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AnSionnachRua  ·  4665 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The used book experience
The used book experience is something of a double-edged sword, however, in that you might end up with a stained book whose cover keeps falling off.




mk  ·  4665 days ago  ·  link  ·  
True enough. My used copy of Guns of August literally exploded in my hands. I was reading in bed, and the binding popped in two, sending several pages flying. I wouldn't have guessed it possible.

I got out the scotch tape, and went to work. It has a couple of reads left in it. :)

AnSionnachRua  ·  4665 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thank you for giving me a great image of you holding a book which promptly explodes.
mk  ·  4665 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I'm telling you, exploded is the only proper term for what happened to that book. :)