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Letting Go

Somehow I've done it.

I've broken the hold it has on me. It is no longer part of my life. And now I can move on, and find other challenges...

Yes, the worst book I have ever read* has left my bookcase. It is off to the great second hand bookshop in the sky. Well, probably a charity shop, but it's on its way. I've even deleted it from my catalogue...

And I am free!

*The Golden Shield of the IBF. It is stupendously bad. I suspect it was meant to be a humorous fantasy thriller, but I wasn't sure. It didn't even make me smile. And it's been sat on my bookcase for years, looking at me, telling me just how low I have got with my print addiction.

You know, I am actually astounded to find it is still in print...

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burkesworks
Feb. 2nd, 2007 12:54 pm (UTC)
Yes, the worst book I have ever read* has left my bookcase.

What, you mean there's something out there worse than Atlas Shrugged?

*The Golden Shield of the IBF

Sounds more like a down-market boxing title for bums like Audley Harrison and Danny Williams to contest rather than any sort of fantasy thriller...
quercus
Feb. 2nd, 2007 01:28 pm (UTC)
"The Ship That Sang" (Anne McCaffrey, 'nuff said)
mnelson
Feb. 2nd, 2007 02:34 pm (UTC)
davesslave
Feb. 2nd, 2007 05:06 pm (UTC)
I'm impressed you were able to let go of the book. I'm such a print addict AND pack rat, I can't part with any of my books. I still have some of my college textbooks.
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