Spent three quarters of an hour this evening in the big Kinokuniya bookshop at Takashimaya. It's the first time I've been in there for quite a while. I was checking out what is available ahead of our trip back to the UK to avoid unnecessarily bringing back from afar what I can pick up on these shores with no trouble.
I was struck by just how colourful so many book covers are these days, even of stuff that purports to be quite 'serious'. I suppose this is in the interests of sales, but I prefer my texts looking staid and sober. The coloration should be on the inside and left to the mind of the reader.
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