continent?
aug 28, 2025, 5:35 pm • 0 0 • view
I keep trying to explain to my wife that her book collection is an earthquake hazard and we should move it out of the bedroom. So far I've made no progress.
aug 28, 2025, 3:27 pm • 3 0 • view
Of course you need a second set! Your first set was just damaged in a book avalanche.
aug 28, 2025, 2:45 pm • 17 0 • view
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Well of course. One set for reading, the other set for preserving. #BookLife
aug 28, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
I love this tweet & it now means in the next hour or so I am going to order more books!! 😱
aug 28, 2025, 3:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Ugh, my best friend's dad hoards books, he has far FAR more than he has hours left on this Earth, and I've never seen him read physical media.
aug 28, 2025, 10:47 pm • 0 0 • view