I got Fingersmith in the mail today

United States
May 13, 2019 7:18pm CST
I just don't feel like taking a picture of it. You'll remember that this was the book I was waiting to come, the fourth book out of all the ones I ordered not too long ago. Well it arrived today and with a bit of a mark on it. I'm not fussy normally, but this is a mark that could have been prevented. Someone places a price sticker on the title of the book! Yeah, the title, which is kind of silly if you ask me. Anyway, I went to gently tear it and it didn't matter, part of the title came off with the sticker. What's one of your petpeeves? Fingersmith is a book written by Sarah Waters. She writes mostly lesbianism romance in historical settings. This book is a sort of Dickensian type novel, I'll link you to the synopsis below.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if S...
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
21 Jul 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum That is not good news. That is not a good idea to cover up the title with the sticker. I have found at times stickers are hard to take off.
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• United States
21 Jul 19
It is what it is.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
22 Jul 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum You are right it is what it is.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
14 May 19
Saw the TV adaptation of this.
• United States
21 Jul 19
of course you did.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May 19
Hope you enjoy your new book. I hate it when I get sticky stickers on things I have bought and have a really hard time getting them off especially from appliances.
• United States
21 Jul 19
I haven't even finished it yet, put it down and haven't picked it back up.
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