Book meme
From paleann: Book Meme
Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
With paperbacks, I am. If a hardcover is unreadable (eg doesn't stay open) I might use a little force.
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?
Usually. But usually all of my real bookmarks are somewhere lost so I use whatever piece of paper I find nearby.
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?
Never ever! O_o Why should one write in books? Occasionally I have signed my books but that's different.
Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
Not if I can help it.
Do you ever lay your book facedown, to save your place?
Umm, yes... I know I shouldn't.
Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
That's even more perverse than writing in books...
Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
Mostly yes. And the rest are piled and stacked and crammed wherever they can fit.
Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
Yes, hardcovers are immensely more valuable.
Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
With paperbacks, I am. If a hardcover is unreadable (eg doesn't stay open) I might use a little force.
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?
Usually. But usually all of my real bookmarks are somewhere lost so I use whatever piece of paper I find nearby.
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?
Never ever! O_o Why should one write in books? Occasionally I have signed my books but that's different.
Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
Not if I can help it.
Do you ever lay your book facedown, to save your place?
Umm, yes... I know I shouldn't.
Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
That's even more perverse than writing in books...
Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
Mostly yes. And the rest are piled and stacked and crammed wherever they can fit.
Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
Yes, hardcovers are immensely more valuable.