DOG EARS
Case Scenerio:
You just finished reading the newest book by your favorite author. It was amazing! Your BFF loves the same author and you really want to talk about it with her. So, you let her borrow your beautiful new book. Two days later, she excitedly tells you she is finished and proceeds to remove your new book from her purse.
Speechless you stare at her. Your mind starts to question if this person should really have the status of BFF. Your book has been damaged beyond repair. She has bent the pages down! It's once perfect shape is now deformed as the corners refuse to lay smoothly. How can she live with herself! With distaste, you gingerly grab your book and tenderly set it down. Your mind is now lost in a sea of disbelief, barely cognizant of the fact she is talking to you.
You have been there, I know you have. It is so frustrating! Couldn't she find a piece of paper anywhere to mark her place? A piece of tissue, note pad, or even a business card would work if no actual bookmark is available! She could have even torn a small piece off her shirt instead of bending down the pages!!
To keep from ever being in this horrifying predicament yourself, you can always buy a deck of cards and keep them in your purse! They make tiny ones so they won't take up too much room. This will provide you with 52 handy bookmarks (54 if the deck came with Jokers and you did not send them to me)! You could even tear them in half and have 108!! (actually you should only end up with 104 as the Jokers really should be sent to me) No need to ever deface a book again!
Let us finally end the abuse of books and leave dog ears where they belong--ON DOGS!
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I feel your pain! Before the eBook age, I used to exchange books with friends and coworkers. I got my books back with pizza-grease fingerprints, dog-eared pages, and one even had the nerve to tear the title page, fold it, and use it as bookmark! Those people never got books from me again.
ReplyDeleteI hate when my books come back looking like they've been through a war and lost.
DeleteI've too much respect for a book to mar it in any way.
ReplyDeleteMe too <3
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