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40 Times Book Lovers Got So Triggered By The Things They Saw, They Had To Post Them Online
There are dozens of pet peeves that get on book readers’ nerves. Like Amazon shipping you every single book in its own separate box when order loads of them or when the bottom parts of 2 pages are still connected. Then there are the big no-no’s that will make any book lover mad. Like people burning books or tearing off the pages of the books that they’re reading. One. [Rip.] By. [Tear.] One. [Rip.]
We know that you enjoy books, dear readers, so we here at Bored Panda have collected a list of pictures that will infuriate any book lover and literature enthusiast. Scroll down, upvote your fave pics, and let us know in the comments what other book-related things get your blood boiling.
Bored Panda reached out to The Willoughby Book Club, the UK's leading personalized book subscription service, and spoke with Director Marianne Chala about the pet peeves that book-lovers have and the things that infuriate them the most. “Our staff are comprised of book obsessives, booksellers, and library assistants—I was a bookseller myself for 20 years before joining The Willoughby Book Club, so we have seen a lot of abominations towards books in our careers!” she said. Scroll down for our full interview with Marianne, as well as our chat with the founders of the Book Box Club.
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The Only Book In The Store That's Wrapped In Plastic Is This One
No God, Nooooo. God, Please No
Ordered 27 Books From Amazon On A Single Order. Got 27 Boxes With 1 Book Each Delivered
Marianne said that some of the pet peeves that she and The Willoughby Book Club have include artsy houses where people arrange their books with the spines facing inwards. “This is a crime against literature,” she told us.
Cracked spines also anger Marianne and her staff, especially when it’s done on purpose and in front of patient, long-suffering book lovers. The book club also hates film tie-in covers (“We’re all snobs, and loathe these!” Marianne exclaimed), as well as books bought just for show without any intention of reading them.“
Bored Panda also spoke to Marianne about the worst things that she’s ever seen somebody do to books. Among these was a beloved book lent to a family member that was mauled by a dog, a burst pipe that destroyed a whole collection of books and ‘might have’ made Marianne cry, and a large hardback that was sawn in half with a breadknife because it was “too big to read in bed.”
This Price Sticker That Ruined The Cover Of This 1908 Book
Instead Of Putting In A Bookshelf, This Coffee Shop Cut The Spines Of The Books And Glued Them To A Shelf
This Is The Last Page Of A Book In My School's Library. This Isn't The Only Time It Happened Either
“From working in bookshops, I have had books returned for a refund that have been dropped in the pool on holiday and are crunchy with sand… or when 50 Shades of Grey was the thing, we’d get copies returned with the spine cracked on the saucy bits. I have seen sandwiches, burgers and on one memorable day, a whole burrito tucked into the shelves with the books… and a large coffee upended on the Christmas display tables of bestsellers— ugh, it’s giving me hives to have to re-live it,” Marianne told us about all the horrible things she’s seen done to books. Poor books. They deserve better.
Marianne went into detail about book borrowing etiquette and how long it’s polite to hold onto them. “I’m cringing a little at this because I am a notorious book magpie and have ‘accumulated’ quite a few books that were lent to me in good faith. This is Not Okay and was the most frowned upon behavior from the Willoughby team,” she said.
Looking Through An Old Cookery Book I Just Found And There's A Squashed Frog As A Bookmark
This Hardcopy Ela Book Is Complete With Useless Hyperlinks And And Unwatchable Videos. Go American Education System
Got Bumped To First Class (Super Sweet) Only To Witness This Lady Tearing Off The Pages Of The Book She's Reading
“We’ve all fallen victim to it (but I’m the only one owning up to doing it myself!). It also raises the issue of hurt in the poor lender. As Alisha says, the lender can feel very let down that the book they love is not being cherished to the correct degree… ‘It’s like seeing a friend mistreated.’ None of us set deadlines, that’s just not how it goes, but I think if you don’t see it back in a few months, you can wave goodbye to it forever.”
Marianne added: “Despite the risk of books not being returned, we all love books and will take that risk to pass the love on. It’s so great when someone loves a book you’ve recommended, and we’re really lucky to be able to do that for a job!”
Burned Down The "Take A Book, Leave A Book"
What an a*****e thing to do. Geez some people have zero respect.
This Hotel Doesn't Allow You To Use Books For Their Intended Purpose
Books should not be decor. They’re meant to be passports to other worlds.
