British Author Alex Christofi asks Book Twitter if they cut their books in half

[stewie_e]

Yesterday my colleague called me a 'book murderer' because I cut long books in half to make them more portable. Does anyone else do this? Is it just me? pic.twitter.com/VQUUdJMpwT
- Alex Christofi (@alex_christofi) January 21, 2020
British author Alex Christofi, known for his 2015 debut novel Glass, started a ruckus on Book!Twitter by asking if

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[sandstorm]

Just get an e-book, man.

[promancejr]

Cut up books?! No. Never. Nope.

[januarysix]

idk depends on the book

[joe_pwnz_pete]

Ehhhhhhhhhh, this seems like a non-issue but also depending on the context, I get the weirdness around it. Like, does he do this just for his reading copy? A paperback he bought with the specific intention of doing this? I imagine most writers enjoy displaying their library to some degree so I can't fathom he's doing this to books he plans to display.

Mostly just let people do with their possessions what they like, I guess.

ETA: I had a ton of people throughout school get on me about the way I "treated" my books bc a lot of them were obsessed with keeping the books as pristine as possible. But I was a voracious reader, often reading at lunch and dinner, and a lot of my books became worn as a result. One of the best things about looking through my old Harry Potter books years back was seeing all the Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and Kool-Aid stains on the pages from where I was just a wee 10 year old trying to consume every word as fast as humanly possible. It makes me feel like a book got used, it was important to someone.

[zeysech]

As long as these books aren't like out on his coffee table, it can't look that bad to display them right? Like, if they're on your bookshelf and you've already got a lot of books would people if notice?

[helyanwe89]

My Order of the Phoenix has cheeto on a number of pages. I must have eaten them while reading it.

[war_machine_rox]

My mom hates used~ books lol like she can't buy them if the binding is bent or even if a few corners are bent (which I can't do myself because the horror but I'll buy a book). Basically if they've lived a life Haha

It never bothered me but I'm like you where my books got worn out from being carried and read every where.

[rhapsodeeinblue]

Which one are you, ONTD

What to do if your book's too big: an alignment chart pic.twitter.com/cYb4PHggPF
- Louis Eon (@QuipThe) January 21, 2020

[vintage_boom]

chaotic neutral lol

[myharu]

Definitely e-reader. When I got my kindle I sold/gave away all my books except for the rare ones (which I sadly lost later anyway)

[xaristotlex]

neutral good or lawful neutral, depending on the situation

[off_daze]

I enjoy the aesthetic of books. This is truly upsetting. It actually took me a while to understand what I was looking at. This would look horrible on a bookshelf.