Charis Reads

Sharing the books I read, what I think about them and pretty pictures. Personal Tumblr: charisreid.tumblr.com

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I came across this array of Terry Pratchett copies on a recent trip to Bath

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This post of mine is blowing up, so for anyone that investigates my page…. It gets cooler, here’s a picture of the bookshop I took that picture in! It’s v cool inside.

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

Dec 31, 2022 - Favourite Books of the Year

A short stack of my 5 🌟 reads

[english-idylls]

[philaathenaeum]

“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.”

― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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last weekend i fulfilled another bookish dream and went to Daunt Books - an Edwardian Bookshop in Marylebone, London

…and yes, i bought the iconic green tote

[mydarlingfoxx]

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚐—𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠—𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝.”

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White elephant exchange with my book club and folktale inspired stories around the tree

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My boyfriend heard me talk about a new Shakespeare Globe Theatre up north several months ago, back when it opened. From that alone, he decided to get me tickets to The Comedy of Errors as part of my Christmas present (“It was that or one of a logo with a knife”).

Little did he know, that at the start of December, I’d pick up If We Were Villians again, in need of a comfort read. I started talking to him about Shakespeare (he got paranoid that somehow I knew what he got me). Unbeknownst to him, the weekend before Christmas, inspired by IWWV, I picked up some Shakespeare books, I didn’t even tell him about it… and started reading a The Comedy Of Errors for the first time.

You can imagine my utter bewilderment when I saw the tickets, total confusion 🤣 When he didn’t understand the weirdness, I went to my book stack and showed him the copy, fresh bookmark in place.

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Please allow me to show you how fucking incredibly my boyfriend did with my Christmas presents!!!! (Other present in another post) Holy fuck!!!!

If you follow me, you might have seen me lusting over Folio Society special edition books a couple weeks back. My boyfriend does not know my tumblr. I did not tell him about that store. He knew I liked Philip K Dick, found out that UBIK was a popular book of his and bought this incredibly beautiful copy, with 0 idea that I had seen it and lusted after it before. When I opened it, I was so bewildered that I was like, how did you know???? Do you know my tumblr?? Can you read my mind???? Or see my search history 🤣

It’s gorgeous, I’ve only just started reading it, so please no spoilers! If you have a book fan in your life and cash to spare, highly recommend getting them a folio society book! I can’t stop looking at it!!!!

[goldenbeardedsage]

Went to a bookstore for the first time in 10000000 years and saw so many books! Unfortunately ended up buying only one (The Atlas Six) which I saw advertised here on tumblr. So excited to read something other than my school readings amsfkgkdkeks (cries in prospective english major)

[books-and-cookies]

people are already finishing books this year, or have finished several

meanwhile i’m here jumping in between the 4 books i’m currently reading, not giving a fuck

love this for me 😌

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[charisreads]

#Fairy Tale by Stephen King #I’m really really really enjoying it #I can already tell that I’ll reread it

[va-draws]

A moment of light during the siege

[silly-jellyghoty]

It really does feel like that

[metamorphesque]

― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

[verademialove]

"Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies."

- Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile

[grainelevator]

“Books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“E-books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Audiobooks are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Video games are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Subscriptions to magazines/newspapers are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

For real, get a library card for your local public library and you will have almost unlimited access to all kinds of media for free. Libraries also often have many different kinds of classes you can take, often for free or very cheap. Oh, and don’t forget the computers and internet access you can also use for free.

In conclusion, yet a library card.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!

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Don’t forget movies, internet, zoo tickets, etc. we also have fun kits for old people.

[headspace-hotel]

At my library you can even check out musical instruments.

[bitchesgetriches]

The Library Is a Magical Place and You Should Fucking Go There