tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post7843116847381499040..comments2023-07-25T09:17:21.434-04:00Comments on The Hardcover Lover: Hardcover Lover Confessions (7)Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131832400840619615noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-69691483435257866392015-04-20T09:37:24.690-04:002015-04-20T09:37:24.690-04:00If it's a library book or someone else's b...If it's a library book or someone else's book, I would never dog-ear the page -- because it's not my property! But if I own the book, I'll do whatever I want with it. Crack the spine, throw it against the wall, read it in the pool and drop it repeatedly in the water -- treating books as precious things can intimidate people from the entire hobby of reading; they're entertainment, cardboard and paper, so I definitely bang 'em up as I please.Christinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-10394041012727848702015-04-19T23:43:10.090-04:002015-04-19T23:43:10.090-04:00I'm am totally okay with people dog-earing boo...I'm am totally okay with people dog-earing books, but it's just not something I do anymore. I definitely don't treat my books like they a treasures either, but I do like to keep them in nice shape. I definitely have some that are well loved and have bent corners or broken spines.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-24998464813883061972015-04-18T19:10:35.550-04:002015-04-18T19:10:35.550-04:00I am guilty of dog earing books. Not all the time ...I am guilty of dog earing books. Not all the time and when I do I always make sure they're my own books but I definitely do do it sometimes! I've never been a person who treats their books as treasures in the first place - ie I don't really care if it's not immaculate or if there's a fold somewhere. That just isn't who I am as a reader so sometimes I'll be too lazy to get a bookmark and just dog ear the page. It's a bad habit I know because then my pages get all wonky but my laziness is always wins.Anniehttp://therunawayreader.blogspot.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-75018536402343940872015-04-17T16:07:41.682-04:002015-04-17T16:07:41.682-04:00Oh wow. I would have never thought that bestseller...Oh wow. I would have never thought that bestsellers would wind up being more expensive. <br /><br /><br /><br />I don't blame you for wanting to read books in their original language. If I were bilingual, I would totally do that.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-30363929135979934192015-04-17T15:29:32.244-04:002015-04-17T15:29:32.244-04:00If I wanted to buy a bestseller in dutch I would h...If I wanted to buy a bestseller in dutch I would have to pay 12 euro's or more.. not many books below the 10 euro's if popular authors are concern, that is one of the reasons I read English books were I can buy paperbacks for 5 euros if I am lucky... <br /><br /><br />The other reason is that I like to read the books in its original language.. So if the author were dutch I just have to pay a lot more (so I try giveaways...) LOLIrene van Benthemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-87650116472202114982015-04-17T06:30:37.888-04:002015-04-17T06:30:37.888-04:00Oh no! Don't feel guilty! It's totally a p...Oh no! Don't feel guilty! It's totally a personal preference. I probably would dog-ear pages with some of my favorite passages if I weren't so afraid of ruining my books.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-61765591862474708872015-04-17T06:28:58.352-04:002015-04-17T06:28:58.352-04:00Oh - I definitely wrote in and dog-eared my colleg...Oh - I definitely wrote in and dog-eared my college textbooks, especially if we had open book tests. I think that's just the college way, and it makes studying so much easier. That I am totally okay with. I just never dog-eared my literature anthologies.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-86788861242262969942015-04-17T04:04:44.733-04:002015-04-17T04:04:44.733-04:00Oh my gosh Erin I'm sort of guilty for dog-ear...Oh my gosh Erin I'm sort of guilty for dog-earing books. I like to do it sometimes because I like to go over my old books and search my favorite parts (which are usually dog-eared). My books are dog-eared in half its pages, but I don't know -- I used to be bothered by it, but not really anymore :P <br /><br /><br />Great post! I love this idea!Jillian Lopeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-65757069680262543382015-04-16T22:17:16.210-04:002015-04-16T22:17:16.210-04:00I'm very specific about when I dog-ear books, ...I'm very specific about when I dog-ear books, now that I think about it. My personal reading I won't dog-ear at all - I have a huge collection of bookmarks and I like to use them anyway because they're prettier than a paper fold. But my school books... yeah I just dog-ear away. I even write in those too *gasp*Kayla @ The Thousand Livesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-11432283814792232652015-04-16T21:05:56.466-04:002015-04-16T21:05:56.466-04:00My parents wouldn't have been able to afford t...My parents wouldn't have been able to afford to send me and my siblings to high school if we had to do that. The three of us were all really close in age.<br /><br />I can see how it's good training, but I like that the district provided our books.