I may be telling on my modest circumstances a bit here; I live in a small apartment, and I can't think of a clear trajectory I could throw a book in without consequences.
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Well, based on my mentions, a lot of people, it seems! It's still so hard for me to picture. I've definitely gotten mad at books, no doubt, but the most I've done is throw them onto the sofa next to my thigh.
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Also I think this question is the closest I've gotten to being ratio'd.pic.twitter.com/k2ivA1joId
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They just keep rolling in - you guys are exxxtreme! Weren’t you worried you’d break something in your house?
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My whole adult life I’ve taken “then I threw the book across the room” to be a symbolic statement meaning “I strongly disliked it” but clearly I was wrong.
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I remember I saw a Neil Pollack reading where Pollack poured whiskey on a copy of EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED while singing “I wipe my ass upon your novel” but that was a literally performative situation. I’m always by myself when I read books; there’d be no one to see me throw it.
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Interesting to note: anecdotally, from my mentions, the most common cause of book-throwing is "anger at the book being bad." But close on its heels is "dismay at misfortunes befalling sympathetic characters."
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The answers are coming in too fast for me to track properly, but I think the most intense reactions so far have been books being vomited on and stabbed.
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My Fahrenheit 451 remake is gonna own: “It was a pleasure to puke.”
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MY SISTER’S KEEPER and MOCKINGJAY were dominating when I went to bed, but OUTLANDER had a strong night.
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You see this, you barbarians? CHOOSE LOVEhttps://twitter.com/AnAmazingFeat/status/1036260752234094594 …
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hey publishing houses the auction for my memoir of this experience entitled THROW THIS BOOK starts *now*
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I cannot BELIEVE what I’ve unleashed here. I was just goofin’ around on a Friday!
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Maybe the most surprising repeat mention: THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin. Wouldn’t have pegged that one for a thrower.
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A LITTLE LIFE and ATONEMENT have both had strong showings (throwings?) today.
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My memoir of this (still robustly ongoing) Twitter experience will be titled:
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Sirius Black dying seems to have inspired more throws than Dumbledore dying.
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I'd say when all is said and done, the second kind of throwing (dismay at character suffering) might've outnumbered the first kind (innate book suckage). Runners up would be: boring textbook, and book used as weapon.https://twitter.com/macwrites/status/1035947322885251072 …
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