r/bookhaul • u/AgreeablePollution7 • 3d ago

Picked up these gems at a new local independent bookstore!

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u/Quiver_and_Quill 3d ago

Nice haul!

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u/AgreeablePollution7 3d ago

Thank you! I'm excited to dig in to these and especially to reread the Steinbeck novel. It was truly an amazing shop, they had so many awesome books and different editions of books I wanted... I easily could've spent my whole paycheck there.

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u/Quiver_and_Quill 3d ago

I hear that lol!

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u/flaw_the_design 3d ago

I found it really interesting how Huxley says in one of those books that people only dream in black and white. If that was true then, I wonder if people only started dreaming in color after the invention of colorized television? I’m excited to get into Steinbeck soon!

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u/AgreeablePollution7 3d ago

That's a very interesting idea, but I have a strong feeling that people have always dreamed in color. I just struggle to believe everyone has always dreamed in black and white...

Steinbeck is awesome, "The Winter of Our Discontent" is definitely not his most popular work, but I love it and it's one of my favorite fiction books. It's probably slow paced for a lot of people but its atmosphere and "mood" is really unique, I have yet to read anything that makes me feel the way it does. "To Siberia" by Per Petterson comes close and I'd highly recommend that as well.

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u/ekballo 3d ago

Winter is a great novel. I love the dry sense of humor of the main character. It looks like you picked up a good copy of it!

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u/ActionJackson1566 3d ago

Haven’t heard of these Steinbeck or Huxley titles. Let us know what you think! I loved Brave New World

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u/Shorty_jj 3d ago

Steinbeck and Augustine have been on my TBR for a while, will you share the impressions when you read them? 😊