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Originally posted by robustpuppy
How many of the unread books are those you think you should read, rather than ones you want to read?
I jettison the shoulds and only keep the wants. That way, when I see them on my bookshelf, I don't feel guilty.
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Most are books that I want to read, though there are a few "I should read"s in there,
and a few "someone gave this to me
and I don't want to be rude
and throw it aways."
I'm very proud of myself in that I put down
Eragon and actually got rid of it about 100 pages in. Usually, I'd end up putting something like that back on the shelf, telling myself that I'd get back to it when I have more time (
The Beach and Mists of Avalon are both books that have that status. I should just get rid of them.)
I'd heard a lot of praise about it when it first came out, but it was so damned derivitive of so much other fantasy that I couldn't handle it. I don't care if the homeschooled kid was only 15 when he wrote it
and his family spent two years hawking it at book fairs across the country. It's still not very good fantasy. I think the kid got a break because he was young, not because he was good. It bugs me that he conned a publisher to give him a three book deal. It bugs me even more that he conned someone to make a movie.
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