a little used book haul - my favorite local indie bookstore & more 

So cool to open a book store in the evening!! I love what you found and that you can buy records at the same time 😊

this is such a great haul! what a luck trip. that bookstore sounds so fun! i can just imagine how cozy and lovely a post-dinner bookstore trip would be 🤩😇

Enjoy your new books! As for the keeping of read books, what I do is I highlight and tab beautiful passages, and then once in a while I’ll open a read book and just go to the tabbed passages to relieve the feeling I had when I read those passages for the first time. I find that I don’t really have to reread the whole book again to get the whole feeling of the book. Of course sometimes I reread a whole book once in a while.

love how you locally source your books! 😭 and If On a Winter's Night a Traveller is in my personal literary canon list. was the first book that truly changed the way i saw the novel and what it could do. hope you enjoy it!

I’m seething with jealousy at this incredible haul. What finds!!! Pittsburgh has some amazing independent bookstores 😍

That vintage red spine - I’ve picked up books for such a reason. 😂

One of the best things about buying used books is getting to find all of the older (sometimes more interesting) covers. I hope you find a few new favourites among those you've chosen.

I love college neighborhoods and campuses. That bookstore sounds outstanding! Those Henry James' editions have great covers. I read If On a Winter's Night a Traveller back in college and I remember nothing except I liked it!

that bookstore sounds AMAZING (well-named 😅) also that calvino -- im intrigued! and you totalllllly have to read the quartet! i actually initially got the UK covers because i was so turned off by the US editions, and then hearing the intention behind it (and just generally adoring the series so much) im now on the hunt for the US prints. and kicking myself because ive encountered it countlessssss times in used book stores and little free libraries in the past but havent seen them much since 😭 this was such a fun video!

Nice haul! Turn of the Screw might be my favorite Henry James. Squirrel Hill is a great neighborhood. Next time I'm in Pittsburgh, I'll look for that bookstore!

Love Calvino's writing!

Great finds! Can’t wait for you to start the Neapolitan series. I just finished Story of a New Name and I’m having so much fun.

I’m so glad you found a copy of 84 Charing Cross Road, and that you want to keep it. 🎉 I love the story of that used bookstore. Great haul, Renee!

Oh, you're going to love Calvino! ;) Wish you a lot of joy with it :)

J'achète aussi mes livres en usagés. J'en donne beaucoup mais j'en garde énormément...Très belles couvertures des Henry James! J'adore...tout comme celle de Calvino! Bravo pour l'enthousiasme dans cette vidéo.

Hope you enjoy your new books. Best wishes.

yay!!! my fav. 😊

Great haul! Vintage books are the best! And I really enjoyed The Turn of the Screw. Happy reading!

Love your videos, Renee. Glad you were able to find most of the Quartet in such good condition at such a good price. You will love the series once you get into it.

What great finds!! How I wish my small town had a decent used book store. Esp the Henry James -- I clocked that Edward Gorey illustrated cover immediately! Great score!

Incredible finds!! I have been wanting to read If On a Winter's Night a Traveler for a long time. Maybe I'll pick it up tonight - you've inspired me!

I really enjoyed If on a Winter's Night.. It was my first Calvino and it really made me rush out to find more of his work. Very excited to see what you make of it.

My local Shakespeare company did a stage production of Turn of the Screw, very haunting and thought provoking, yes. Maisie was made into a film a few years ago, set in the modern day, I think Julianne Moore was the mom? Anyway, love your positive energy and curiosity, thanks for posting.

Like you, I get my books from the library mostly. But I do order from Thriftbooks. I am on an Anita Brookner binge! January seems like a good month for all that inward musing she does.

Thank you for your video. I had to chuckle with your experience with thrift stores and buying second hand books. I agree wholeheartedly. I buy a whole heap and then figure out they’re not what I’d like to hang on so I give it back. 😂 My favourite past time is visiting second hand book stores, vintage markets and bric-a-brac places to scrounge around dusty shelves and boxes. I’ve bought so many books for cheap. (I’ve got heaps of Anita Brookner and want to read her entire collection). Calvino’s If On A Winters Night is one I could NEVER read. It’s in my kindle and I think that’s part of the problem. I’ve tried reading it on a screen but it does my head in. I need to find it paperback as it might be a different experience!😅

I've only read one Brookner novel -- Hotel du Lac -- which I checked out on a whim from my library, but loved it so much I had to buy a copy and re-read it.

Such great finds! I have to admit your dedication to borrowing from your library really inspires me to do it more :)

Hi There, I love to watch your channel, your reading choices are similar to mine so I am so glad I found your channel! 'If On a winters night a traveller' is an experimental book, I think, and I remember you said you are not a fan of this kind of books so I am really interested in your opinion about this one. I have this title on my bookshelf from quite a few years now, but I am a bit intimidated as I have it in English and this is not my first language. I will be waiting for your review and maybe , finally read it as well! :)

Hi @Renee 🤗 '84C' - my first book of the year too. guess Sarah's ritual infected us. 😃 Keep reading/inspiring/smiling😍

omg me and my friend were hoping to go to amazing books and records before an event tomorrow but i didn’t realize it doesn’t open until after sunset - we’ll have to go another time!! thank you for saving me from major disappointment 😂 i’ve never been to alphabet city either, i’ll have to add it to my list!! loved this haul!!

Good haul. Not a spoiler, but yes, rhe Calvino is "meta". I plan to read the Turn of the Screw this year. That Cather is my favorite of hers.

I love Brookner books.

You’ve read Infinite Jest! I have always wanted to but I’m intimidated by it. It’s a chunker and I’m afraid I won’t “get it”. It seems above my weight class.

Adorando assistir os videos 🇧🇷

I have two copies of that Calvino book.

Theres approximately 100 copies of My Brilliant Friend at my local used book store. Don't you think Ferrante should have found a way to divide her narrative into theee volumes so they could be printed with pink, white and brown spines? 🍨

Have you ever read Lord of the Rings?

I am new to your channel. What kind of books do you read? Just curious.