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Old 12-24-2008, 10:36 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by lilac_jive View Post
I only read one Oprah book (years ago), She's Come Undone. I did enjoy it. But now I can't read her recommendations, as a matter of stupid principle.

I probably wouldn't have a problem with it if I hadn't worked in a bookstore for so long, but I saw the kind of people who would read them (just because Oprah said so) and I felt a little dirty. Terrible reason, but there you have it.
I think just as lemming like it is to read a book "just because" Oprah recommended it... the corollary is true too... you are being lemming like if you don't read something "just because" Oprah recommended it.

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