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Julie's avatar

I used to trudge my way through books that just weren't for me but I have (mostly) given that up. Now I pretty much only do it when it's a book one of my kids has loved and asked me to read. Not every book is for every person and that's ok. As my dad says, "That's why Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors."

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Erica's avatar

I am having this exact question - about this exact book. I read the first 45 pages over the summer, and then it had to go back to the library and I was... relieved. But I put it back in my holds queue and last night it came up again.

Yes, it is a good book. Maybe itoo good? There is a lot of powerful material about how sad and pointless it is to parent a young child, which is maybe not the thing for me to read in my parenting-young-children era.

I am giving it another chance - another 45 pages or 21 days, whichever comes first. If I only read 45 pages in 21 days, that definitely means this isn't the book for me.

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