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[akeyoftime]

What the hell?

I don't hold books my as incredibly sacred. (Maybe just a little?) I have a lot of respect for them and I'd probably hesitate before ripping pages out of them or cutting them, but writing in the margins? Highlighting? Folding down corners? Sure. Why not. I know some bibliophiles consider this sacrilegious, but books are meant to be used, enjoyed, and understood and if that takes a few folded corners and pencil marks, then I fail to see the problem. It's a little shakier with a library book, but so long as it's still legible for the next person, I do not really consider it a big deal.

Ripping thirty pages out of a library book, however, is a whole other ballpark. That's half a chapter, just gone. RRRRRRrrr.

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[the-great-waka.livejournal.com]

Nay, books should be taken care of! :P I hate dog-earing pages and even more so highlighting. Although if I do buy a used book, it's ok for some notes. In pencil. In the margins only, no underlining. And if it's a library book, then no-go. I'm even careful not to crease the spine while I'm reading.

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I get annoyed when I have to coddle a book while I read it. I'm much too busy being caught up the story.... and you know what I say. A banged up book is a just a book with character.

(Obviously, these kinds of things in reason! If the cover or pages are falling off or out, that's not such a great thing.)