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Peter Moore's avatar

This brings up that all-important moral question: When is it OK to abandon a book? It feels like abandoning a child in some ways. You don’t hang around and watch it grow, see it to adulthood. I rarely quit on one, until I reach a “throw it at the wall” moment of annoyance. But you sifted the rubble beneath those waterlogged statues for a few gold nuggets. I admire you perseverance! I’m reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead right now. Amazing character creation and dialect work! You deserve a week off to read something actually good.

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Kalpana Mohan's avatar

Wow thank you for recommending Kingsolver whom I’m yet to read (I know, I know, it’s a shame). I didn’t want to abandon it and have stuck to the principle that every work deserves my attention for that week. I couldn’t finish the Japanese I’m a Cat 🐈‍⬛ because it was 800 pages and impossible for me to finish in a week but I’ll be back at this terrific novel in a while.

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Peter Moore's avatar

Demon Copperhead is loosely based on Great Expectations, another of my favorites. Other Kingsolver loves: The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible. Can’t lose with any of them.

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Peter Moore's avatar

So funny to think of you abandoning that orphan book on your doorstep, hoping that somebody will take it away for you!

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