February 15th, 2010 / 8:36 pm
Snippets

A book you borrowed, never returned (not innocently or forgot; you damn well know it), still own (love?). Your chance to disclose. Go ahead:

180 Comments

  1. david

      ‘rose’ by li-young lee

  2. david

      ‘rose’ by li-young lee

  3. david

      ‘rose’ by li-young lee

  4. Nick Antosca

      Anna Karenina. Borrowed it from a girl who then got engaged to a millionaire and now just goes skiing and rides horses or something. Anybody who wants to lend me books and not ask for them back, let me know.

  5. Nick Antosca

      Anna Karenina. Borrowed it from a girl who then got engaged to a millionaire and now just goes skiing and rides horses or something. Anybody who wants to lend me books and not ask for them back, let me know.

  6. jesusangelgarcia

      I just (ahem) borrowed “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I started reading it in the library of this vacation spot I visited over the weekend and I didn’t want to stop. The writing style reminds me of Borges and Marquez. I’d been meaning to check out this novel for years, and there it was, calling me, absurdly out of its element among yoga, meditation and psychology volumes from the ’70s. It was even misfiled in the non-fiction section, c’mon…

      Thing is, I’ve promised myself that while I may or may not return it next time I go to this place, I *will* stack that spotty library with a number of worthy titles currently piled up in my closet. Subjective rationale? Moral relativism? Whatever… it’s a good book so far.

  7. jesusangelgarcia

      I just (ahem) borrowed “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I started reading it in the library of this vacation spot I visited over the weekend and I didn’t want to stop. The writing style reminds me of Borges and Marquez. I’d been meaning to check out this novel for years, and there it was, calling me, absurdly out of its element among yoga, meditation and psychology volumes from the ’70s. It was even misfiled in the non-fiction section, c’mon…

      Thing is, I’ve promised myself that while I may or may not return it next time I go to this place, I *will* stack that spotty library with a number of worthy titles currently piled up in my closet. Subjective rationale? Moral relativism? Whatever… it’s a good book so far.

  8. Nick Antosca

      Anna Karenina. Borrowed it from a girl who then got engaged to a millionaire and now just goes skiing and rides horses or something. Anybody who wants to lend me books and not ask for them back, let me know.

  9. jesusangelgarcia

      I just (ahem) borrowed “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I started reading it in the library of this vacation spot I visited over the weekend and I didn’t want to stop. The writing style reminds me of Borges and Marquez. I’d been meaning to check out this novel for years, and there it was, calling me, absurdly out of its element among yoga, meditation and psychology volumes from the ’70s. It was even misfiled in the non-fiction section, c’mon…

      Thing is, I’ve promised myself that while I may or may not return it next time I go to this place, I *will* stack that spotty library with a number of worthy titles currently piled up in my closet. Subjective rationale? Moral relativism? Whatever… it’s a good book so far.

  10. Vin Diesel

      The Little Girl & The Cigarette

  11. Vin Diesel

      The Little Girl & The Cigarette

  12. Vin Diesel

      The Little Girl & The Cigarette

  13. joseph

      Chicago Poems.

  14. joseph

      Chicago Poems.

  15. joseph

      Chicago Poems.

  16. Rebekah Silverman

      I stole a roommate’s copy of the 1977 paperback edition of “Moosewood Cookbook” because of the inscription in it. The inscription:

      “To ——–, With mixed emotions (on the border between love and affection). ——–, 12/27/81.”

  17. Rebekah Silverman

      I stole a roommate’s copy of the 1977 paperback edition of “Moosewood Cookbook” because of the inscription in it. The inscription:

      “To ——–, With mixed emotions (on the border between love and affection). ——–, 12/27/81.”

  18. Rebekah Silverman

      I stole a roommate’s copy of the 1977 paperback edition of “Moosewood Cookbook” because of the inscription in it. The inscription:

      “To ——–, With mixed emotions (on the border between love and affection). ——–, 12/27/81.”

