Book Meme

[scottishlass]

Snurched from novelcuisine:
Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
I'm anal when it comes to spines. I have a special technique while reading a book, and I'm always careful so that the spine is not cracked.

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?
Metal, paper, leather, photographs - I use what is thin and can be easily retrieved as I hate dog-eared corners.

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?
I distinguish between reading books and study books. Of course I underline and write commentaries on the side into study books, but always with a pencil.

Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
I don't toss books! Ever! ... though I have a book bag, when I use it my books have special slipcovers they get into.

Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place?
NO WAY! The back could be cracked!

Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
I do have bathing books, but these are always only paperbacks and I'm careful not to touch them when I have wet fingers.

Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor? Bookshelves, though they are stacked ever which way and in double rows.

Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
No, hardcover or paperbacks - books are there to be cherished, read and loved :)

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*yoinks for her lj*

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

:)