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Dec 14, 2005 01:35

Addenda to 15 things about books (aka, I cheat! Muhahaha ( Read more... )

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oyceter December 14 2005, 19:03:11 UTC
*snork*

That's awesome! She would probably conclude from mine that I am very messy, like girly shower curtains, and have books on every flat surface available, all of which is correct ;).

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maga_dogg December 14 2005, 12:35:17 UTC
One wonders: do you really want to be invited to the houses of people who are ASHAMED of their bookshelves?

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oyceter December 14 2005, 19:04:49 UTC
Well, sometimes people aren't ashamed of their shelves but I end up being judgmental anyhow... (you have no idea how many times people have recced The Da Vinci Code to me). I mean, I figure reading things in general is better than not, even if they are things that I don't necessarily like.

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hysteriachan December 14 2005, 14:38:35 UTC
I'm trying to think if I have the habit of examining other people's bookshelves, and I think I don't have it badly (probably because I have an excessive discomfort with being in someone else's space). However, I do have a lot of friends who gravitate immediately to my shelves, and I totally don't mind that. ^^

Reading fast is strange. I'm always aware that I'm a very fast reader (although not the fastest I know, and probably not as fast as I used to be), but I think it's because while I was growing up everyone made such a big deal of it--usually people I didn't like, like classmates who'd stop by my desk every hour or so and *stare* at my book to see how many pages I'd gone through since their last stare. So it's a weird facet of my identity now. :/

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canandagirl December 14 2005, 17:12:39 UTC
Oooohh! I love your purple icon!!!

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hysteriachan December 14 2005, 20:33:04 UTC
It's from a fractal set posted to obsessiveicons--I just poked around the memories, but couldn't find the post right off. :/ There're a lot of really nice icons in it, though.

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oyceter December 14 2005, 19:12:04 UTC
Oo yeah, I definitely had people ask me if I had actually read the book and quiz me on stuff.

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rysmiel December 14 2005, 15:22:47 UTC
You mean there are people who don't inspect bookshelves when let into someone's house ?

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oyceter December 14 2005, 19:21:29 UTC
I guess so! Strange, but true.

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heresluck December 14 2005, 15:57:14 UTC
Re: 14a: There are people who *don't* do that? Huh.

Re: 14b: Yep. For me it's shelving and alphabetizing, though. I cannot stop myself from reshelving something that's been put in the wrong section, and then from telling the folks at the counter what I did in case they had it listed incorrectly in the computer system.

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oyceter December 14 2005, 19:46:39 UTC
Hee! I love trying to figure out how people have organized their shelves as well. And I am a reshelver in bookstores, but usually not in libraries.

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