I hate getting books for Christmas in general because I’m such a mood reader, and I’ve plastered a fake smile on my face many a time and repeated internally ‘Its the thought that counts.’ as I unwrap a book I will not read.
But the worst one by far, given to me by my own Mother , who I know loves me, when I was fourteen years old! was >!Men are from Mars Women are from Venus.!< I am sitting there horrified thinking what is she trying to tell me? As my sisters are flat on the floor laughing to the point of puking. We eventually came to the conclusion she just saw an attractive cover on a bestseller table and grabbed it. Love to know your terrible gift stories.
My local library is bursting at the seams with donations rn. They had LGBT books and conservative books like one from Rudy Giuliani for sale to help make room. They also had different books available for free. One of the many free books was from Pat Robertson.
When I was leaving the library I laughed in my head thinking 'I wonder if Rudy ever though his book would be priced the same as an LGBT book (or even near one), or if Pat Robertson ever thought that a library would view his book as material to give away for free, while they put a price tag on LGBT books because they were seen as more valuable.'😂
The books only costed 25 cents, but I found the fact that they were giving away Pat’s books for free, unlike the LGBT books, and Rudy being given the same price as hilarious.
I do worry about them selling some of the LGBT books, fortunately they still have a lot in circulation. They were selling two completely good copies of ‘Lawn Boy,’ and I looked into their catalog for it, it’s no longer in circulation. However, they do have the very libertarian ‘Tuttle Twins’ books still in circulation.
That makes me want to reread The Miseducation of Cameron Post.