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Mostly I avoid books that I think are going to be too horrifying for me. However I can think of two times when I couldn't finish a book due to a combination of the horrors in the book and circumstances in my life. The first was when I was reading "Into Thin Air" and 9/11 happened. There aren't really any parallels, but I just couldn't stomach reading about tragedy anyway. I have always planned to finish reading it, but all these years later I haven't done it.
The second time, I was reading "Becoming Madame Mao" at the time my daughter was born. The book has really graphic descriptions of foot-binding. It was just too upsetting to think of someone doing that to their little daughter. That one I never plan to pick up again.
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