I Don't Think I Should Read This Deign Chapter In My Book
The Willoughby Book Club offers personalized book subscriptions: they’ll provide you with a bespoke selection of books they think you’ll love and all you have to do is answer a few questions about your reading tastes and genre.
“Subscriptions are available for 3, 6, or 12 months in a variety of genres from Contemporary Fiction to Wellness and each month, one title arrives beautifully gift wrapped to your door,” Marianne explained what services the book club provides. “This makes the perfect gift for voracious readers, difficult to buy for relatives, and children building a lifelong relationship with reading alike. We also make the perfect gift for lockdown: let us take the stress out of choosing reading matter for yourself or your gift recipient, and as each subscription is selected with the reader in mind, no two subscriptions are ever the same.”
The Willoughby Book Club also donates a book to Book Aid International for every subscription purchased. They do this to “work toward their vision of a world where everybody has access to books that educate, inspire, and change lives.”
This Store Sells Books Wrapped In Packaging So Readers Can Pick A Book From Just A Sentence. Somebody Opened All Of Them
Only one shelf of the store sells books like these. People usually get these as gifts or when they want to explore new books without judging them by their cover. There are other books in the store so I don't know why the person felt that it was okay to do this.
The same person opens other people’s birthday presents.
Book Murderer
Three Books In The Same Series Produced By The Same Company
Bored Panda also spoke with Kate Morris-Double who founded the Book Box Club together with Libby Harris. “We're both a bit laid back when it comes to books,” Kate told us. “Of course, we love beautiful books and we've got lovely editions and signed copies of things that we like to keep pristine, but generally if someone is enjoying a book (even if that means folding down the pages, eating their lunch and crumbling over it!) we don't like to criticize! The worst thing someone could do to a book in my opinion is buy it, put it on the shelf and never read it!”
Neither Kate nor Libby are worried about people who borrow books keeping them for a long time. “If I've lent someone a book it's because I want them to read it, and I know that everyone is busy and that might take time. I wouldn't loan a book that I was worried about getting back,” Kate said.
The Book Box Club is a subscription box and online book group for fans of young adult fiction. “Every month, we send our members a brand new, beautifully wrapped YA book and an invitation to an online book group, where they can meet (virtually) the author of our featured read, ask their questions and chat to our other members,” Kate explained. “We choose books of all different genres, the only criteria is that they have to be completely brilliant! Books are often signed or accompanied by signed bookplates and we have an option that also includes lots of themed exclusive goodies made by small businesses (Book Box Club) and an option for just the book and book group membership (Purely Books).”
Folding A Page In A Library Book When It Has A Built-In Bookmark
About Finishing The Book Only To Discover That 10 Pages Are Missing
Polish Catholic Priest And Kids Burning Stuff Such As Harry Potter Books, Lord Of The Rings, Buddhist Figurines
As a Catholic I find this reprehensible. They are books, fantasy, for enjoyment. As for the Buddhist figurines- I despair. We're not all like this. I have a Methodist friend who says HP is evil- I just don't understand the thinking behind it.
In an interview many many years ago, JK Rowling said she had visited her primary school for a meet and greet, talk about her life, listen about the kids' life, talk reading and writing and so on. As a treat, she also read them a bit from her latest HP book. Everything went fine and she was leaving, when she spotted a little kid in the corridor, crying its eyes out. She asked what was wrong, thinking the kid was hurt, and the kid just screamed and ran. A school administrator informed her that this child's parents considered her and her books evil due to their religious beliefs, and had forbidden their child of attending. which resulted in tears, because the kid really did want to be part of the school activities (and meet a famous author, or even having read her books from classmates meet someone whose work they enjoyed). Imagine being so lucky and having the treat taken out of your mouth. I'll never understand these people.
Load More Replies...As a christian myself I cant imagine what is wrong with the Lord of the Rings. It is about love, bravery, friendship, courage etc.
My very catholic mother is the one who inspired my love of books. LOTR was her favorite, she read the entire series every winter. Also loved Anne McCaffrey. She loved Harry Potter. I have not been Catholic (or even Christian) since reaching adulthood for many reasons, but I was always encouraged to read anything and everything!
Load More Replies..."Wherever they burn books, in the end will also burn human beings." - Heinrich Heine
You couldn't have chosen a more true quote. These extremist groups are the same ones that spew hate against any human being that they consider "deviant." I'm sure the people in the photograph above are the same ones holding up hate signs and symbols.
Load More Replies...So basically destroy anything you don't understand. Got it. Good luck surviving in the real world, kids!
