Abandoning Books (...with Abandon)

Now it’s Linda’s turn to occupy the hot seat: Claire unpacks Linda’s habit of abandoning books she begins and can’t finish for one reason or another. These failures generally fall under the following three Categories of Abandonment:

Meh: Flippantly/dispassionately tosses book aside Hit the eject button!: Violently flings book aside with revulsion, boredom, and/or deep frustration Why did I deny myself this experience?: Reluctanctly and with great shame places book gently aside while resolving to pick it up again in the future

Books discussed during the episode:

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens  Freedom by Jonathan Franzen The Plague by Albert Camus  Moby-Dick by Herman Melville  Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler