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I just got my copy of Mary Trump's tell all book and it's a First Edition! (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 OP
First Edition Squeaky41 Jul 2020 #1
I was the last to come to the party. People said they were already starting a Third edition Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #2
I read it in one sitting! zanana1 Jul 2020 #3
I'll have to do it bit by bit. I have major projects to hit. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #4
I don't think that people with a life should read it all at once. zanana1 Jul 2020 #5
I have friends who are book worms. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #8
I think the book helps us to understand the beast in him. zanana1 Jul 2020 #6
You know what really should frighten the hell of us? Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #7

Baitball Blogger

(46,723 posts)
2. I was the last to come to the party. People said they were already starting a Third edition
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:55 PM
Jul 2020

to keep up with the demand.

zanana1

(6,121 posts)
5. I don't think that people with a life should read it all at once.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 07:42 AM
Jul 2020

I'm a 68 year old woman who is quarantining. I live alone, aside from Yogi, my cat. That gives me plenty of time to read.

Baitball Blogger

(46,723 posts)
8. I have friends who are book worms.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 09:28 AM
Jul 2020

Truly amazes me how many books they read in a week.

Frankly, I use to enjoy speed reading through the classics, when I was younger, until I realized that I was missing out on the lingering wonder of the scenery and everything else that was going on. I just didn't retain as much as the writer wanted me to absorb. It took me two readings to really own a book.

But that's me. Now, it's just a matter of finding the time. Since I read shorter passages, I have time to think about it all.

zanana1

(6,121 posts)
6. I think the book helps us to understand the beast in him.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 07:50 AM
Jul 2020

He is a sociopathic narcissist who has no need for other people, unless he will benefit from being around them. It's in his DNA. I really didn't think he was really as bad as his presidency was. He's worse. His upbringing with a father of a similar personality didn't help, but his cruelty was there all the time. Now I know that he will do anything to win the election. Anything. He's a scary guy.

Baitball Blogger

(46,723 posts)
7. You know what really should frighten the hell of us?
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 09:24 AM
Jul 2020

There are people who were raised well that believe that he's an example of success. People who you would think are very kind and normal when you first meet them, until you begin to talk about politics and how they feel about tax dollars going out to help people who have less than they have. They don't even realize how they come across, because they were raised to believe that Trump is normal.

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