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04/19/2008: "Has This Ever Happened To You?"

You are sitting there reading your paperback (which was published in this edition in 1976, and you bought at a used book sale). You get to page 96, then realize the next page is 161. So you kind of go through the book and realize page 161 goes to page 192, then the next page is 129. From there everything seems to be OK again. So you are totally missing pages 97-128, and have got doubled pages 129 - 161. WTF? Luckily you work at the library, and this author doesn't seem to be very popular so you can grab the library's copy to read the pages you are missing.

I don't understand why whoever bought this book didn't ring up the publisher to complain and get a correct copy, or at least throw it away so it wasn't put into a book sale later on when no one remembered about the missing pages.

Unfortunately I won't be passing this book on. It has done its time.

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on Monday, April 21st, Cynthia said

I just started a book where the (literally only 4 pages into it) and the guy can't afford books or food. So he walks around stores stealing what he will need each day - just a few grapes, a squirt of toothpaste and shampoo, etc. But since he has found the security is too tight at bookstores, instead of stealing an entire a book, he tears out one page at a time, then puts the book together at home to read. Maybe that happened to you.

on Monday, April 21st, Robin said

Possibly, but that doesn't explain the doubling up.

What book is that? Is there not a library he can go to?

on Monday, April 21st, Cynthia said

I haven't posted it on Goodreads yet. It is "How I Became Stupid."