Carolyn Wells Quote

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry;
The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.


Harper's Magazine (1910)


The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry; The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry; The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry; The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull and dry; The books that we should like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk...