Book sleeves

[Keerin]

lol @ both of us using the word anal in the same minute.

[Vikrum]

Hai five.

But seriously. I have loads of wonderful books, and regardless of age i'd hate to see them ruined. It's like scratching a CD to me, i just wouldn't do it! Not to make my life more difficult, but because i want it to last and be nice forever!

[kj]

I think a worn looking book has character. It also shows that it is perhaps a well read book. I have a 100 year old cop of Kidnapped and I've not read it, I just look at it because it looks beautiful.

[Keerin]

I've got "The Plague" by Albert Camus that is all old, yellow and musty. It had the price in Shillings on the front!

I agree that an old book which is worn has character but if it has been mistreated it looks a mess. well read and mistreated are two different things imo.

[ubermensch]

People are far too religious about the condition of books; as long as the print is still readable then nothing else matters.

[click-ur-heels]

Originally Posted by gabrillowise

I don't like reading hardback books at all, they're too clumpy. Also, all of my books are a bit tattered with folded pages and a bit misshapen from bath reading.

Yas Bath reading = one of the best ways to pass time , in the whole wide world.

I would never dog ear or spine-crack other people's books, but I read a book in a way that makes it easy to do so, which may mean a bit of dog earring now and then.

Book sleeves on hardbacks are indeed a bit irritating, I tend to remove them whilst reading, then replace them when I'm putting the book back to bed on the bookshelf.

[Ryan.]

I once read a novel that was so old every time I turned a page it broke away in my hand. I used to read it on the subway when I lived in New York and deposit the pages in the bins in and around the stations. I got obsessed with the idea that someone may find the pages and try to piece the book together, so I wrote little words here and there on them. They were cryptic clues that meant nothing and led nowhere. I was gonna write a detective story about that but its in a 'to do' pile somewhere.

[ProzaK]

I generally don't like reading books that I've borrowed from someone else/library...because I'll admit, I'm a page folder.

I usually don't read hardbacks if I can avoid it, if anything they are my least favorite type of book to read. I remember once I found a book called 'The Book of Illusions' by Paul Auster in the Monifieth library when I was waiting for the pharmacy to open or something and spent about 3 hours reading it (I usually read in 45 minute to 1 hour bursts) but couldn't take it out because I wasn't a library member.
I joined a few days later and got it out, but the version I was reading in the library had been taken out by someone, so I got stuck with a massive hardback
It's still one of the best stories I've ever read, but I enjoyed it a little less than I probably would have had I got the neat little paperback, which is kind of petty I guess, but I do a lot of reading on the move and it was kind of awkward to pull out of my bag on the bus.

[Keerin]

Plus it was so huge you nearly broke the table in Dexters when you pulled it out your man bag.

[ProzaK]

Originally Posted by Keerin

Plus it was so huge you nearly broke the table in Dexters when you pulled it out your man bag.

Yeah, almost like how your big stupid face is stupid and big.

[McSlim]

Originally Posted by Ryan.

I once read a novel that was so old every time I turned a page it broke away in my hand. I used to read it on the subway when I lived in New York and deposit the pages in the bins in and around the stations. I got obsessed with the idea that someone may find the pages and try to piece the book together, so I wrote little words here and there on them. They were cryptic clues that meant nothing and led nowhere. I was gonna write a detective story about that but its in a 'to do' pile somewhere.

You've just made yourself sound like a complete nut! Utterly endearing though it is. I used to have a tiny notepad that I'd write little notes on and leave them kicking about on buses and benches etc so I'm probably a complete nut too.

[mothergoose]

Yeah the sleeves are totally annoying.
Same thing happens to be everytime i read a hardback, the sleeve seems to rise up when im reading.
Its not like i move my hands alot when im readin though. Its a mystery on how they move.
An annoying mystery.
Although to be honest i think its because of that that i dont opt to read hardbacks. Thinking about it i always read paperback [but try not to fold the page edges or crack the spine but sumtimes ins unavoidable]. Iv actually got a couple of hardback books that came witout the sleeves, they werent so bad, means theyre damaged less easily which is always a plus.

[^_mincher_^]

They're a waste. 9 times out of 10 the book looks miles better without it.