So I picked up a book on the charity table in my local supermarket and found this...

[sockrage]

I would say someone needed a hobby, but that probably is their hobby. Too funny.

I thought you had found a £20 note and were debating whether to give it to the charity I once bought a book from a charity shop that had been defaced in the same way - I was raging - why donate it then? I love that your book has a warning though, I was a few pages in before I realised

Borrowed a book from the library once and found that a previous reader had 'helpfully' drawn lines through all the swear words. And then there are the ones who like to correct the grammar, or point out inaccuracies in the plot! Grrrrrr.

Joe Orton and halliwell?!

Slightly confused about the cut off for censorship here: -s-hite is redacted but bloody is not?

This is the book.
Doesn't look so offensive 😂

I got a book from the library once. The author has written should of all the way through. Someone had crossed out of and written have every time. It did make me chuckle.

'I liked the invitation to "Enjoy ...". Couldn't work out whether it was PA 'Enjoy your filth, you dirty-minded bastard' or a genuine 'Please enjoy this novel now I have removed its rudeness'

😂 not quite sure.

I think you are being very ungrateful. Just think of all the pearl clutching they've saved you from.

And then there are the ones who like to correct the grammar, or point out inaccuracies in the plot!

I borrowed several detective books set in a local town from the library. Occasionally I found tiny neat pencil notes in the margin setting the author straight. Typical examples:

"The local newspaper in this town is called the Argus, not the Crier. This is wrong."

"There are no trains running direct from Greenville to Redbridge and therefore this plot has holes in it."

"There are no traffic lights at this junction. Ridiculous!"

Clearly the concept of fiction eluded the note-maker. The books weren't brilliant, but I thoroughly enjoyed the increasingly irate corrections.

Hilarious

Reminded me of being a young teen again - we want through a very bizarre phase of getting old Mr. Men books and re-editing them into rude versions as presents for our friends.

We definitely had way too much time on our hands...

Just add "You cunt" underneath, and then pop it back on the table for them to find.

Be like passive-aggressive pen pals.

brilliant saucy

Bowdler would be proud!

Though I once read that book after finding it in a holiday villa. I don't think your previous owner went far enough with their censorship or warning, though nothing to do with swearing

My grandmother used to love mills and boon books, she once asked if I would get her two books weekly from the library because her sister- a massive prude would buy her them then tipex out all the throbbing members and heaving bosoms

Just add "You cunt" underneath, and then pop it back on the table for them to find.
Be like passive-aggressive pen pals.

Oh yes, reinstate them with more offensive words, and regift it to the charity shop. You can add a message to the front saying "Don't worry, I've put the swears back in!"

Ha ha, that's made my morning.

They are going to check the table to see if it is gone aren't they?

I might reinstate and return...

Yes definitely return with a Sweary foreword. The fuckers.

How could somebody get a book published with 'should of' written all the way through??!

How annoying! If I found out a friend had done this I would back away slowly...then run like hell.

I make grammar corrections in pencil if I notice errors in library books .

Lol lol lol!!!!

Gaaah! I tell the librarian if I've found someone has defaced a book.