never thought I'd experience walking into a bookstore and leaving because I couldn't read.

『全部買う気なの?』

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Holy heck; can’t believe I found this for only $5.50 at bookoff!!

© Paolo Dala

Japan 2023 Trip BOOKOFF Find

One the joys of traveling in Japan is going to BOOKOFF and finding a secondhand stuff that's like 50% or more off its Suggested Retail Price... For my recent Japan trip, it's the Nike Concepts X Airmax 1 'Mellow'. These kicks are just so beautiful!

My Japan Village fig haul:

Book Off Anime, Manga from Japan, PS3, Wii, Super Nintendo, Gundam, Supe...

・ ・ ナニか読み応えある安いモノ探しに来て1時間。 「あっ、懐かしいなあ。」と目に入る赤。 そういえば、高一の時に某大学のモノを無理矢理やらされたなあ。 高二の夏には諦めたけどねw ・ #本 #book #ブックオフ #BOOKOFF ・ #赤本 #akahon #教学社 #kyogakusha ・ #東京 #tokyo #日本 #nippon ・ #instabook #bookstagram #instagood #instapic (ブックオフ（bookoff）) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeswckUpqk8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Currently reading: ビブリア古書堂の事件手帳 1

The weather is currently only blessing us with cold spring showers but my new Japanese book series is keeping me good company: ビブリア古書堂の事件手帳 is a light novel series in which each chapter revolves around the secrets that second hand books can reveal about the people that own them.

I've now read the introduction and the first chapter, both of which deal with how our narrator Daisuke and the clever bookstore owner Shiori met for the first time. I liked the way Daisuke's own mystery is structured and how everything mentioned, even casually, eventually leads back to the mystery of his late grandmother's book collection.

The antique bookstore setting seems to be exactly what I'm craving these days, haha. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this first volume of the series!

Happy Beltaine 2023 Today, 1st May, is the Pagan festival of Beltaine or Beltane, traditionally celebrated in Northern Europe, esp Scotland and Ireland, to encourage the cultivation of bountiful harvests. To celebrate I have made book Fires of Beltaine available as a free download on Kindle, until midnight PST. "A world in nuclear turmoil. A young man flees London for the forgotten Scottish island of Invermore. But when he encounters the barbaric fishlike natives, he realises he has replaced one hell with another. The media are scaremongering again, screaming “nuclear annihilation” – the Russian-Ukranian war, threatening to plunge the world into Armageddon. Michael Mann, a young Londoner, flees the media circus, for the quieter climbs of Aberdeen on Scotland's northeast coast. While visiting the local pub, Mann meets grizzled seaman Frank McTavish, who tells him about Beltaine, a spectacular Gaelic festival, to be held by the islanders of Invermore two days hence. Instantly Mann's head is filled with visions of scantily clad beauties throwing themselves around roaring bonfires, to the rhythm of hypnotic drumbeats. The next day he is ferried to the island of Invermore by independent ferry-master Ron Buchanan. On arriving at the quiet harbour, Mann's initial enthusiasm is somewhat doused when he sees the town's dereliction. However, when he meets the crude fishlike natives the crumbling town becomes the least of his worries. He realises the Invermorian's do not see him as a tourist, but as a sacrificial lamb, who they must offer to their pagan gods for the granting of prosperity. Alone and trapped Mann must plot his escape or be barbecued on a bonfire." #beltane #beltaine #beltane2023 #beltaine2023 #firesofbeltaine #bookoffer #freekindlebook #kindle #suspense #supernatural #paganism mayday #beltainefestival #beltaneblessings #beltanefirefestival (at Manchester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrsxOu8sza-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

RI! have you seen the new kurona nuili?

YES WHAT A GUY!!! HE IS SO LITTLE I LOVE HIM i love the pink they used and his lil teeth is so cute, baby

Also found this sick Eva print for $5 at Bookoff the other day:

I know I spend a lot of money at ax but I spend less every year because the new cool & popular shows are stupid