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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (107473)	8/16/2005 11:00:37 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"I will read Weintraub's book if you read this one. Deal?" That is a fair deal, but the stakes are too high for me. No offense, but I don't care whether you read the book I recommended, and I don't want to be locked into a book I might not enjoy. I devour WW11 books and I might come to the other one on my own. Or not. (Yes, I did read the Amazon reviews) This reminds me of my children, two of whom have decided that books are the perfect gift for me. On birthdays or Christmas I may get several books at a time. By now the books are piling up alarmingly. Hardly ever do I want to read them. No one wants to hurt feelings, and I have tried saying obliquely, "Isn't it hard to know what another person will want to read?" But they don't take the hint. On top of my swaying pile right now is "Freakonomics." This has been at the top of the NYT bestseller list. I read a little of it (enough to compose an appropriate "Wow! thanks a lot!") but having gotten the author's point through numerous examples, I lost the motivation to plod through hundreds of other very similar points and examples. Meanwhile, I have all these other books that I bought for myself that I REALLY want to read. So much to do, so little time. Giving books is much like giving neckties or hats. Hardly ever can you give someone else one they will wear.