Ah, the comfort of wandering our town library and finding something by a favorite author. And once home, possibly setting it aside in the pile, to read last.
And then the moment when you finally open it, read the first
page and realize it’s familiar. . . .
And then seeing your own initials.
I have over the years picked up a Tom Clancy book and started reading it only to realize about 50 pages in that I have started that same book a dozen times of more and always gotten to about page 50 and always stopped reading it.,
ReplyDeleteThe thing to do is check for initials before you check the book out and bring it home.
ReplyDeleteOops! That's funny. My grandfather used to write "read" inside the cover of his Erle Stanley Gardner novels so he wouldn't pick them up again. (Or at least would do so knowing he'd read it once already!)
ReplyDeleteI have done that! At first I thought it was a different book with the same character but nope. Same book. I've read The Midnight Library. I had to go back and read my review to see if I liked it which I did.
ReplyDeleteHmm, that is a "helpful attachment"... well... for some people *ahem*
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