Blue paperback novel with doodle and dog-eared pages
Description
I found a blue Penguin Classics paperback this afternoon around 2:15pm, lying near the bike racks by the Mason City Public Library on 2nd Street. It's about 320 pages, with a bent spine and a small coffee ring along the back. Inside the front cover, someone drew a tiny pencil sun and the initials 'A.P.' in the margin, and there's a dog-eared page 42 with a faded sticker tucked there. The cover shows a few scuffs but it's in decent shape overall. I’d love to reunite it with its owner—books like this feel sentimental. If this belongs to you, feel free to reply here or email me at [email protected].
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