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Should I stay or should I go?
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Should I stay or should I go?

Book shelf at this girls house I’m seeing. What are your observations?

u/carolkaz — 9 hours ago
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[OC] The BookShelf

I opened my bookshelf.
The doors groaned with a gothic sound,
as if they wished to remain closed.

Inside lay a book with a black cover,
dark as the deepest hour of night.
When I opened it, it laughed—
these were the chapters of my life.

I picked another book,
its cover amber, like the sun fading at the horizon.
Inside were my sins,
quietly devouring the light of my heart.

Another book waited,
covered in grey—
a sky where the day had been eclipsed.
Its pages held my despair.

Then I opened a white book,
smooth as a pearl, shining with borrowed purity.
Suddenly maggots crawled from its pages.
It was the book of my good deeds,
the ones I performed only for the eyes of the world.

I closed the bookshelf.

And then my heart stopped beating.

Because the bookshelf
was my heart.

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u/SeedPlantedBackward — 14 hours ago
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What does my my book collection say about me (missing some books)

Missing: Dune 1, Chronology of Water, and Stoner

u/noahcaann — 1 day ago
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What the heck?

This is NOT my bookshelf, or a friend’s! It’s the bookshelf of a guy one of my friends started dating recently and she sent me these like what the heck? My two questions are what’s up with the dolls and what do these books say about him? I have not heard of any of them! This guy is a weirdo right?

u/Alternative_Bee_3273 — 1 day ago
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Tell me about myself

This is not my only bookshelf/book stack. I also have too many books on kindle. Double layer of books on each shelf

u/cmacd23 — 2 days ago
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What does my bookshelf say about me?

Very new to this thread, and DEEPLY interested to see what Reddit has to say about the current state of my collection.

u/Expensive-Ad-2497 — 3 days ago
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1st time posting 1 of these. Don't eviscerate me too much though 😜

Also, welcome to any recommendations [especially on the current events, philosophy, Buddhism, &/or Hindu side of things, the classics/classic fiction].

u/WrightIsRight25 — 2 days ago