Donna Ferentes
jubliado
I've seen several on public transport recently. It make me weep.
People who mark books by folding the corner of a page
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spacemonkey
I Love Noodles
I always do it....am i bad? 
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
It's like picking your nose in public on the grounds that it's your nose.
onenameshelley
is Major Morgan's bitch
Blimey your gonna hate me, i fold the pages down, i drop them in the bath occaisonally and there is nearly always spaghetti/curry sauce somewhere in a book as i read when i eat my dinner 
Yes i know go and sit in the naughty corner
Yes i know go and sit in the naughty corner
onenameshelley said:Blimey your gonna hate me, i fold the pages down, i drop them in the bath occaisonally and there is nearly always spaghetti/curry sauce somewhere in a book as i read when i eat my dinner
Yes i know go and sit in the naughty corner
now that is taking it to extremes!
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
I am a bit obsessive about books - to the point where I will spend half an hour in a bookshop going through the pile of shiny new copies of the one I want just to make sure that the one I'm buying doesn't have even the slightest mark or wrinkle.
I like to keep them pristine.
I like to keep them pristine.
peppery said:Yes, love and treasure your books, do not physically abuse them.
It makes me cringe when I see people reading paperbacks and folding them so that that the back cover and the front cover are touching
Cringe away then cos I fold the corners of any book I own - but generally not library or one I've borrowed.
Why do you think the physical book is so important? They're to be read, folded back so the spine breaks, written in, folded, dropped in the bath, covered in wine and coffee stains. And then a book has character, and looks used and loved.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Not sure I like "generally"....Major Tom said:
BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
Euugh. Quite.editor said:
i love the smell of new books and magazines. the noise it makes when you make a crease in the spine. lovely
secretsquirrel
Respectable married lady
As old age beckons I'm definately becoming more pernickity about keeping my books all shiny n'new like. I never used to use a bookmark but now find myself hunting around for bits of paper to stick in rather than fold the corner down. However, it also depends on the book. Cheap old paperback I have less qualms about than one of those softcover hardback style books iykwim - something like Ackroyd's London A Biography - definately bookmark job. Or if it's an art or photography book then definately try and keep it as close to new looking as possible. But anything Dan Brown-a-like deserves everything it gets 
i'm even worse i'm afraid.
i have plenty of bookmarks, tube tickets, bus passes, plane tickets that i use whenever i am reading and need to stop but i still fold down the corners quite a lot. i do it when i read something that i want to come back to or something that stands out / means something to me.
so... i always use a bookmark to keep my place but a lot of my books have many of the corners folded down nonetheless.
i'm sorry, but it is in absolutely no fucking way similar to picking your nose in publick. that is gross.
edit to add: i do agree w/ the op though. if you are just doing it to mark your place that seems like unnecessary vandalism.. you could just shove a tube ticket in or something. my reason is different.
i have plenty of bookmarks, tube tickets, bus passes, plane tickets that i use whenever i am reading and need to stop but i still fold down the corners quite a lot. i do it when i read something that i want to come back to or something that stands out / means something to me.
so... i always use a bookmark to keep my place but a lot of my books have many of the corners folded down nonetheless.
i'm sorry, but it is in absolutely no fucking way similar to picking your nose in publick. that is gross.
edit to add: i do agree w/ the op though. if you are just doing it to mark your place that seems like unnecessary vandalism.. you could just shove a tube ticket in or something. my reason is different.
BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
Though it's so disappointing when a driven, virginal spine gets those unsightly crinkles all the way down it and the whole thing goes a bit floppy...gucci piggy said:i love the smell of new books and magazines. the noise it makes when you make a crease in the spine. lovely
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
I just remember the page number. 
I really hate it when people fold down the corners of books. A spell in the stocks would be reasonable punishment for these types, imo.
I really hate it when people fold down the corners of books. A spell in the stocks would be reasonable punishment for these types, imo.
BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
Yuck...isn't it just...I'm feeling a bit queasy now...Vixen said:
citydreams
on the road again
I have to admit to folding the corners of pages if there's something in the book I want to remember but I don't have my pencil with me to write the page number in the front.
But never, ever, ever, to mark my place. That sort of behaviour is unreproachable. Books should come to the reader without any stains on their characters.
But never, ever, ever, to mark my place. That sort of behaviour is unreproachable. Books should come to the reader without any stains on their characters.
Confession time: I fold the corners of books I'm reviewing or expect I'll want to quote later. Not to mark my place: top corner for a plus point; bottom corner for a minus.
I used to use Rizlas, but they seem to be photophobic; leastaways they manage to crawl in toward the middle. I still do with a book that I think I'll treasure, rather than a merely workaday book.
But I would agree that people who fold, mark, staple or spindle library books should have all the above done to them...
I used to use Rizlas, but they seem to be photophobic; leastaways they manage to crawl in toward the middle. I still do with a book that I think I'll treasure, rather than a merely workaday book.
But I would agree that people who fold, mark, staple or spindle library books should have all the above done to them...
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
depends what book
i mean i don't turn over pages but if i own the book i will leave it open upside down even though that isn't too good the the sine of paper backs
but i wouldn't do it to some one elses book
and anyone who did it to my manga would be hung up by the feet and beaten
i mean i don't turn over pages but if i own the book i will leave it open upside down even though that isn't too good the the sine of paper backs
but i wouldn't do it to some one elses book
and anyone who did it to my manga would be hung up by the feet and beaten
citydreams
on the road again
Vixen said:
I have several. I'll swap you one for a pencil sharpener
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
To add to my above statement, I don't generally agree with doing things to items that are going to wear them out quicker than necessary - we already live in a society where things are bought then disposed of without a thought. A book will last longer and possibly give joy to more people if it's kept well. The quicker you wear it out, the quicker it's going to end up adding to the huge amounts of rubbish we already produce. Even recycling paper uses energy. Can we really afford to be wasteful, even if it's 'just a book'?
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