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-79922395279625491412015-04-16T19:41:10.851-04:002015-04-16T19:41:10.851-04:00Oh man, that sucks. At my school we had to buy all...Oh man, that sucks. At my school we had to buy all of our books (including textbooks) and were expected to take notes in them. They wanted to train us for college life apparently. Britt Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-46093644002411536012015-04-16T19:16:23.442-04:002015-04-16T19:16:23.442-04:00OMG! That's hilarious that you would actually ...OMG! That's hilarious that you would actually give your mom bookmarks! I have a plethora of them available to me now, and I just love them. <br /><br />It's so sad that people dog-ear library books. Those things are supposed to last. I can't even tell you how many I came across in school that had ripped corners from people dog-earing them. :(Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-9707623100697879392015-04-16T19:14:09.275-04:002015-04-16T19:14:09.275-04:00We weren't allowed to highlight in our school ...We weren't allowed to highlight in our school books, and if we did, we had to pay to replace them. Those things are expensive, even the novels because the school only bought library bindings. My friend found out the hard way. :(Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-18658317390117111282015-04-16T17:59:42.179-04:002015-04-16T17:59:42.179-04:00I hate dog-earing my books! My mom used to do that...I hate dog-earing my books! My mom used to do that and I would go crazy and grab all of my bookmarks and tell her to pick one and keep it, haha! If I pick up a book from the library or a used bookstore, and I see that it is dog eared, I'll get upset, shake my head and try to flatten it out. I'm weird like that. :) Great post, Erin!Talina Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-46751599927489740522015-04-16T16:38:48.589-04:002015-04-16T16:38:48.589-04:00I used to dog ear books when I was a little kid bu...I used to dog ear books when I was a little kid but now I refuse. I use folded book marks in my literature books and sticky notes in my school books (although there is a lot of highlighting in my school books). I hate it when people crack the spines of books. It makes my skin crawl.Britt Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-25204469694307131222015-04-16T16:23:51.620-04:002015-04-16T16:23:51.620-04:00Oh wow! I knew books were more expensive in Europe...Oh wow! I knew books were more expensive in Europe, but I can't imagine paying double.<br /><br /><br />She was a pretty cool teacher. Unfortunately that was my senior year, and the school didn't give us bookmarks. I'll make sure to stock up on bookmarks so kids don't do that to their books.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-22823085104366542015-04-16T16:18:47.417-04:002015-04-16T16:18:47.417-04:00Yeah books aren't cheap, especially the one...Yeah books aren't cheap, especially the one's in my own language (dutch) they are double the price of English books.. <br />BTW, what a great teacher you had for learning you early on not to mess with books lolIrene van Benthemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-42493116951764121172015-04-16T16:18:09.812-04:002015-04-16T16:18:09.812-04:00I never thought of putting them in a plastic bag b...I never thought of putting them in a plastic bag before. I just stow them very carefully in my purse.<br /><br /><br />I definitely have a few books that are in pretty terrible shape, but those were mostly novels that I had to read for British literature classes. Everything else either stays on a shelf or in plastic crates.<br /><br /><br />I'm all for buying used books, but they do have to look good. I almost bought a hardcover of The Book Thief the other day, but the spine was cracked and I decided against it.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-64777976582186685232015-04-16T16:15:37.135-04:002015-04-16T16:15:37.135-04:00I definitely don't do it now, especially becau...I definitely don't do it now, especially because when I think about how much books cost. I want them to last.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-27373567343509414452015-04-16T16:14:49.694-04:002015-04-16T16:14:49.694-04:00I won't even use sticky notes on my books anym...I won't even use sticky notes on my books anymore because the acid ruined a few of the pages in my Margaret Atwood books. :(<br /><br /><br />I'm all for just reading them, and then letting them sit without anything in them to deface them.Erin @ The Hardcover Loverhttp://www.thehardcoverlover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-3042789031367562682015-04-16T14:39:13.807-04:002015-04-16T14:39:13.807-04:00Eeek I can never dog-ear pages. I have such a huge...Eeek I can never dog-ear pages. I have such a huge collection of sticky notes, bookmarks, and tabs that I really will do just about anything to avoid it haha. I love having books in mint condition!Laurenhttp://www.bookmarklit.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-24819461569482712162015-04-16T13:11:36.191-04:002015-04-16T13:11:36.191-04:00Dog ear pages are definitely a no-no for me, I don...Dog ear pages are definitely a no-no for me, I don't think I ever did this even when I was in school. I love books, an try to keep them in as good a condition as I can, so no dog eared pages in my books.<br /><br />IreneIrene van Benthemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659639521679396927.post-20069114139336945872015-04-16T10:37:57.627-04:002015-04-16T10:37:57.627-04:00I never dog ear pages--I don't even like crack...I never dog ear pages--I don't even like cracking spines on books and I carry books inside my purse in a plastic bag so I don't ruin them. While I have some beat up books that are very loved in my collection--I prefer to know I am not making their condition worse (similarly I don't buy used books unless they look new). But I also am a serious bookmark collector so of course I need a reason to use all of them!Emma @ Miss Printhttp://missprint.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com