Have you ever thrown a book in the bin?

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I did yesterday for I think the 3rd time in my life.
The first was that book by Gina Ford when DS1 was about 2 weeks old. It was all the rage at the time but DS definitely didn't want to follow the rules. In fact it was DH that threw it out and I was definitely a lot more.content.
The second was when I got out my old Doctor Dolittle books to read the kids and I realised they were littered with the N word. In a sort patronising racist way "the nice n man". Didn't want that word seen or normalised by any other kids so in the recycling it went.
The last was yesterday. Lying in bed realised their was a Neil Gaiman book on my book shelf. Didn't not want a book of that vile bastard staring at me so into the bin he went.
Foot all other books if I don't want them anymore.I just take them to the charity shop. But I didn't want to inflict the above three on anybody else.
Has anyone else?

I honestly can't say, it's way too dense and there's too much left to write. Best bet is to read them yourself & see what you think 🙂

fair points, it was still traitorous of jon snow he should have joined danny and ruled, although the writers did varys dirty

I'm interested to read that someone else thinks Anthony Kiedis is creepy, I've always thought so, but i didn't exactly know why. Just gut reaction for me, but i may investigate a bit more anyway. He "gives me the ick"

Oh dear

I would have binned it personally, you are a better person than me ☺️

That is incredibly sweet of your son.

I was put off by him back when he used to be on Twitter and saw some of his stuff that he tweeted.

My father gave me Brigit jones Diary I think I was 13 ? Anyway I read some exerts with writing her weight down and about a Christmas jumper thought what tosh is this and chucked it in the bin instantly . This was against my Dad and the Author. I didn’t want this to be my totem of womanhood. I then went on to kind of resemble Brigit as folklore even dating a TV presenter womaniser but ever single but what really stung was this fear my father had cast in stone that I was to remain unsuccessful with men. I felt he had some kind of fatherly knowing wisdom or maybe he hadn’t a clue what the book was about. He wasn’t in my life very much even living under the same roof as he was busy doing his own thing as they say but I did go on to watch the films but I do have this thing against the phrase Bunny Boiler being another weaponised term against women in the culture and so I am glad I threw that book it was a little present from 13 year old me to my future self. Don’t let this nonsense in your head

The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M Auel. I had read Clan of the Cave Bear and it's two following books quite young. I remember waiting for book 4 to come out in paperback. I waited decades to finish that series and the last book was absolutely awful. I had read the previous five so you can see I wasn't expecting much!

This is so true I remember There was a little girl in our garden square telling me her black cat was unlucky and she was black and I wanted her to unlearn this I certainly was telling her that her Cat was not unlucky because it was black

I know this is a bit of a tangent but can you actually put books in the recycling as so many pp have done? I thought the glue used for binding paperbacks meant that you couldn’t.

I don’t agree with censorship. It’s good to learn about how society has changed.

I'm impressed that you worked that out for yourself when you were only about 8.

I do love the image of an angry, younger you taking an axe to it.

Yes, it was, but I'm certainly not googling to confirm the details 😂.

It was quite simple really. They told us to close our eyes and thank god for sending the rain to make our crops grow so we had plenty to eat. Then they told us to ask god (who is all-powerful) to help those starving children where it did not rain. I thought, why doesn't he just make it rain there too? Then we could all go home and I could play with my toys. I realised then it was just nonsense, and couldn't understand why the adults were taken in by it. It was the hypocrisy that really annoyed me though.

Donna Tart Secret history.
There was a thread on here which bloody glowed out of the screen.
Utter utter bollocks. Seriously, utter crap. In the bin it went.

Really sorry if it offends but the bible. Was given a copy as a kid I think, in the bin, utter nonsense in my mind I’m afraid.

Omg, that's one of my favourite books of all time.

But why?
I lost interest around a quarter way in, kept going, but just couldn’t carry on because it was so bland and boring. Like NOTHING happened in it!

I think I enjoyed it for its creation of mood -- bleakness, loneliness, despair. She is very good at that. I preferred The Little Friend and The Goldfinch, though, which both do bleakness, loneliness, despair even better.

I love Greek history and dark academia. A murder happened on the first page! In fact, I think the opening line is one of the best ever.

Exactly. My books i can do what i like with them. Personally i think its funny how outraged people are over the fact i binned them. As you say JK doesn't care as long as she gets her money.

And for what its worth, just because i believe that trans people have rights does not make me any less of a feminist. You dont know me stranger on the internet just like i dont know you.

Now that so many National Trust properties have second hand bookshops, I tend to donate old books to them rather than charity shops. The trouble is that when I go in I can't resist buying anything that looks interesting, so my bookshelves aren't emptying as quickly as I originally hoped.

I couldn’t throw The Goldfinch away because I bought it on Kindle. But it is easily one of the worst books I’ve ever had the misfortune to read. Tedious and pointless. It says nothing of any interest about people or about any aspect of life. All the characters are one-dimensional. And it drivels on for an eternity.

I loved The Goldfinch, but it was too long. The Little Friend was disappointing