Shiny Objects in the Trash

My husband once made an observation. He classified drinkers into two categories. The 'social’ drinkers' only drank in the right ambiance — think ‘grammable resto-bars, fancy glasses, ombre-looking cocktails... If they were given alcohol in a steel tumbler, they’d probably turn their faces away.  The hard-core drinkers, on the other hand, drink to get high. It is like they show in the movies, a grungy wine shop and a plastic cup would do. They don’t need champagne flutes and mint sprigs! And I have begun to realize that if you were to apply the same idea to reading and books, I would be the latter! *** Recently, I saw a 'booktok' reel where a person spoke about buying another edition of a novel because the cover art was too good. It took me some time to wrap my head around it. I had stopped reading physical books quite some time back, and now to see someone buy two editions for the cover just blew my mind.  I'll explain why... let me take you on a little flashback. M...