  19. Hannah Miet

      The Colossus of New York

  20. Hannah Miet

      The Colossus of New York

  21. Hannah Miet

      The Colossus of New York

  22. Trey

      Animal Ghost Stories. I borrowed it from my best friend in the 4th grade and never gave it back. He had to pay the public library for it.

      It’s pretty scary.

  23. Trey

      Animal Ghost Stories. I borrowed it from my best friend in the 4th grade and never gave it back. He had to pay the public library for it.

      It’s pretty scary.

  24. Trey

      Animal Ghost Stories. I borrowed it from my best friend in the 4th grade and never gave it back. He had to pay the public library for it.

      It’s pretty scary.

  25. Rawbbie

      And Her Soul Out Of Nothing, by Olena Kalytiak Davis. I borrowed it about two years ago from a professor and I might night give it back. (unless she reads this)

  26. Rawbbie

      And Her Soul Out Of Nothing, by Olena Kalytiak Davis. I borrowed it about two years ago from a professor and I might night give it back. (unless she reads this)

  27. Rawbbie

      And Her Soul Out Of Nothing, by Olena Kalytiak Davis. I borrowed it about two years ago from a professor and I might night give it back. (unless she reads this)

  28. paulb

      the westing game by ellen raskin.

      grade school library, re-read it every year.

  29. paulb

      the westing game by ellen raskin.

      grade school library, re-read it every year.

  30. paulb

      the westing game by ellen raskin.

      grade school library, re-read it every year.

  31. darby

      my copy of delillos underworld was loaned to me by a co-worker at a time i’d never heard of the book. in an aside conversation like a year later i mentioned i still had it and he seemed as if he didnt want it back so i kept it, and eventually read it.

  32. darby

      my copy of delillos underworld was loaned to me by a co-worker at a time i’d never heard of the book. in an aside conversation like a year later i mentioned i still had it and he seemed as if he didnt want it back so i kept it, and eventually read it.

  33. darby

      my copy of delillos underworld was loaned to me by a co-worker at a time i’d never heard of the book. in an aside conversation like a year later i mentioned i still had it and he seemed as if he didnt want it back so i kept it, and eventually read it.

  34. mark

      when i was an undergrad, a friend stole the library’s only copy of the rare, out-of-print design tome, s, m, l, xl, by koolhaas and mau.

      friend: “i love it and appreciate it more than anyone else, and this is the only way i will be able to have it — therefore, i must steal it.”

      a year later it was reprinted and available in bookstores. i asked her, was she going to give back the stolen copy?

      friend: “hell no. now they can just buy a new one.”

  35. mark

      when i was an undergrad, a friend stole the library’s only copy of the rare, out-of-print design tome, s, m, l, xl, by koolhaas and mau.

      friend: “i love it and appreciate it more than anyone else, and this is the only way i will be able to have it — therefore, i must steal it.”

      a year later it was reprinted and available in bookstores. i asked her, was she going to give back the stolen copy?

      friend: “hell no. now they can just buy a new one.”

  36. mark

      when i was an undergrad, a friend stole the library’s only copy of the rare, out-of-print design tome, s, m, l, xl, by koolhaas and mau.

      friend: “i love it and appreciate it more than anyone else, and this is the only way i will be able to have it — therefore, i must steal it.”

      a year later it was reprinted and available in bookstores. i asked her, was she going to give back the stolen copy?

      friend: “hell no. now they can just buy a new one.”

  37. mark

      also, about ten years ago i stole a copy of the first edition of chandler’s playback from my grandma’s assisted living facility. haven’t read it yet, but looks cool on the shelf.

  38. mark

      also, about ten years ago i stole a copy of the first edition of chandler’s playback from my grandma’s assisted living facility. haven’t read it yet, but looks cool on the shelf.

  39. mark

      also, about ten years ago i stole a copy of the first edition of chandler’s playback from my grandma’s assisted living facility. haven’t read it yet, but looks cool on the shelf.