I wonder if they do that with other books too. Like Advanced Algebra or something.
Load More Replies...They could have just donated it or something. That is just wasteful.
What and doom the rest of us to magical practices and hell? They've got to save us from such depravity. And now if you'll excuse me, I need to go finish a Harry Potter fanfiction I'm writing, just to spite these guys. :P
Load More Replies...This does make me think of Fahrenheit 451. However, these people aren't Christians- these people are ignorant, hateful, and cruel. I would call them extremists. There are horrible and ignorant extremists in all religions. I know Christians who would be absolutely appalled and disgusted at this type of behaviour . I find it so ironic and sad since books like Lord of Rings and Harry Potter contains themes of love triumphing over hate, perseverance, sacrifice, bravery, family, friendships, etc.
Load More Replies...We as a society have to stop destroying things just because we don't like it or agree with it. Liking fantasy books doesn't make you less of a Christian. I am a Christian, but this disgust me.
Poland is going backwards and fast! The catholic church is too often involved in repressive fascist tactics, always gaining power in countries with governments that would prefer never to step down.
I live in the U.S., but my family is Polish. We watch Polish news every day and the country I once loved because of its architecture and mountains has just made me really question how much the Catholic church affects the people living there. It's terrifying... I think believing in something is fine, but it's becoming radical in Poland...
Load More Replies...ΗΟW DARE YOU BURN THE BEST BOOK IN HUMAN HISTORY????? THE LORD OF THE RINGS IS AN INTERNATIONAL TREASURE!!!!!!!!!!
I just want to note - as a Pole and being enraged at this - that particular action caused a huge backlash on the Church itself. It also prompted many people to start actions and events where they shared the "forbidden" books, gave them out for free and encouraged kids to read fantasy. Not all of Poland is screwed up like this. It's just... the ruling party thinks they are in North Korea and the Church is very close to them. Or should I say, the Church has it in its pocket and doesn't feel like laws and common sense is something it has to abide by.
I'm Polish and I live in Poland. Many citizens felt embarrassed by that event. Many people in media and social media expressed their disgust fore inappropriate behavior of church representatives. Similarities with pre WWII Nazi book burning was mentioned. Harry Potter fans expressed their feelings by mass baptisms of HP books.
I thought Tolkein and CS Lewis were ok. Both were very active in churches and are not on the Evangelical banned lists
That's what I thought as well! Well I thought I'm sure they were religious 🙂
Load More Replies...As a person who has tried to study and follow the philosophy of Buddhism for over 21 years, I am highly offended and angered by this. I'm also a lifelong atheist and that only makes me more disgusted at this kind of thinking....to burn books, and figurines, etc. Those poor kids missed out on a wonderful time of innocent fun reading Harry Potter. The church is just shameful! And that guy is probably fondling the little boys backstage while no one is looking! How many have DONE that?! SHAMEFUL!
Well Poland is shifting towards fascism. Guess they wanted to make it real clear
as an austrian i think that too. nazis raus! shoot nazis to space. one way!
But then we have space nazis? Possibly on the dark side of the moon...
Load More Replies...Christianity, promoting violence since 2000 years now. Christians like them fundamentally misunderstand their own religion.
Liberals who, quite rightly, are enraged by this attempt at the personal censoring of things, please also apply that same rage to the 'safe space' people who want to ban any conservative speakers from college campuses. If it's wrong to personally try to censor, Potter, Tolkein and Buddhism, it's also wrong to censor Ben Shapiro or Charles Murray just b/c you disagree w/ their claims.
Yes, and at least at college age you'd hope that they'd want to hear reasoned debate to help them form their own views. This is being forced on young children with no discussion.
Load More Replies...Lord of the Rings is the most Catholic book I know of. The others also teach moral values.
Can someone please explain this to me!! I don't understand why they think this will steer kids away from wanting to read, etc with whatever they are burning. If that was me I'd be thinking whatever's in there must be awesome lol
Kayla, book-burning and censorship are horrible practices that are still rampant worldwide. They are generally practiced by extremists or fundamentalists religious, political, and sometimes even cultural groups. Many fundamentalist/extremist religious groups consider books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings to contain elements of witchcraft/magic which they deem satanic. Anything these don't understand or goes against their "twisted values" is considered deviant. Sadly, the children in the photograph are indoctrinated into this at an early age and will likely grow up hearing family, friends, and their own church spewing hate.
Load More Replies...They should get the pedophile priests, douse them with lighter fluid, and burn them alive
I never got burning Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Books like His Dark Materials are much more controversial, while these are just kids books meant for fun reading.
