luna (tangleofthorns)

@bookstodon Have you ever thrown a book away or abandoned it somewhere because you couldn’t stand it one more second? whether it was upsetting or just that annoying?

I once “accidentally” threw a Christopher Pike book out the window of a moving car because it freaked me out so much.

Jul 23, 2023 at 12:52pmWeb
Show threadIrinaJul 23, 2023
@lunalein I left a generic-fantasy book at a holiday house. From the state of the bookshelf there, several people before me had done similar things.
Show threadluna (tangleofthorns)Jul 23, 2023
@irina that’s a classic place to leave/discover trashy books!
Show thread🌻 Welcome Back 🌻Jul 23, 2023
@lunalein @bookstodon
I have a new view of books found on the side of the road.
Show threadluna (tangleofthorns)Jul 23, 2023

@bookstodon @Scotter i was young, and Whisper of Death was too scary!

i also buried a copy of Carrie at the bottom of my closet because the sight of it was freaking me out.

Show thread🌻 Welcome Back 🌻Jul 23, 2023

@lunalein @bookstodon

Is it still in the closet?

This reminds me of a common horror story plot. Like the girl in the well that people feel sorry for her and let her out, not knowing she was was put there for being evil.

Show threadluna (tangleofthorns)Jul 23, 2023
@Scotter @bookstodon it eventually left when i moved out of my mom’s house. that room later became my niece’s, though, and she has become a little horror hound…
Show threadStephen Cox AuthorJul 23, 2023

@lunalein @bookstodon

I threw a Gore Vidal novel from a train once. Some of his work, I liked.

Show threadFlyspeckJul 23, 2023
@lunalein @bookstodon someone once left a copy of da Vinci code in our office kitchen; I tried to read a page after taking it but abandoned ship immediately
Show threadMichael VilainJul 23, 2023
@Flyspeck @lunalein @bookstodon It could be worse. You could have picked up one of Dan Brown's earlier novels before he stumbled on the Da Vinci Code formula. They're much much worse.