It’s a sad thing.
Since I’ve been going to the library more often, I’ve witnessed book abuse.
For instance. Look.
If you can’t tell, that’s a corner of the page. BENT DOWN. To keep someone’s spot.
It is incredibly rude to bend down the page of a book that does not belong to you. Why do people feel like it’s their right to do this?
Why do people do this AT ALL?
Use something for a bookmark, people. You’ve gotta have something around the house that can work as one.
At my library, there are bookmarks RIGHT AT THE CHECKOUT.
I also hate when people spill stuff in books. Keep it away from your food. I don’t want to see that you’ve consumed a chocolate bar because then it’ll make me want one.
People also feel the need to write their input about the story at times:
Yes, that was also found in my library book. (And no, I swear I wasn't reading anything dirty. The heroine in the book was a lactation consultant. It was called The Gap Year.)
Why?? Ahhh!
I love books, so this pains me to see the book abuse.
So please. The next time you borrow a book, treat it with care!
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I don't even like bending the pages down in books I own. I can't imagine doing it to one that isn't mine!
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom just gave my boys a lecture on dog-earring pages to mark their spot....something my husband had taught them!
ReplyDeleteI agree totally, respect the books!
I recently visited a new library and was shocked to discover that except for children's picture books, all the books were in digital format. So it's nice to find another "real" book lover!
ReplyDeleteloathe book abuse! my mom always reads in the pool/bathtub and inevitably her books swell and it makes me nuts!
ReplyDeleteI am very guilty of the book folding!!! I'm so sorry. I deserve to be punished. Fold my ear or something, we'll call it even!
ReplyDeleteI do not like the folding either.
ReplyDeleteI can't deny that I fold the pages, but in MY books. Never would I do any of that to a borrowed book. That's just rude.
ReplyDeleteI once lent a brand new book to a friend only to have it returned covered in dog ears (what a funny name for folded pages)! To be fair, it was Breaking Dawn so maybe both it and I deserved it. After that I made it very clear to all my friends that bookmarks would be used in my books...or else!
ReplyDeleteI was totally thinking "What is she reading??"! :) I love, love, love books. Reading them, hoarding them, browsing for them. Heaven. But that's just rude to deface books that aren't even yours! Shame!
ReplyDeleteI agree! I had loaned a book to a friend and it came back with food smudges on a few pages. If you are going to eat a damn Snickers bar while reading my book, at least lick your finger off before flipping through the pages. :)
ReplyDeleteAgree 1,000% I hate dog ears with a passion out of all the book abuses.
ReplyDeleteI don't even understand why that person wrote in the book... and one they don't even own. Were they expecting a response?
ReplyDeletehmmm this is awkward but I am a page bender
ReplyDeleteI didn't know.... forgive me!
People are rude!! They've always been rude, but it's worse now. Books are almost holy to me and I could never even highlight one that I owned for school.
ReplyDeleteKindle, that's what works for me and many are free!
I had a professor who told the class that books were meant to be written in and if we didn't write in the book, we weren't learning. I dropped the class. Who can do that to a book with a clear conscience?!
ReplyDelete(whispers) I am a book abuser. I bend pages. And break spines. I might even get a smudge in there too. But I won't write in a book that's not mine. Can we still be friends? :-)
ReplyDeleteI used to work at a library and you wouldn't BELIEVE what people use for bookmarks - toilet paper, tampon wrappers, floss, a wrapped piece of cheese! All the truth!
ReplyDeleteohmygosh, i hate it when people bend pages to mark their spot too! is it so hard to get a random piece of paper to use as bookmark? :/
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I was guilty of bending pages down in my teen years but now it's one of my biggest pet peeves as well.
ReplyDeleteI confess, I do it -- to my OWN books. I don't do it to borrowed books. I have no excuse. I'm lower than pond scum... And, even worse than that, on the books I keep, I write a brief synopsis at the end of the book of how I felt about it. Then, when I reread it, I write another. It's amazing how thinking changes with a few year's between readings... and, I have bookmarks, too. I'm so ashamed. There's no cure. (where do you live?)
ReplyDeleteThere is one redeeming point on my side. My youngest daughter won't even spread a paperback wide enough to read! She can't stand it if the back has been bent. Just thought I'd let you know I wasn't a total loss.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I do have to admit to dog-earing my own books, because for some reason, the 50,000 bookmarks I own are never in/on my bedside table, when I lay my book down. Ha! But, ruin the library's property? Nope. I use a receipt. :)
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