1. To mark your page you: use a bookmark, bend the page corner, leave the book open face down? I do all of these, but which depends on the book and it’s value to me.
2. Do you lend your books? Yes, I love giving someone a chance to enjoy the same books I do.
3. You find an interesting passage: you write in your book or NO WRITING IN BOOKS! I wrote in my textbooks in college and graduate school, but I can’t think of a reason I would write in a regular book that I have.
4. Dust jackets - leave it on or take it off? Again it depends. If it is a book I really treasure and want to make sure the dust jacket stay in good shape I will take it off and leave it on the book case.
5. Hard cover, paperback, skip it and get the audio book? I read hard covers and paper backs but have never gotten into audio books, especially ones that abridge the text.
6. Do you shelve your books by subject, author, or size and color of the book spines? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
7. Buy it or borrow it from the library later? Both.
8. Do you put your name on your books - scribble your name in the cover, fancy bookplate, or stamp? I used to use bookplates until I learned they could damage the value of a book later. Plus, they seemed pretentious. So now I don’t put my name in at all.
9. Most of the books you own are rare and out of print books or recent publications? About one quarter rare books, one quarter out of print and the rest more recent.
10. Page edges - deckled or straight? Hmmm…not sure what this means. My preference? I have none.
11. How many books do you read at one time? It can be up to three.
12. Be honest, ever tear a page from a book? Not on purpose. It would make me sick to damage a book.
How about YOU?
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