  40. Yvette Hernandez

      My name is Yvette Hernandez and a couple of weeks after David Foster Wallace died I asked one of my co-workers if I could borrow his copies of Consider the Lobster and Oblivion. Three months later my co-worker asked me if he could have his books back and I said no. I said I had lost the books during a move. The truth is that I have never read the books. And I don’t plan on ever reading them. The reason I took the books is because I did not like my co-worker. I thought he was a creep. He made fun of my lazy eye and referred to me as a Mexican, even though I am not from Mexico.

  41. Yvette Hernandez

      My name is Yvette Hernandez and a couple of weeks after David Foster Wallace died I asked one of my co-workers if I could borrow his copies of Consider the Lobster and Oblivion. Three months later my co-worker asked me if he could have his books back and I said no. I said I had lost the books during a move. The truth is that I have never read the books. And I don’t plan on ever reading them. The reason I took the books is because I did not like my co-worker. I thought he was a creep. He made fun of my lazy eye and referred to me as a Mexican, even though I am not from Mexico.

  42. Yvette Hernandez

      My name is Yvette Hernandez and a couple of weeks after David Foster Wallace died I asked one of my co-workers if I could borrow his copies of Consider the Lobster and Oblivion. Three months later my co-worker asked me if he could have his books back and I said no. I said I had lost the books during a move. The truth is that I have never read the books. And I don’t plan on ever reading them. The reason I took the books is because I did not like my co-worker. I thought he was a creep. He made fun of my lazy eye and referred to me as a Mexican, even though I am not from Mexico.

  43. drew kalbach

      that’s a really good inscription

  44. drew kalbach

      that’s a really good inscription

  45. drew kalbach

      that’s a really good inscription

  46. drew kalbach

      ‘scary stories 3: more tales to chill your bones’ has been in my house for a bit now and will likely never leave.

  47. drew kalbach

      ‘scary stories 3: more tales to chill your bones’ has been in my house for a bit now and will likely never leave.

  48. drew kalbach

      ‘scary stories 3: more tales to chill your bones’ has been in my house for a bit now and will likely never leave.

  49. brandi

      i’m going to be honest and say Dune. Fucking love that book.

  50. brandi

      i’m going to be honest and say Dune. Fucking love that book.

  51. brandi

      i’m going to be honest and say Dune. Fucking love that book.

  52. Kyle Minor

      Dispatches, by Michael Herr (which is sitting here on the table, right in front of me)

  53. Kyle Minor

      Dispatches, by Michael Herr (which is sitting here on the table, right in front of me)

  54. Kyle Minor

      Dispatches, by Michael Herr (which is sitting here on the table, right in front of me)

  55. Amber

      The February Towers as a kid. First book that was truly a mystery to me, truly strange and new and parallel worlds and all of that. I still have it. I was obsessed with it–and good thing, because it’s out of print now.

      Same story with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin.

  56. Amber

      The February Towers as a kid. First book that was truly a mystery to me, truly strange and new and parallel worlds and all of that. I still have it. I was obsessed with it–and good thing, because it’s out of print now.

      Same story with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin.

  57. Amber

      The February Towers as a kid. First book that was truly a mystery to me, truly strange and new and parallel worlds and all of that. I still have it. I was obsessed with it–and good thing, because it’s out of print now.

      Same story with The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin.

  58. Sean Doyle

      “Fuck You Heroes,” by Glen E. Friedman. I was helping a girl move, and I saw it at the top of a box of junk, so I nudged it out of the box and under the front seat of my truck as she went back into the apartment to get something. I figured it was only fair – I found a bunch of my old t-shirts and some albums that belonged to me in her stuff as we packed up my truck.

  59. Sean Doyle

      “Fuck You Heroes,” by Glen E. Friedman. I was helping a girl move, and I saw it at the top of a box of junk, so I nudged it out of the box and under the front seat of my truck as she went back into the apartment to get something. I figured it was only fair – I found a bunch of my old t-shirts and some albums that belonged to me in her stuff as we packed up my truck.

