I'd been looking out for Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver for about a year and a half, after misreading the release date on Amazon. Now it's out, and I can barely lift it! Also, it doesn't fit in my bag, which is a problem as I only usually read on the Tube.

Still, I got it anyway, and after ascertaining that it really wasn't going to fit properly in my stupid bag, hit upon an ingenious solution - I took it to a print shop and had them hack it into five spiral-bound volumes. Take that, Stephenson! Now it's extremely portable, and also stays open if you put it down somewhere. If only all books were like this! Admittedly, this emergency surgery cost nearly as much as the book, and I'll look like I'm reading the vanity-published ramblings of a loon for the next couple of weeks, but still, I'm quite pleased with my unique edition. Now to start work on releasing Don Quixote as a series of laminated flash cards.