Thursday, August 30, 2012

Things That Annoy Me Thursday: Book Abuse

Book abuse.

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!

23 comments:

  1. 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!

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  2. My Mom just gave my boys a lecture on dog-earring pages to mark their spot....something my husband had taught them!

    I agree totally, respect the books!

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  3. 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!

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  4. loathe book abuse! my mom always reads in the pool/bathtub and inevitably her books swell and it makes me nuts!

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  5. I 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!

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  6. I do not like the folding either.

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  7. I 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.

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  8. I 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!

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  9. I 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!

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  10. I 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. :)

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  11. Agree 1,000% I hate dog ears with a passion out of all the book abuses.

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  12. I don't even understand why that person wrote in the book... and one they don't even own. Were they expecting a response?

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  13. hmmm this is awkward but I am a page bender

    I didn't know.... forgive me!

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  14. 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.

    Kindle, that's what works for me and many are free!

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  15. 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?!

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  16. (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? :-)

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  17. I 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!

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  18. ohmygosh, 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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  19. I was guilty of bending pages down in my teen years but now it's one of my biggest pet peeves as well.

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  20. I 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?)

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  21. There 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.

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  22. I 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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