  60. Sean Doyle

      “Fuck You Heroes,” by Glen E. Friedman. I was helping a girl move, and I saw it at the top of a box of junk, so I nudged it out of the box and under the front seat of my truck as she went back into the apartment to get something. I figured it was only fair – I found a bunch of my old t-shirts and some albums that belonged to me in her stuff as we packed up my truck.

  61. Rachael

      Seducing The Mercenary, by Loreth Anne White. Yep.

  62. Rachael

      Seducing The Mercenary, by Loreth Anne White. Yep.

  63. Rachael

      Seducing The Mercenary, by Loreth Anne White. Yep.

  64. Marco

      The Year of the Frog, by Martin Simecka.

      To make it worse, was “borrowed” from someone who had borrowed it from someone else.

      To make it better, I really do, honestly, plan to give it back. Maybe after I read it one more time.

      Goddamn good book.

  65. Marco

      The Year of the Frog, by Martin Simecka.

      To make it worse, was “borrowed” from someone who had borrowed it from someone else.

      To make it better, I really do, honestly, plan to give it back. Maybe after I read it one more time.

      Goddamn good book.

  66. Marco

      The Year of the Frog, by Martin Simecka.

      To make it worse, was “borrowed” from someone who had borrowed it from someone else.

      To make it better, I really do, honestly, plan to give it back. Maybe after I read it one more time.

      Goddamn good book.

  67. brittany wallace

      i am very polite
      i return books
      usually with water/beer/miscellaneous liquid damage

  68. brittany wallace

      i am very polite
      i return books
      usually with water/beer/miscellaneous liquid damage

  69. brittany wallace

      i am very polite
      i return books
      usually with water/beer/miscellaneous liquid damage

  70. dan

      i borrowed ‘in cold blood’ from my dad and never returned it. i don’t think he cared. i’m usually good about returning books, which reminds me that i need to return josh bell’s ‘no planets strike’ to a friend.

  71. dan

      i borrowed ‘in cold blood’ from my dad and never returned it. i don’t think he cared. i’m usually good about returning books, which reminds me that i need to return josh bell’s ‘no planets strike’ to a friend.

  72. dan

      i borrowed ‘in cold blood’ from my dad and never returned it. i don’t think he cared. i’m usually good about returning books, which reminds me that i need to return josh bell’s ‘no planets strike’ to a friend.

  73. Rebekah Silverman

      I know, right?!? I pray to the book gods that I’ll ever write such a one.

  74. Rebekah Silverman

      I know, right?!? I pray to the book gods that I’ll ever write such a one.

  75. Rebekah Silverman

      I know, right?!? I pray to the book gods that I’ll ever write such a one.

  76. jesusangelgarcia

      This is funny. It’d be funnier if it were true. It’s not b/c a) DFW fans don’t lend out their books; b) if said fans did, they’d never lend two at a time; c) the story seems to crack on how some DFW fans, so-called, don’t really read his books. Come to think of it, maybe this is perfect as is.

  77. jesusangelgarcia

      This is funny. It’d be funnier if it were true. It’s not b/c a) DFW fans don’t lend out their books; b) if said fans did, they’d never lend two at a time; c) the story seems to crack on how some DFW fans, so-called, don’t really read his books. Come to think of it, maybe this is perfect as is.

  78. jesusangelgarcia

      This is funny. It’d be funnier if it were true. It’s not b/c a) DFW fans don’t lend out their books; b) if said fans did, they’d never lend two at a time; c) the story seems to crack on how some DFW fans, so-called, don’t really read his books. Come to think of it, maybe this is perfect as is.

  79. Daniel Romo

      May I use that as an epigraph Rebekah?

  80. Daniel Romo

      May I use that as an epigraph Rebekah?

  81. Daniel Romo

      May I use that as an epigraph Rebekah?

