When the Suck Fairy flits

Jo Walton posted about when the Suck Fairyvisits books you once enjoyed. Even loved. Jo makes a point of saying that readers ought not to beat themselves up over liking something that you no longer can read. The other problem is our fellow being who cannot resist the curled upper lip, and the roll of the eyes, “You liked that? Wow, what terrible taste.”

There are some books that remain on my favorite shelves through my sporadic cullings even though I probably won’t reread them again. But I mig...