Have any of you ever returned a book to the bookseller due to your

[Bullwinkle925]

disgust/disinterest in the material? I've returned one book in my lifetime. Can't remember the title - subject matter was that of a female stalking a young boy. When it got to the part where she wanted to eat the scabs from his knees, I thought, "That's it - can't do any more of this" and took it back.

:popcorn:

[MountainLaurel]

1. I've returned books I ordered for my library

Once, I ordered an encyclopedia of world religions that originated from a publisher backed by an evangelical Christian group. It wasn't until I had the book in my hands that I noticed this. Because my library doesn't have the funds to also buy a balanced and information-based work on the exact same topic, I sent it back.

[Bullwinkle925]

2. Good on you. You believe in "Fair and Balanced" .....

something that is sorely lacking today in the MSM.

[democrank]

3. I`m going to skip right over the scab part and

get down to my response.

I`m a booknut, but I did return one book once. Here`s the background....yard sale, 50 cents each, big stack. Got all the way to my rig before I realized I accidentally picked up a book with Barbara Bush`s photo on the cover. Had to walk all the way back up the hill and lose 50 cents but it was well worth it.

[Bullwinkle925]

5. So would I.

I don't know which would be worse - to finish the book I returned or to have Bab's face staring at me.
:scared:

[napi21]

4. Yes, but it was one of those business how to books that

guaranteed if you didn't like it there was no charge. I ordered one once on how to write winning business letters. It was all BS, so I returned it. All the other books I buy, I've already heard the author on cspan's book TV or heard him/her on an interview and KNOW I want the book, so I would have NO reason to return it.

[Bullwinkle925]

7. I love foraging in the bookstores and coming out with things I've never thought

of reading. The one I returned was my first (and only, so far) failure. I'm open-minded, but could not get past that part to continue reading. For me, it was pure rubbish.

[NotGivingUp]

6. oh man....i just got done with dinner....now i feel like puking!

[Bullwinkle925]

8. Now you know how I felt.

So, you would've returned it as well?

[NotGivingUp]

12. yes....no doubt about it.

[KitchenWitch]

14. Hey you!

How are you these days?

[dsc]

9. If the genders were reversed I would have assumed the author to be O'Reilly

but I guess it wasn't him. I probably would have burnt the book.

[Bullwinkle925]

10. I can't bear the thought of book-burning - even if it's O'Reilly's or

Coulter's - just would never give them any of my hard-earned cash - or even check them out of the library.'

[AlCzervik]

11. agreed, i might hate the book but still, book burning, cd crushing--nah-uh

[Bullwinkle925]

13. Yes ....

images of Krystal Nacht burn (no pun intended) in my brain.