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  1. 12-21-2007, 08:08 AM #1
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    bought someone a book and then read it before giving it to them? The reason I am asking is I bought my brother the book Double Cross for Christmas and I am so tempted to read it before I give it to him. I feel like I am cheating or something if I do this. What do you think?
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  2. 12-21-2007, 08:22 AM #2
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    If you can still read it and keep it in it's new like condition go ahead and read it. What I would do is read a few pages and get it from the library.
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    I was thinking about the exact thing! I think if the book stays brand new looking, go for it.
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    When I give books I want to read, I just tell the person I'm giving it to that I'm interested and then they lend it to me when they are finished. You can tell that a book's been read because the outer edges of the pages will not be pressed firmly together, the spine will be creased, and if it is a paperback the cover will no longer lie flat.
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    I would check it out from the library. It would be really hard not to crease the book, etc. while reading it.
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    I agree, go see if you can find it at the library OR after you give the book, ask if you could borrow it when they have finished reading it.
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    My question to you is.....Is your brother the type that would even care if you read it first? I would have to say my sisters, my mother and my husband would not care if I read the book before giving it to them as a gift.

    Now a box of chocolates with a few missing pieces would be totally tacky. LOL
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    I have totally read a gift book---if I don't have enough time, then I ask if I can after they are done--just have to be super careful...
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    I think you guys are right. I will just wait until he reads it and then get it from him if I can not get at the library.
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    Usually if I give a book I would like to read I ask them to share it with me when they are done. Sometimes I get it from the library in the mean time, but I usually put it on my booklist and then ask them about it a month or so later
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    Sure I have, just need to be like Elmer Fudd while reading it. Be "Be vewwy, vewwy careful"
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    I'm a book-a-holic. How could I resist???
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    I always read them first, carefully of course.
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