My Hatred of Dog-Eared Pages
I've always loved books.
Every since I could read, I did.
But there is one thing that is one of my biggest pet peeves:
People who dog-ear their pages. Now, granted, people do have the right to do whatever they want to their books, but it still bothers me. Just the sight of that poor book's pages being bent to a point of no return. Even if you attempt to unbend the dog-eared page so that it's back to normal, it doesn't work because you'll still be able to clearly see the crease where the page had been folded over.
If I let people borrow my books, I always give them a quick list of rules they must follow:
1. Be careful with it! Please, please try not to spill food or water on it! Oh, and don't bend the cover, that's my only copy! Wait, don't squish it in your backpack!
2. Don't lose it.
3. Please return the book to me when you're finished. That is not a request, that is an order.
4. Don't you dare dog-ear the pages, or I will reach a whole new level of crazy that will make your nightmares look like a happy place.
So.
Are you for or against dog-earring?
Every since I could read, I did.
But there is one thing that is one of my biggest pet peeves:
People who dog-ear their pages. Now, granted, people do have the right to do whatever they want to their books, but it still bothers me. Just the sight of that poor book's pages being bent to a point of no return. Even if you attempt to unbend the dog-eared page so that it's back to normal, it doesn't work because you'll still be able to clearly see the crease where the page had been folded over.
If I let people borrow my books, I always give them a quick list of rules they must follow:
1. Be careful with it! Please, please try not to spill food or water on it! Oh, and don't bend the cover, that's my only copy! Wait, don't squish it in your backpack!
2. Don't lose it.
3. Please return the book to me when you're finished. That is not a request, that is an order.
4. Don't you dare dog-ear the pages, or I will reach a whole new level of crazy that will make your nightmares look like a happy place.
So.
Are you for or against dog-earring?
Hey, I'm like that too, only I dog-ear catalogs only. I love your rules, I do that too, I don't bend the cover all the way and I use a bookmark. :)
ReplyDeleteHope you had a terrific Easter Sunday! :D
When you bend a cover all the way the spine cracks! It's awful!
DeleteMine was lovely! How was yours? (:
Ooh I never tried that all the way and I can't get myself to do that!
DeleteAwesome! My Easter was okay. we celebrated it on Monday together with the family since it was my mom's day off. The food was good but the day felt like any other day. :)
I hate it when someone breaks the spine of a book, it ruins the it.
ReplyDeleteI hate dog-eared pages on my books, too...but I hate bent covers even more. Also, I don't see why someone would spill food on a book, unless you read while you eat? (hmm, well I guess I did this once before...)
ReplyDeleteI read sometimes when I eat, and it almost always ends badly. (:
DeleteHonestly? ... I like them. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry, but I do. I love turning the corner of a page with a passage I love down for others to come across, because I believe part of the magic is there - right there! The bit where you get to share the words with people, where people get to peer a little into your mind and heart and go, "Yeah, I get that. I get you." I think it is one of the most beautiful things. I used to think books were not there to be creased and ruined, and then I realised that nor are they there to be preserved and shrouded in protection, handled with gloved fingers and kissed when accidentally dropped. I think that's wrong. I love a bashed-up book as much as I love a neat, new one. And if there are notes scribbled in the margins, spines at breaking point from all the times it's been opened, rips and creases on the pages by eager hands, highlighted quotations, tea spills, missing covers, bent-corners or long-forgotten bus tickets tucked between the pages, so be it. A book is a book, and I am one book-loving girl.
ReplyDeleteI love a book that's been loved throughout its years. Old books are some of the best! But I just don't like it when a book has been written in, bent, etc. If the spine is bent in places from many times it's been read, that's all well and good. But on new books... *shuddder*
DeleteAwww, you said that so perfectly! I confess, I dog-ear pages. A lot. Unless it's a new book.
DeleteI'm always scared to "ruin" new books by dog-earring them, bending the spine too much, etc. Therefore, I like used books the best. Used, paperback, books.
I always tell people when they borrow my books, "You'd better take good care of it. Because if you don't, you'll be buying me a new copy." That generally does the trick. xD
ReplyDeleteI do the same as Emma.. In fifth grade I had a list of all my books and lent them out to people and if they treated the book bad I would tell them to buy me another copy. I get so annoyed with dog eared pages it really looks bad when its all creased ):
ReplyDeleteI hate dog-eared pages. That permanent crease... *shudder*.
ReplyDelete~Robyn Hoode
Dreadful, isn't it?
DeleteIndeed.
Delete~RH
Though dog-ears are extremely convenient, I agree with you. I used to dog-ear pages until perhaps four years ago, and now I only use bookmarks. Unfortunately, I take it so far as to put a book upside-down (which is horrible for its spine) to keep my place when I don't have a bookmark.
ReplyDeleteI do that as well, actually, but I never realized (until you mentioned it), that it's bad for the book's spine. Oops.
Deletei didn't know that either. :O
DeleteI never dog-ear books. I also only occasionally do a bookmark. I just memorize the page number. Happy belated Easter!
ReplyDelete~A.J. Ryan
I'll never understand how you remember what page you're on.....
DeleteHappy belated Easter to you as well!
I...I'm afraid to say that I, too, like to dog-ear pages occasionally - only if it's my own copy of the book, of course! When I was younger I used to do it to keep my place, which is blatantly not OK, but I think that marking a favourite passage is fine! Sure you could use a Post-it, but I think that having a dog-ear looks a lot better then a neon strip of paper sticking out the top of your book! It proves the book is well-loved...I think they're quite poetic to be honest :)
ReplyDeleteI sometimes dog-ear a really, REALLY worn and much-loved book of mine, but only on rare occasions. If I want to save a passage in my book I usually find a nice off-white or tan slip of paper that's not so conspicuous.
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