Now that I've started giving away my books, I feel a stronger sense of responsibility to not abuse my books so horribly. But what's a girl to do? I am 30 years old and have been beating up my books all this time.
Then CSN asked if I'd like to do a review and giveaway on my blog, so I started looking through their catalog - which includes bookcases, pillows, blankets, lights, shoes, cooking supplies, and on and on and on - and I came across these wondrous little beauties.
And two of you will get to experience the joy of sticky notes too! If you are interested in receiving a set of sticky notes, leave me a comment telling me the worst thing you have done to a book. Be sure to put your email address in the comments section as well! Oh, and I'll even send you a book along with the sticky notes...
The worst thing I have done to a book is probably rip out a page and scrunch up the page and put the page in the bin.
ReplyDeleteMind you, it was a thing I was meant to do, as it is a page from Wreck This Journal. xD
I always feel like I *own* the book when I make little marks, because then it feels worn and awesome, but I also feel guilt because it means it isn't pristine anymore.
Thanks <3
Well, I always break the spine of books so that they will lie flat! Also I read in the bath and have occasionally dropped a book in...
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I tend not to be too harsh on my books, but I've read Pride & Prejudice so much that the book is actually falling apart.
ReplyDeleteI can always use more sticky notes.
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I too have opened more than one book too aggressively, having the spine break and all the pages fall out.
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Wow! Those sticky notes are awesome! I'm a HUGE fan of using sticky notes. Makes all my books look very colourful.
ReplyDeleteI never, ever, have deliberately done anything bad to a book. I love my books and dote on them. Most look like they haven't been read, judging by the spine.
So the worst I've done is drop a book in the bath.
WAIT! Tell a lie! I got horrendously drunk after my final exam for my undergraduate course and was sick all over my copy of Crime and Punishment. Urgh.
Oh, and my address is bethany.anderson26@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteNo need for undue guilt here, as I have done everything you have! Broken spines, dog-ears, chicken wing sauce on the pages (hey I like to eat and read at the same time!). But I think the worst thing I've done, mind you when I was a bit younger, was rip a piece of a page out to wrap up used gum. Bad Sandy! Chalk it up to youth. rnawrot at cfl dot rr dot com
ReplyDeleteThose sticky notes are fantastic. Believe it or not I dropped a book into a campfire - it was a total accident as I tripped and was holding it. Still, pretty bad. Thanks for the chance to win, I could really use these!
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Well , I don't really need a book, but those sticky notes are lovely! I don't know that I can say I'd ever done anything super-bad to a book, though. The worst I did was, with Jason's encouragement, write in my copy of The Bell Jar the first time I read it. I was so embarrassed afterward and for years couldn't even read the book. I eventually had to get a new copy and destroy the old one before I could reread it.
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I think the worst thing i've done to a book would be to highlight stuff and write in it... but that was all in the name of high school and I wouldn't dream of doing it to a book now! :D
ReplyDeleteYikes!!! I am one of those anal people that don't do anything to books...most of my books could be sold in a regular bookstore because they don't have cracked spines, the covers aren't bent, the pages are not dog-eared...my hardbounds have plastic covers on them. I know...a bit obsessive...LOL.
ReplyDeleteYes, I use sticky notes to mark pages that I want to use in my reviews. And these sticky notes are fabulous.
I guess I could say that I highlighted in a book before...but that was when I was in college and did it to my textbooks.
Ooopss forgot my email...
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Those are cute!
ReplyDeleteI once dropped a book in the bathtub. I became more careful about tub reading after that.
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Ohh noooo....not the cheetos!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL. I try my best not to beat up my books. Which is why I am always oh-so-glad anytime a publisher offers to send both the ARC (beat-up-able) AND a finished copy (nice and pretty, sans signs of wear and tear, displayed on my shelf).
Cheeto-fy? Nooooo...not the cheetos! I do like to snack sometimes when I read but Cheeto's are definitely never on the menu. I'm glad you found the sticky notes--those are cute. I love the little ones that I can just tab a book w/ but also write on.
ReplyDeleteI think the worst thing I've ever done to a book is drop a library book in the tub while reading to my son. Ugh! The library charged me $75 to replace Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. The retail price of the book was about $10. Now it's pretty rare for me to take a library book into the tub with me.
ReplyDeleteI've dogeared books but I've never CHEETOED THEM UP!!!Horrors!
ReplyDeleteThose are super cute sticky notes!
I love sticky notes! They make writing notes so fun!
ReplyDeleteThe worst I have ever done with a book is drop one in the bathtub. It was awful. It was a good book too, although I can't remember which one now so it couldn't have been that good. I am VERY careful if I am reading in the bath and tend to even avoid bringing a book in there now.
I can be pretty rough on books. I've dropped them in swimming pools, dropping one in a river once when I was fishing, and spilled a cup of coffee on one.
ReplyDeletegreat post. i'm a food spiller, orange chicken, ketchep, mayo mustard :( now that i have a nook though its easier to eat and read, i'm super careful though
ReplyDeleteI love the picture at the top of this post :) I've gotten better about writing in books now that I have these big post-it pads I tend to use instead. I think I spilled a cup of tea on a book once -- that was a mess!
ReplyDeleteI think bethany wins. :-D
ReplyDeleteWhen I was backpacking across Europe space in the backpack was at a premium. So when I was finished with sections of a book I'd tear it out and throw it away.
And I'm a food spiller. My books have had a taste of pizza, juice, and chocolate chip cookies.
My books usually look used and abused too. I rarely dog-ear but if I want to remember something and I don't have post-its, I do it. I am, however, a complusive spine breaker. I HAVE to do it!
ReplyDeleteIt was summer, I was working in a chocolate shop, and between customers I started reading and eating. I got gooey chocolate all over the book, not really minding--and then realized the book was signed by the author (who is dead). OOPS.
ReplyDeleteLOL, well having been a grad student at one point, I bend, I dogear, I mark, I do all sorts of things. Nothing out-of-the-ordinary horrible, though. I have heard of people tearing off covers and I find that just nutty.
ReplyDeleteE-mail addy on my blog! I want me some stickies!
Hi Trisha,
ReplyDeleteI think the worst things I have ever done to a book was in the summer and reading outside and the phone rang so I put the book on the table and then set my glass of ice tea on top of it and of course ice melts and I ended up riping the cover because it was wet.
I actually remember being a teen and one summer vacation when we stopped at a rest area I got one and my book dropped and I didn't realize it right away and my dad ran over it.
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The worst thing I did to a fave book of mine was dripping icecream on it. I still have the marks and hate myself for destroying a beauty
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I personally respect books that are 'well-read'. :P
ReplyDeleteI've been known to use a pen in my books, occasionally leave chocolate behind on the pages, and to take a book in our hot tub (oh, how I miss the hot tub these pregnancy days!).
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see others with bigger TBR piles than me :)
I'm announcing the winners of those gorgeous sticky notes in my Sunday Salon tomorrow!!!
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