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bitter_moss:
Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
I usually lay them flat. I've intentionally broken the spines of cookbooks, especially, to make them lay flat--which is why pages are coming out of my cupcake cookbook. But if I didn't, it would be hard to cook with it!
Do you use bookmarks? Or do you dog-ear the corners? If you do use bookmarks, do you use those fashionable metal ones? Or paper?
Pfft. Random pieces of paper. Receipts, bus tickets, you name it. I used to have lots and lots of bookmarks, and very rarely did they get used for their intended purpose!
Do you write in your books? Ever? If you do, do you make small marks, or write in as much blank space as you can find? Pen or pencil? Highlighter? Your name on the front page?
It took me a long time to start writing in my own books--I do in cookbooks especially (doubling things, veganizing them, noting that something is yummy or awful). I often write my name in books. I underline things, rarely, in non-fiction books.
Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
I throw them everywhere.
Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place?
Heck yes,
Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
I don't read in the bath--terrified of dropping them in. I've read in mild drizzle but never full-force rain--the bus stop is so boring!
Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
Usually just stacked wherever they'll fit. They're not in any order on my bookshelf either.
Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
Nah. They both get really abused.
And, to recap? Naturally, you love all of your books, but how, exactly? Are your books loved in the battered way of a well-loved teddy bear, or like a cherished photo album or item of clothing that's used, appreciated, but carefully cared for?
Oh lord. I treat my books like crap. I riffle the pages, too, absent-mindedly while I read, which leaves weird marks on the top and sides. It's one the reasons I try not to borrow books too often--I'm worried I'll destroy them. Or lose them!
bitter_moss:Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
I usually lay them flat. I've intentionally broken the spines of cookbooks, especially, to make them lay flat--which is why pages are coming out of my cupcake cookbook. But if I didn't, it would be hard to cook with it!
Do you use bookmarks? Or do you dog-ear the corners? If you do use bookmarks, do you use those fashionable metal ones? Or paper?
Pfft. Random pieces of paper. Receipts, bus tickets, you name it. I used to have lots and lots of bookmarks, and very rarely did they get used for their intended purpose!
Do you write in your books? Ever? If you do, do you make small marks, or write in as much blank space as you can find? Pen or pencil? Highlighter? Your name on the front page?
It took me a long time to start writing in my own books--I do in cookbooks especially (doubling things, veganizing them, noting that something is yummy or awful). I often write my name in books. I underline things, rarely, in non-fiction books.
Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
I throw them everywhere.
Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place?
Heck yes,
Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
I don't read in the bath--terrified of dropping them in. I've read in mild drizzle but never full-force rain--the bus stop is so boring!
Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
Usually just stacked wherever they'll fit. They're not in any order on my bookshelf either.
Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
Nah. They both get really abused.
And, to recap? Naturally, you love all of your books, but how, exactly? Are your books loved in the battered way of a well-loved teddy bear, or like a cherished photo album or item of clothing that's used, appreciated, but carefully cared for?
Oh lord. I treat my books like crap. I riffle the pages, too, absent-mindedly while I read, which leaves weird marks on the top and sides. It's one the reasons I try not to borrow books too often--I'm worried I'll destroy them. Or lose them!
