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Old 02-13-2012, 04:11 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
After reading a borrowed book, I have no desire to buy it. I've already read it.
I know people like that. I know people who are like that with movies. They'll go see a movie and then even 5 years later they'll be like, "I don't want to see that one, I watched it in 2006!"
I'll ask "Did you not like it?"
Them "Oh I loved it!"

Whereas I will buy a movie or a tv series and re watch it over and over again until I can memorize the lines and know which way someone's eyes wrinkled during "that crying scene" or whatnot.

I've read "Anne of Green Gables" over a hundred times, cover to cover, since I was like, 7.

I definitely get bang for my buck when I buy a book. I'll only purchase books that will be my comfort food.
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