  82. Daniel Romo

      I still have my buddy Blake’s Choose Your Own Adventure book (from 3rd grade).

  83. Daniel Romo

      I still have my buddy Blake’s Choose Your Own Adventure book (from 3rd grade).

  84. Daniel Romo

      I still have my buddy Blake’s Choose Your Own Adventure book (from 3rd grade).

  85. Stu

      I let a friend borrow “The Fuck Up” by Nersessian and never got it back. No big loss. I recently lent out “God Hates Us All,” and knowing the friend I lent it to, I probably will not see that one again, either. I will say that I have a ton of Garfield comics that belonged to the library. They’re twenty some odd years delinquent.

  86. Stu

      I let a friend borrow “The Fuck Up” by Nersessian and never got it back. No big loss. I recently lent out “God Hates Us All,” and knowing the friend I lent it to, I probably will not see that one again, either. I will say that I have a ton of Garfield comics that belonged to the library. They’re twenty some odd years delinquent.

  87. Stu

      I let a friend borrow “The Fuck Up” by Nersessian and never got it back. No big loss. I recently lent out “God Hates Us All,” and knowing the friend I lent it to, I probably will not see that one again, either. I will say that I have a ton of Garfield comics that belonged to the library. They’re twenty some odd years delinquent.

  88. shaun

      i borrowed catcher in the rye from my teacher when i was in 10th grade and i still have that book. to elevate this to an even higher level of cliche, the book is worn to shit now due to constant re-reading back then and she probably wouldn’t even recognize it if i tried to return it 7 years later.

      i’m still down overall from books i’ve lent out and not received back, though in nearly every case it was a book i didn’t REALLY want back.

  89. shaun

      i borrowed catcher in the rye from my teacher when i was in 10th grade and i still have that book. to elevate this to an even higher level of cliche, the book is worn to shit now due to constant re-reading back then and she probably wouldn’t even recognize it if i tried to return it 7 years later.

      i’m still down overall from books i’ve lent out and not received back, though in nearly every case it was a book i didn’t REALLY want back.

  90. shaun

      i borrowed catcher in the rye from my teacher when i was in 10th grade and i still have that book. to elevate this to an even higher level of cliche, the book is worn to shit now due to constant re-reading back then and she probably wouldn’t even recognize it if i tried to return it 7 years later.

      i’m still down overall from books i’ve lent out and not received back, though in nearly every case it was a book i didn’t REALLY want back.

  91. Kevin O'Neill

      Waiting for Godot.

  92. Kevin O'Neill

      Waiting for Godot.

  93. Kevin O'Neill

      Waiting for Godot.

  94. Merzmensch

      Genette: Palimpsestes.
      (Well, first I “borrowed” this book from Slavic Library, but then Slavic Library with Slavic institute were closed due of austerity measures of our university).

      So let’s say: it’s a gift.

  95. Merzmensch

      Genette: Palimpsestes.
      (Well, first I “borrowed” this book from Slavic Library, but then Slavic Library with Slavic institute were closed due of austerity measures of our university).

      So let’s say: it’s a gift.

  96. Merzmensch

      Genette: Palimpsestes.
      (Well, first I “borrowed” this book from Slavic Library, but then Slavic Library with Slavic institute were closed due of austerity measures of our university).

      So let’s say: it’s a gift.

  97. Ross Brighton

      That is one of my favorite books ever (up there with Ulysses and The Unnameable). The cycle is hands-down the best sci-fi series ever (CJ Cherryh follows close behind)

  98. Ross Brighton

      That is one of my favorite books ever (up there with Ulysses and The Unnameable). The cycle is hands-down the best sci-fi series ever (CJ Cherryh follows close behind)

  99. Ross Brighton

      That is one of my favorite books ever (up there with Ulysses and The Unnameable). The cycle is hands-down the best sci-fi series ever (CJ Cherryh follows close behind)

  100. Ross Brighton

      I borrowed all of my Dad’s Dylan records. And his selected Yeats, and Dickinson. And his collected Curnow. And his Pan Book of Chess. And his Critical Biography of Yeats.

