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This meme looks fun
So, all about books.
Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
Oh dead careful - I try to make sure I never break them, and I wince if they crack.
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?
I usually use a card bookmark or something similar like a business card. I f I ever tried to turn down the corners of pages when I was a child I was trained out of it pretty quicklly.
Do you write in your books? Ever? If you do, do you make smallmarks, or write in as much blank space as you can find? Pen or pencil?Highlighter? Your name on the front page?
I always used to write my name in my books along with the date I bought them, but I stopped doing that about ten years ago. If I do write anywhere else on the book it's in pencil, and then it would be a textbook.
Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
I never throw my books around - if they're on the floor it's because I've run out of shelf space.
Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place?
Occasionally, but I feel guilty about doing so.
Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
OK, so I read in the bath, but I always have a towel handy to dry my hands before I pick the book up. I did drop a book in the bath once, while I was reading there. It kinda ruined it.
Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
All of the above. In theory they're stacked on the shelves in subject areas, but I'm running out of bookcases at the moment, so sometimes they end up on the floor. Mt TBR is stacked up on a chest of drawers in my bedroom, all current 46 books.
Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
I tend to treat hardbacks more carefully.
So, all about books.
Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
Oh dead careful - I try to make sure I never break them, and I wince if they crack.
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?
I usually use a card bookmark or something similar like a business card. I f I ever tried to turn down the corners of pages when I was a child I was trained out of it pretty quicklly.
Do you write in your books? Ever? If you do, do you make smallmarks, or write in as much blank space as you can find? Pen or pencil?Highlighter? Your name on the front page?
I always used to write my name in my books along with the date I bought them, but I stopped doing that about ten years ago. If I do write anywhere else on the book it's in pencil, and then it would be a textbook.
Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
I never throw my books around - if they're on the floor it's because I've run out of shelf space.
Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place?
Occasionally, but I feel guilty about doing so.
Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
OK, so I read in the bath, but I always have a towel handy to dry my hands before I pick the book up. I did drop a book in the bath once, while I was reading there. It kinda ruined it.
Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
All of the above. In theory they're stacked on the shelves in subject areas, but I'm running out of bookcases at the moment, so sometimes they end up on the floor. Mt TBR is stacked up on a chest of drawers in my bedroom, all current 46 books.
Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
I tend to treat hardbacks more carefully.