That seems actually pretty healthy. And y'know, when you put it like that, I see the tie back to the original post better: this is the decision as to whether the relationship between the reader and the book is a couple or a threesome, with the author in bed with you too.
Mine is similar on the purchasing front. I'll stop purchasing -- or when I was at the bookstore, twice decided to stop handselling -- the work of authors whose personal actions raised my eyebrow high enough that I actually felt no desire, period, to financially support them anymore, to the point where I couldn't effectively praise their books without getting a sour taste in my mouth. But I don't tend to make a big deal out of that, and on the whole I generally keep book and author quite seperate. Even people I don't like or agree with frequently have interesting things to say.
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That seems actually pretty healthy. And y'know, when you put it like that, I see the tie back to the original post better: this is the decision as to whether the relationship between the reader and the book is a couple or a threesome, with the author in bed with you too.
Mine is similar on the purchasing front. I'll stop purchasing -- or when I was at the bookstore, twice decided to stop handselling -- the work of authors whose personal actions raised my eyebrow high enough that I actually felt no desire, period, to financially support them anymore, to the point where I couldn't effectively praise their books without getting a sour taste in my mouth. But I don't tend to make a big deal out of that, and on the whole I generally keep book and author quite seperate. Even people I don't like or agree with frequently have interesting things to say.