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Bibliolater
bib li ol lat er (bib lee all eht er) n, one overly devoted to books, one overly devoted to one book such as the bible.
Books can be a vice, especially the bible. Book lovers know this, but they keep it to themselves. You will never find a book about it. You will find books about the evils of alcohol, drugs, sex and gambling, but you’ll never find a book about the evils of books.
If you want to know what terrible things can happen to you if you abuse books, you have to ask a drunk prostitute in a casino.
That is if you don’t trust Marilyn Monroe.
This wise woman hated books!
So, be careful, books can lead you down a dark slippery slope that you will slide right down, till you hit rock-bottom.
Reading blogs will never hurt you though. Just good clean fun here.
Monroe didn’t hate books. There’s even a book about her extensive collection of literature and relationships with some accomplished authors.
Do you remember the title? I’ll bet her relationships with authors were more interesting than her book collection