tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post4725311187147720844..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Bad Book GiftsTripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-79056087967812084932007-11-30T17:13:00.000-08:002007-11-30T17:13:00.000-08:00Yes, the dread tome lurks on my bookshelf like tha...Yes, the dread tome lurks on my bookshelf like that creepy-ass toy monkey in Skeleton Crew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-47846028983719895422007-11-30T16:52:00.000-08:002007-11-30T16:52:00.000-08:00OKA) The price fluctuation of eggs in the 14th cen...OK<BR/><BR/>A) The price fluctuation of eggs in the 14th century makes for riveting reading.<BR/><BR/>B) OK, that's not true, but you still own the book at least.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-30992718445319995592007-11-30T16:49:00.000-08:002007-11-30T16:49:00.000-08:00". . . The quantity of England's money supply surg...". . . The quantity of England's money supply surged from 1305 to 1310, and prices of the most humble commodities increased sharply. Eggs, which had cost less than four pence a hundred before 1305, suddenly rose above sixpence in 1306 . . ." p.32<BR/><BR/>I kid you not.Brackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192217051455130379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-79445069546227878432007-11-29T13:37:00.000-08:002007-11-29T13:37:00.000-08:00On a similar note, I suppose giving someone a diet...On a similar note, I suppose giving someone a diet book would be in poor taste.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-44554991885309216762007-11-29T12:37:00.000-08:002007-11-29T12:37:00.000-08:00I think I have you both beat. My mother in law fa...I think I have you both beat. My mother in law favors the "inspirational story of the Christian athlete whose ghost writer is really not a good writer either." Yet she tries so hard to come up with something good that I can't bring myself to return them.<BR/><BR/>Another bad book gift is the gift with the implicit message that is perhaps unwelcome but certainly good for you. I'm pretty sure that my mother in law is not interested in turning me into an NFL quarterback, but she wouldn't mind it if I happened to start reading my bible every day (like Kurt Warner!). SCMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-20524193206529486622007-11-29T11:52:00.000-08:002007-11-29T11:52:00.000-08:00My father-in-law is the same except that his go-to...My father-in-law is the same except that his go-to book gift, one of his favorites, is the latest Clive Cussler. Now, he was never Alan Furst, but his 70s and 80s books were pretty good. The recent stuff is so weak that my local used shop won't take them as trade-ins.<BR/><BR/>Taking a quick look at Amazon I can see your mother-in-law can lay many a "Chocolate For" volume on you.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-30599587523478153482007-11-29T11:11:00.000-08:002007-11-29T11:11:00.000-08:00Tee hee. Good timely post here. As the recipient...Tee hee. Good timely post here. As the recipient of some variety of "Chocolate for a Woman's Soul" book every year from my mother-in-law, I can attest to the aggravation of the poorly chosen book present. (My mother-in-law is so nice, though, I just don't have the heart to tell her those books are part of an evil empire that she should stop supporting. The things we do for love.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com