      Am I a bad son?

  101. Ross Brighton

      I borrowed all of my Dad’s Dylan records. And his selected Yeats, and Dickinson. And his collected Curnow. And his Pan Book of Chess. And his Critical Biography of Yeats.

      Am I a bad son?

  102. Ross Brighton

      I borrowed all of my Dad’s Dylan records. And his selected Yeats, and Dickinson. And his collected Curnow. And his Pan Book of Chess. And his Critical Biography of Yeats.

      Am I a bad son?

  103. Sean

      Mr Dan, 1990s:

      I still have TFIA. I apologize. The author would be displeased.

  104. Sean

      Mr Dan, 1990s:

      I still have TFIA. I apologize. The author would be displeased.

  105. Sean

      Mr Dan, 1990s:

      I still have TFIA. I apologize. The author would be displeased.

  106. M

      I took a paperback copy of The Maltese Falcon from my friend’s parents’ house when I was visiting about 6 years ago.

  107. M

      I took a paperback copy of The Maltese Falcon from my friend’s parents’ house when I was visiting about 6 years ago.

  108. M

      I took a paperback copy of The Maltese Falcon from my friend’s parents’ house when I was visiting about 6 years ago.

  109. david erlewine

      Tobias Wolff’s “Back in the World”, signed copy to my college writing professor, a friend of TW’s. Bush league on my part. But I re-read it all the time.

  110. david erlewine

      Tobias Wolff’s “Back in the World”, signed copy to my college writing professor, a friend of TW’s. Bush league on my part. But I re-read it all the time.

  111. david erlewine

      Tobias Wolff’s “Back in the World”, signed copy to my college writing professor, a friend of TW’s. Bush league on my part. But I re-read it all the time.

  112. Amelia

      A friend picked his copy of Jesus’ Son off my bookshelf and looked at me. I said “Ah yes.”

  113. Amelia

      A friend picked his copy of Jesus’ Son off my bookshelf and looked at me. I said “Ah yes.”

  114. Amelia

      A friend picked his copy of Jesus’ Son off my bookshelf and looked at me. I said “Ah yes.”

  115. Kathleen Rooney

      Mirror at the End of the Road by Mel Lyman. Not because it’s a great book or anything, but because the guy I had borrowed it from (who had lived for a while in the Lyman Family cult/community in Boston) was moving away and I wanted to keep something that used to belong to him.

  116. Kathleen Rooney

      Mirror at the End of the Road by Mel Lyman. Not because it’s a great book or anything, but because the guy I had borrowed it from (who had lived for a while in the Lyman Family cult/community in Boston) was moving away and I wanted to keep something that used to belong to him.

  117. Kathleen Rooney

      Mirror at the End of the Road by Mel Lyman. Not because it’s a great book or anything, but because the guy I had borrowed it from (who had lived for a while in the Lyman Family cult/community in Boston) was moving away and I wanted to keep something that used to belong to him.

  118. Ryan Shea

      Mike Young let me borrow a copy of Jesus’ Son that I think he said he had borrowed. It’s in the pile of papers and books and folders under my coffee table.

  119. Ryan Shea

      Mike Young let me borrow a copy of Jesus’ Son that I think he said he had borrowed. It’s in the pile of papers and books and folders under my coffee table.

  120. Ryan Shea

      Mike Young let me borrow a copy of Jesus’ Son that I think he said he had borrowed. It’s in the pile of papers and books and folders under my coffee table.

  121. j.o.w.

      A Wilde Ride Through The Night by Walter Moers… a galley proof version I borrowed from my boss’s book collection.

  122. j.o.w.

      A Wilde Ride Through The Night by Walter Moers… a galley proof version I borrowed from my boss’s book collection.

  123. j.o.w.

      *A Wild Ride Through The Night — Oscar is not involved.

  124. j.o.w.

