There’s something so intimate about borrowing a book from a school library that hasn’t been checked out in almost half a decade. Almost since the school opened. Makes me think back to the almost fifty year old person who borrowed wordsworths poems before me.
Books that I would overthrow a moderate to large kingdom for a physical copy of:
- Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fan): aka the lesbian vampire novel that predates dracula
- Shapeshifters: a history (John B Kachuba)
- Dante's inferno (I'm a sucker for dramatic ass poets screeching about hell and cursing their enemies with elaborate metaphors)
- Declare (Tim Powers)
- Macbeth (like I said, dramatic guys screeching and cursing their enemies)
- The Castle of Otrando
- The Silmarillion
- Lord of the rings box set
- Dracula
I fear my local libraries are quite bare when it comes to historical, gothic and occult texts. honk honk :( the local library has one singular book to do with witchcraft except its about Wicca and the sources = "just trust me bro" overall not a great book to consult. Completely rife with misinformation from my recollection.
When I was younger I used to carry comically large books around. For almost the entirety of year seven and eight I dragged around the entire lord of the rings trilogy in one book, there was also the time I was lugging around a textbook on geography for no apparent reason beside my own joy mind you. I found it rather dull though to be completely honest.
I say this as if I do not do the same to this day. If my bag is ever suspiciously heavy just know that you’re in for a treat (If you consider smelling the yellowing pages of my dad’s old lord of the rings copy a treat)