I'm Sleep

Transmasc joy of the day: putting a bookshelf together. Twice actually, the first time i did it wrong lol. But it got done and it looks GREAT if i do say so myself :)

PSA: TURN ON PREVENT THIRD PARTY SHARING!!!!!!!

I've just finished reading a book (Hell Followed With Us) with a queer trans guy protagonist, multiple queer and trans identities, and casual use of different neopronouns.

Looking at the tags, a lot of people are blessedly unaware of the Discourse, for posterity:

A bookshelf with mangas, comic books, "War and Peace" and so on.

"Why do you buy books when the library is right there?"

#public libraries are good because they let people access books they might never otherwise read#private book ownership is good because it's Yours#physical books are good because they last a long time and again it's Yours#ebooks are good because you can fit a whole library into the physical space of a single book and they're cheaper to produce#audiobooks are good because they're accessible to people with eyesight or visual reading issues and leave your hands free#in conclusion: all books are good and people should enjoy them however and whenever they can#(lest it be misunderstood I agree with you completely OP I just also really like books in general and it got away from me)

I will occasionally see people bashing The Evils of Consumerism re:books - I have seen people saying things like "Well, I know is a bad habit of buying new books-".

also in twenty years time you’ll realise that your fave childhood author is a) now dead and b) their books have been out of print for years and c) they were actually pretty obscure and d) because of the above they’re no longer in many libraries and you can’t find your most favourite one of theirs ANYWHERE.