      *A Wild Ride Through The Night — Oscar is not involved.

  125. j.o.w.

      A Wilde Ride Through The Night by Walter Moers… a galley proof version I borrowed from my boss’s book collection.

  126. j.o.w.

      *A Wild Ride Through The Night — Oscar is not involved.

  127. david erlewine

      ha ha, i can “see” that image.

  128. david erlewine

      ha ha, i can “see” that image.

  129. david erlewine

      ha ha, i can “see” that image.

  130. zzzzzipp

      How dare you. You stole a memory.

  131. zzzzzipp

      How dare you. You stole a memory.

  132. zzzzzipp

      How dare you. You stole a memory.

  133. zzzzzipp

      No, only Dune is wonderful. Dune 2 is like cheesecake directed by Michael Bay and who has ever got through 2 to read 3?

  134. zzzzzipp

      No, only Dune is wonderful. Dune 2 is like cheesecake directed by Michael Bay and who has ever got through 2 to read 3?

  135. zzzzzipp

      No, only Dune is wonderful. Dune 2 is like cheesecake directed by Michael Bay and who has ever got through 2 to read 3?

  136. andré

      University: The Devastation of the Indies by Casas (the margins were full of back and forth arguments between students who believed Casas and students who thought he was shitting on Latin America and tarnishing Spain, etc. Really cool. I had it for two years after I dropped out, but I returned it when I came back because I wanted to start borrowing books again. It was a cool book, but it was also kind of a “depression steal.)

      High School: King Lear (I had drawn moving pictures in the corners)

      Grade School: To Kill a Mockingbird (I don’t know how this happened, I don’t even particularly like this book.)

  137. andré

      University: The Devastation of the Indies by Casas (the margins were full of back and forth arguments between students who believed Casas and students who thought he was shitting on Latin America and tarnishing Spain, etc. Really cool. I had it for two years after I dropped out, but I returned it when I came back because I wanted to start borrowing books again. It was a cool book, but it was also kind of a “depression steal.)

      High School: King Lear (I had drawn moving pictures in the corners)

      Grade School: To Kill a Mockingbird (I don’t know how this happened, I don’t even particularly like this book.)

  138. andré

      University: The Devastation of the Indies by Casas (the margins were full of back and forth arguments between students who believed Casas and students who thought he was shitting on Latin America and tarnishing Spain, etc. Really cool. I had it for two years after I dropped out, but I returned it when I came back because I wanted to start borrowing books again. It was a cool book, but it was also kind of a “depression steal.)

      High School: King Lear (I had drawn moving pictures in the corners)

      Grade School: To Kill a Mockingbird (I don’t know how this happened, I don’t even particularly like this book.)

  139. Ben Spivey

      I borrowed The Stranger and then I mailed it to Nick Antosca.

  140. Ben Spivey

      I borrowed The Stranger and then I mailed it to Nick Antosca.

  141. Ben Spivey

      I borrowed The Stranger and then I mailed it to Nick Antosca.

  142. brigadoon

      I’ve got the inverse of this: lent out my beloved selected Larry Levis on a second date that I had thought was certain to lead to a third. Never saw the dude or the book again. Forgive me, Larry.

  143. brigadoon

      I’ve got the inverse of this: lent out my beloved selected Larry Levis on a second date that I had thought was certain to lead to a third. Never saw the dude or the book again. Forgive me, Larry.

  144. brigadoon

      I’ve got the inverse of this: lent out my beloved selected Larry Levis on a second date that I had thought was certain to lead to a third. Never saw the dude or the book again. Forgive me, Larry.

  145. kaisa

      “alice in wonderland” by lewis carroll, with navitrolla’s illustrations

  146. kaisa

      “alice in wonderland” by lewis carroll, with navitrolla’s illustrations

  147. kaisa

      “alice in wonderland” by lewis carroll, with navitrolla’s illustrations

  148. brandi

      I’ve read dune messiah, children of dune, god emperor of dune, heretics of dune and chapterhouse dune.

