Year: 2013
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Best of the Worst 2013 Part 2
We had lots of candidates for our top contenders. The trick is narrowing down some of these choices. Both Holly and I agreed that the book that helped you make your mind so strong that you could actually increase the size of your breasts had to be included. Because if…
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The Best of the Worst in 2013
Long time readers of our site will know that at the end of the year, it is a law of the Internet that we take a moment to reflect on some of the fine choices we have featured on Awful Library Books. Every year Holly and I debate the choices…
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Take My Wife, Please!
How to live a Neurotic Wife Baker 1970 If you think times haven’t changed, this book might make you feel otherwise. The humor is so old school, I keep hearing Henny Youngman saying “take my wife, please.” Reading this you might think women were vapid, self-centered creatures, hell bent on…
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RIP Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables Montgomery 1987 (paperback) original copyright 1908 A friend sent me some scans of this poor book from an elementary school library. It was only recently weeded, but had looked awful for years. This paperback had been in the collection for years and had great circulation. Obviously…
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Please Throw it Away!
Don’t Throw It Away! Abell 1973 Another gorgeous craft book from an unnamed public library’s craft section. (No, as of this writing it was NOT weeded.) I had no trouble guessing that this was direct from the 1970s. The harvest colors are a dead giveaway. Everything was harvest gold, avocado…
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My Real Family
My Real Family Sanford 1993 Long time readers of this blog will immediately recognize these illustrations. Yes, we have YET ANOTHER one of these special books. (Note to self: I need to restrict these titles to only a certain number a year or my head will explode.) This time our…
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