Yikes...just so's y'all know...I don't *actually* read the whole book at the bookstore. Just the first chapter (ish) to see if it's worth the 15 or 25 or 30 bucks they want for it...and then I usually buy it anyway, and I now have a special place on the bottom of my bookshelf for books that were NOT, in fact, worth the money.
Man, you exaggerate a little around here and get kicked right out of the book club...
(I wanted to clarify that, cuz it IS kinda really thieving to read a whole book without paying for it)
Well, having never seen you at a bookstore (or anywhere else for that matter), I really didn't direct my comments to you, but rather to those who take root to a comfy chair with a bestseller in their laps, then will come back multiple times until they read the entire thing...and will actually dog-ear the page to keep their place until they return.
Yes, I've known two people like this.
So, MissCris, my comments weren't directed to you, and you are still in the book club.
Unless you dog-ear pages of books you have no intention of buying, then I'll bring the feathers. If no one else brings hot tar, then I can use hot wax from the scented candle section.