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kairos12

(13,596 posts) Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:05 PM Feb 11

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I deal with book shame. [View all]

Whenever I'm not reading Tolstoi, Nietzsche, Camus, or Sartre (yeah sure) I feel compelled to hide my current read of popular fiction. Does anyone know where I get some old time brown book covers we used to have to cover textbooks?

Signed. I read at home now. Alone.

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I deal with book shame. [View all] kairos12 Feb 11 OP

Use e books. No book covers needed. 🤣 SheltieLover Feb 11 #1

My Kindle is a work around I do use. kairos12 Feb 11 #3

Shame on that librarian! SheltieLover Feb 11 #5

Make your own out of paper bags. cbabe Feb 11 #2

I always used brown grocery bags for textbooks buzzycrumbhunger Feb 11 #4

OMG, i hadn't thought about making book covers from paper bags in years! Beartracks Feb 11 #6

Yup. Paper grocery bags. Ocelot II Feb 11 #7

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