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message 1: by willaful (new)

willaful There are so many reviews of The Glass Castle by Violet Winspear which are obviously meant to be of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls , that I'm wondering if there was some combining error somewhere down the line. Anything we can do to fix it?


message 2: by lafon حمزة (last edited Aug 22, 2012 05:24PM) (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments I don't see anything in the log to suggest any recent combining or separating. Any chance people simply mis-shelved the books because they have the same title?


message 3: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Wouldn't surprise me. I think a lot of people just shelf the default searched one because they don't KNOW about other editions. You know, those not techy people who aren't great on the web.


message 4: by willaful (last edited Aug 22, 2012 06:24PM) (new)

willaful lafon حمزة wrote: "I don't see anything in the log to suggest any recent combining or separating. Any chance people simply mis-shelved the books because they have the same title?"

Oh certainly, I just found it hard to believe so many people could mistake a modern memoir for a old Harlequin Presents. But you know what P.T. Barnum said... anyway, is there anything we can do about it?


message 5: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments willaful wrote: "anyway, is there anything we can do about it?"

Librarians can't, no.

And Einstein said something about a possibly infinite universe, and something that was a certain infinite.


message 6: by Krystal109 (last edited Aug 22, 2012 06:38PM) (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments LOL. I know that quote.


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