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I am seventeen years old. I read almost constantly. To give you some idea, after getting a Kindle for Christmas two years ago, I was hospitalized briefly for malnutrition (my parents overreacted, they only kept me for observation overnight and gave me a stern lecture about taking care of myself.) - I hadn't set foot outside my room except to download more books from the internet in almost three weeks. (I don't advise doing that, but I read more than 130 books during that time) One of those was by Huneker -Chopin: The man and his music- Mildly interesting at best.
(That entire first half was mostly to reassure people. Yes, my generation DOES have people who love to read.)

I absolutely despised Huneker's writing style. But, I cant get over destroying any book of that quality. Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find a decent quality hardcover book outside of a specialty store these days? Let alone the amount of money they cost!? Being 17, and having absolutely no income, I am frankly appalled. That said,anyone who is considering doing this with a book because they "wont read it" or anything like that, please give it to someone who would. Its such a better idea than this. Books that sit on shelves and are never touched piss me off almost as much as people who cut holes in them.

Also,
@SnowdogMaine,
A. If you fell the need to put quotations around '"a reader"' then honestly you probably aren't one.

TLDR: Give the book away, or sell it to a used bookstore. Seriously.
B. We are both commenting on an article about making planters out of old books. I think you may need a hefty dose of your own advice. ;)