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walkitoutI tried reading The Book of Love by Kelly Link.
I hit a point where I was feeling very clearly Not For Me, so I went to assess review. Definitely Not For Me. And then I read the one stars. LOL.
Also. Over 600 pages long. Wow. Good luck out there!
What is the problem I have with this book: author being gratuitously mean to teenagers for no clear reason. There are good reasons to be mean to teenagers. And there are ridiculous things to do in a book that are also enjoyable. This was neither.
ETA:
I had a weird text exchange with one of the four people who asked about a lot I posted on FB marketplace. It was 2 mini tape measures (new they sell for about $5 on Amazon) and a Victorinox card shaped multitool (new about $30 on Amazon). I tell the person who isn’t getting the item that if I’m ghosted, I’ll let them know. People are usually nice about this, but this guy wanted to know why I wasn’t selling the stuff. I used to have these conversations when I was in my 20s with friends about (this was the 1990s) what amount of money it was worth Bill Gates time to bend over and pick up off the ground. Not my idea of a conversation — other people brought it up. It was a vibe. I didn’t say, not worth it to sell it. I said, I’m too busy to sell it. Same idea, different in the nuance. I’m fine with people monetizing what I give away for free. This very nice person perceived what I had to say as “kind”. Not sure I’d take it that way, but I’m not here to argue with that.
I eventually got around to looking up the values new on Amazon and used on eBay, and the guy was right. Two of those tape measures plus the card could potentially net $30, altho I think you’re more likely to get about $10. They weren’t any of them NIB. I was a little surprised about the price on the multitool. I have so much nice stuff that I just don’t really appreciate. It’s probably best I just give it away and don’t think about it too hard.
I hit a point where I was feeling very clearly Not For Me, so I went to assess review. Definitely Not For Me. And then I read the one stars. LOL.
Also. Over 600 pages long. Wow. Good luck out there!
What is the problem I have with this book: author being gratuitously mean to teenagers for no clear reason. There are good reasons to be mean to teenagers. And there are ridiculous things to do in a book that are also enjoyable. This was neither.
ETA:
I had a weird text exchange with one of the four people who asked about a lot I posted on FB marketplace. It was 2 mini tape measures (new they sell for about $5 on Amazon) and a Victorinox card shaped multitool (new about $30 on Amazon). I tell the person who isn’t getting the item that if I’m ghosted, I’ll let them know. People are usually nice about this, but this guy wanted to know why I wasn’t selling the stuff. I used to have these conversations when I was in my 20s with friends about (this was the 1990s) what amount of money it was worth Bill Gates time to bend over and pick up off the ground. Not my idea of a conversation — other people brought it up. It was a vibe. I didn’t say, not worth it to sell it. I said, I’m too busy to sell it. Same idea, different in the nuance. I’m fine with people monetizing what I give away for free. This very nice person perceived what I had to say as “kind”. Not sure I’d take it that way, but I’m not here to argue with that.
I eventually got around to looking up the values new on Amazon and used on eBay, and the guy was right. Two of those tape measures plus the card could potentially net $30, altho I think you’re more likely to get about $10. They weren’t any of them NIB. I was a little surprised about the price on the multitool. I have so much nice stuff that I just don’t really appreciate. It’s probably best I just give it away and don’t think about it too hard.