#paperback book

[paperbackpurgatory]

Jovial Bob Stine's 101 Silly Monster Jokes (1986)

Are you prepared for a frightfully good time?

[spacenoirdetective]

Jon Sullivan, cover art for "Ship of Fools" by Dave Stone, 1997

If E.T. and Johnny 5 had an unholy child together.

[jruthphipps]

I hereby confirm that you can fit at least two paperback books into a @mayakern skirt pocket.

[thatpollguy]

Did you read from a physical book today (not a digital or audio book)?

Yes

No

I can't remember

Voting ended onJan 13

[mannyblacque]

Novelizations of the X Trilogy. This is real.

via Rue Morgue

"All three will sport retro covers and were written by four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Tim Waggoner, with X set to be published September 24, PEARL following November 19 and MAXXXINE scheduled to arrive in early 2025."

[grand-zammy]

Holidays 07/30

International Day of Friendship

National Cheesecake Day

National Support Public Education Day*

National Whistleblower Day

Paperback Book Day

Share a Hug Day

[californiababylon]

Con Girl by Anonymous. Midwood Books 143. 1962. Cover art uncredited

[obsidian-sphere]

Beam Ends by Errol Flynn, paperback published in the early 50s.

Original published in 1937 it tells the story of how in 1930, Erroll Flynn and three friends decide to cruise the north Australian coast on their 44- foot yacht Sirocco. Departing from Sydney, they intend to explore the Great Barrier Reef up until Drake's passage, before crossing the sea strait to New Guinea.