Grant Fritchey (7/31/2009)
mazzz (7/31/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (7/24/2009)
clean, used books? give me a battered, dirty, bent copy any day, as long as all the pages are in there!Same here- the first thing I do when I buy a book is crack the spine! I don't like borrowing books as I don't feel I can enjoy the book properly without making a mess of it!
I'm probably in the 100 books a year camp. Almost entirely fiction, with a good mix of genres.
I'm also in the paper book camp - there is an almost ritualistic feel to reading for me, a gadget just wouldn't cut the mustard.
Oh no, don't crack the spine... jeez. I'm not lending you any of my books.
heh, I like my books to look lived in. Pristine books make me sad, they look like they've never been read
Seriously, I'm busy training my kids in how to read a book without breaking it.
You do realise this makes it more likey that they *will* break books...? 😉
Too bad I couldn't do the same for She Who Must Be Obeyed. Every book I've recommended her to read has come back looking like she chewed on it. Put me in the nice, clean stacks of books category.
Good job my husband is as messy a reader as me really!