      I’ll punch you in the face.

  149. brandi

      I’ve read dune messiah, children of dune, god emperor of dune, heretics of dune and chapterhouse dune.

      I’ll punch you in the face.

  150. brandi

      I’ve read dune messiah, children of dune, god emperor of dune, heretics of dune and chapterhouse dune.

      I’ll punch you in the face.

  151. Christian

      Hotel Insomnia, by Charles Simic

      Not giving it back, never.

  152. Christian

      Hotel Insomnia, by Charles Simic

      Not giving it back, never.

  153. Christian

      Hotel Insomnia, by Charles Simic

      Not giving it back, never.

  154. shaun

      aw man god emperor of dune was terrible, i hated it so much i quit the series

  155. shaun

      aw man god emperor of dune was terrible, i hated it so much i quit the series

  156. shaun

      aw man god emperor of dune was terrible, i hated it so much i quit the series

  157. Felipe

      I always return books. I’m a pussy.

  158. Felipe

      I always return books. I’m a pussy.

  159. Felipe

      I always return books. I’m a pussy.

  160. Ross Brighton

      read them all. They all rule. GE gets a bit boring, but then better – and the last three are amazing.
      I love the fucking with temporeality, the metaphsyics of prophecy….
      and the Bene Geserit in the last three are wicked cool.

  161. Ross Brighton

      read them all. They all rule. GE gets a bit boring, but then better – and the last three are amazing.
      I love the fucking with temporeality, the metaphsyics of prophecy….
      and the Bene Geserit in the last three are wicked cool.

  162. Ross Brighton

      read them all. They all rule. GE gets a bit boring, but then better – and the last three are amazing.
      I love the fucking with temporeality, the metaphsyics of prophecy….
      and the Bene Geserit in the last three are wicked cool.

  163. Rebekah Silverman

      zzzzzipp, What else does anyone ever steal?

  164. Rebekah Silverman

      zzzzzipp, What else does anyone ever steal?

  165. Rebekah Silverman

      zzzzzipp, What else does anyone ever steal?

  166. Rebekah Silverman

      Go ahead! It’s not mine to give away anyway.

  167. Rebekah Silverman

      Go ahead! It’s not mine to give away anyway.

  168. Rebekah Silverman

      Go ahead! It’s not mine to give away anyway.

  169. Ross Brighton

      It took 6 months to get back my copy of Lara Glenum’s Hounds of No from a friend

  170. Ross Brighton

      It took 6 months to get back my copy of Lara Glenum’s Hounds of No from a friend

  171. Ross Brighton

      It took 6 months to get back my copy of Lara Glenum’s Hounds of No from a friend

  172. zzzzippp

      But Rebekah, why not take a picture, or just copy the inscription in one of your other books? You took a personal thing and ripped it out of a life.

  173. zzzzippp

      But Rebekah, why not take a picture, or just copy the inscription in one of your other books? You took a personal thing and ripped it out of a life.

  174. zzzzippp

      But Rebekah, why not take a picture, or just copy the inscription in one of your other books? You took a personal thing and ripped it out of a life.

  175. zzzzippp

      brandi how can you punch a photon. looking through the valleys and rivers of time i see that no one has ever done it and no one will ever do it

  176. zzzzippp

      brandi how can you punch a photon. looking through the valleys and rivers of time i see that no one has ever done it and no one will ever do it

  177. zzzzippp

      brandi how can you punch a photon. looking through the valleys and rivers of time i see that no one has ever done it and no one will ever do it

  178. Bink Figgins

      I have paulb’s (above) copy of Doyle’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Reading it currently and I have no intention of giving it back. It is amazing.

  179. Bink Figgins

      I have paulb’s (above) copy of Doyle’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Reading it currently and I have no intention of giving it back. It is amazing.

  180. Bink Figgins

      I have paulb’s (above) copy of Doyle’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Reading it currently and I have no intention of giving it back. It is amazing.