Comments on: Would You Wish a Book Away? http://melissawiley.com/blog/2006/08/16/would-you-wish-a-book-away/ Children's Book Author Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: nrkii http://melissawiley.com/blog/2006/08/16/would-you-wish-a-book-away/#comment-2214 nrkii Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:15:04 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2006/08/16/would-you-wish-a-book-away/#comment-2214 Here was one suggestion I got in the comments: any book where a violent criminal made money from its publication... But I also had trouble answering this one. It is tough to wish a book away. Here was one suggestion I got in the comments: any book where a violent criminal made money from its publication…

But I also had trouble answering this one. It is tough to wish a book away.

]]> By: Becky http://melissawiley.com/blog/2006/08/16/would-you-wish-a-book-away/#comment-2213 Becky Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:05:34 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2006/08/16/would-you-wish-a-book-away/#comment-2213 Aside from the fact that I don't even consider my suggestions to be real books lol, here's another question for you -- as if you didn't have enough to do! How do you "wish away" real live twaddle received as gifts by members of your household, usually the junior members? This is always a chore I dislike. I never feel good about regifting something (uninscribed, it goes without saying) I wouldn't want as a gift, so it's generally off to the Goodwill or the library's discard sale, which raises money to buy good (we hope) books. But still... Aside from the fact that I don’t even consider my suggestions to be real books lol, here’s another question for you — as if you didn’t have enough to do! How do you “wish away” real live twaddle received as gifts by members of your household, usually the junior members? This is always a chore I dislike. I never feel good about regifting something (uninscribed, it goes without saying) I wouldn’t want as a gift, so it’s generally off to the Goodwill or the library’s discard sale, which raises money to buy good (we hope) books. But still…

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