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6 Things Not to Read in Any BookMost of us grew up with the rule that if you open up a book, you finish it. Now, of course, we have lives. Here are six things to skip or skim—with zero guilt.
To Skip: The Not-Dirty PartsSome books are about great literature, and some books are about steamy love scenes or racy, slightly disconcerting sexual escapades that cause you to blush and read on, blush and read on. Just as you speed-read through Flowers in the Attic or certain Judy Blume novels as a preteen in order to get to the parts underlined by your classmates or fellow campers, you can tear very, very quickly through, say, Fifty Shades of Grey to get to the smoking hot bedroom scenes. You don't really care if these characters eat or go to the grocery store, if they get the flu or buy a dress. You care if they get naked! You care if they break out the riding crop or if they make out in an elevator. You care if your neighbor walks in on you while you're reading about the riding crop. Related ResourcesKeep Reading
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A Conversation with Colum McCannIn Let the Great World Spin, novelist Colum McCann plays with the idea of balance, starting with Philippe Petit's 1974 glorious tightrope walk between the Twin Towers, and in stories of ordinary New Yorkers tied, however tangentially, to that event. Read
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