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I'll be honest. My father likes to think he's well read, and he has about fifty "classics" in a study that he wants my siblings and me to read. So, I drew up a hot bath and forced myself through the 184 pages of Gatsby.
I had to use incentives to get through for more than one reason. I don't particularly like old books; the flowery purple prose that has no purpose other than to show off an SAT vocabulary loses me about halfway through. I don't care for the writing style, it doesn't continue the n ...more
I had to use incentives to get through for more than one reason. I don't particularly like old books; the flowery purple prose that has no purpose other than to show off an SAT vocabulary loses me about halfway through. I don't care for the writing style, it doesn't continue the n ...more

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