Happily, I do not own nor do I intend to purchase or accept as a gift, the two monstrosities of modern publishing - The Potter franchise and that “Code” book. *shudder* While cataloging my library over at LibraryThing.com this lazy Sunday afternoon, I finally noticed how few bibliophiles are complicit in these two particularly distasteful franchises.

At time of writing, there are 3,957 copies of the 6-book Potter franchise out of a total of 645,611 books catalogued. That’s a shocking 0.6% of all books. Less than one percent of the total book population. Well done!

why this ought to be the case

It seems this is due to one’s Myers-Briggs personality type. We INTJs have a tendency to judge, judge, judge, you see, and hold fast to truthfulness. Hence the INTJ’s oft-repeated prayer:

Lord keep me open to other ideas, wrong though they may be

Click for more MBTI prayers.

the resistance

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