Subtle Moments Only Book Lovers Will Enjoy
Sorry about the short Brad Paisley ad at the beginning.
Sorry about the short Brad Paisley ad at the beginning.
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Couldn't get video to play, I'll try again later.Subtle Moments Only Book Lovers Will Enjoy
Sorry about the short Brad Paisley ad at the beginning.
I love the smell of old books; books with odors like unearthed potatoes or rainsoaked pavement. Others absorb the essence of places where they've been stored, like a dank basement that smells of dirt, motor oil and weedkiller or a sun-starved cedar chest that's spiked with moth balls. Sometimes a book can retain a distinct but elusive smell that reminds you of a person's house. I recall faded orange Zane Grey hardbacks that smelled like old leather bowling shoes and worn paperbacks from the '60s that hold an aroma of a smoky hotel lounge. Each smell a separate memory and not unpleasant. Cigarettes, whiskey, suntan oil...I often pause and wonder how many readers held this book before I did.
Yeah, I'm a book sniffer.
Wow, thanks for saying that! That's a huge compliment.I read this around- I don't know- 4:30 am? And still now at 10 I'm thinking of it. It got inside my head and I felt like I was there right with ya Doc sniffing away. That's a powerful description you've given us. Love it!
Beautiful.I love the smell of old books; books with odors like unearthed potatoes or rainsoaked pavement. Others absorb the essence of places where they've been stored, like a dank basement that smells of dirt, motor oil and weedkiller or a sun-starved cedar chest that's spiked with moth balls. Sometimes a book can retain a distinct but elusive smell that reminds you of a person's house. I recall faded orange Zane Grey hardbacks that smelled like old leather bowling shoes and worn paperbacks from the '60s that hold an aroma of a smoky hotel lounge. Each smell a separate memory and not unpleasant. Cigarettes, whiskey, suntan oil...I often pause and wonder how many readers held this book before I did.
Yeah, I'm a book sniffer.
Beautiful.
Your novel will be titled The Book Sniffer.
Or he sniffs books to solve mysteries at the library...
LOL...thanks. Hmm, I'm warming up to that title. Perhaps he's a compulsive book sniffer? Hahaha.
Ahh, the inevitable bathroom comparison.Want to take a guess at what the books smell like in my bathroom, Doc?
Ahh, the inevitable bathroom comparison.
How many guesses do I get?
Danie and my intrepid olfactory detective would be on the case like flies on...ahem.
Don't you mean..........YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?Wow, thanks for saying that! That's a huge compliment.
Yes, BIGLY!Don't you mean..........YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?