Had a SIL forbid our nieces from reading HP. Loved it when my 7yo son asked her about the "magic" in Mary Poppins. Movies that were ok because they are Disney
As long as I live I will never understand this. If you don't approve, don't read it. You, however, don't get to choose for me.
Extremists. Those poor kids are being indoctrinated, next stop terrorism
The Catholic Church has no business standing in judgment of anyone after all the pedophilia in dead babies discovered in convents.
All religious bigoted ideals as this destroy minds and souls, not save them
I think I will never understand this…if you don’t find those book suitable. Donate. Why waste your money to buy and then burn. So many kids would be so happy to read such Modern iconic books such as Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. #facepalm
book burnings are the worst offenses against books. there is a 8th layer of hell for people who do that
I. WILL. KILL. THEM. Sorry, God. No, I won’t. I’ll cry in bed for a year.
what the hell? is this just because of their 'religious beliefs' that those books ar innapropraite or unsuitable or something like that?
Fred, book burning has sadly been a truly sick and twisted thing that has been practiced for eons by extremists religious, cultural, and political groups. As Maria has mentioned, many fundamentalists "Christian" (I'm putting Christian in parentheses because I don't consider these groups Christian for the hate they spew. These are the same groups that say gays should burn in hell) groups burn these books because they contain elements of "witchcraft" and "paganism", which they believe glorifies the devil.
Load More Replies...'TO THE CATHOLICS: JUST BECAUSE IT HAS MAGIC OR ISN'T YOUR RELIGION, DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN BURN IT, STOP BEFORE I BURN A BIBLE OR TWO
Quite trying to control others! If we were all meant to think, and act the same, we'd all have the same brain. And Mr. Priest, most of us don't want your brain.
now THIS is horrible! not becasue the books are burned, but because its attempt to censor thought and ideas!! For shame!! I thought the Church was past the Inquisition!!!!!!!
Totally disrespect to other religious. Imagine some burn your religious figurines.
Those boys are memorizing the titles so they can find copies to read ASAP.
Is this really happening in the Catholic Church. As a Catholic, I am outraged at this. Where's The Pope on this s**t happening under the qise of religious equality.
While the book thing is pretty stupid, I'm mostly upset about the Buddhist figurines. I hate when people say "my thing is almighty. Oh you have a similar thing? Well screw you I'm self centered so we're just gonna burn your culture because I'm a piece of c**p"
Ibpray hard the lriest offsprings never go to movie teather..they may be next
How about we burn them instead? Ye Gods this makes me angry! Bloody sheeple..
Yes, I confirm it took place. But I would like to inform you that not all Poles are such idiots :)
Its funny that lord of the rings and harry potter both have messianic heroes, deeply commited to sacrifice themselves for the others and the greater good, and frodo even going to a kind if heaven( haven;)) at the end. Ok, harry lands in hell cause he marries boring, characterless Ginny, but thats life.
Disgusting. Thought we got over the book burning before I was born in 1948.
Six million Polish citizens died in WW2, yet the country has become one of the most intolerant. Will we ever learn?
this is awful. if you feel it is evil, just teach them that it's evil. Teaching them to destroy the written word encourages the idea that you get to decide for the rest of the world the choices they should be allowed to make on their own. and I agree with Katrin.
That the Catholic church hasn't been shut down and banned is a mystery. It's the biggest criminal empire in recorded human history. I bet this priest has a porn collection that would land him in prison, for a little while anyway, until the church bailed him out and played pedo shuffle and put him in another church.
bet those are freshly bought books. nothing is more frustrating going to a book burning only to realize no one owns any.
Euch. I would never, ever, ever, burn a book, however much I may dislike it. It would be like burning the author. And, as other replies also mention, it's been done before.
I got the sudden urge to throw up. I'm German and THIS is repeating our history. Dont do that. We did that once and it was a f*****g enormous mistake.
Good grief. Does the priest not see the sad souls leaving? Would he feel differently if it was the bible?
So stupid. Harry Potter is a Christian. They celebrate Christmas at Hogwarts, and Sirius Black is his godfather.
You're right but that's not the point. If Harry Potter was a Hare Krishna this would still be wrong.
Load More Replies...The children are not burning books, they are serving as alter boys. They have no power in the proceedings
murders them poor lord of the rings books i keep trying to get my hands on them and now i know why i can't find them
"Where they burn books, in the end they will burn people as well" - Heinrich Heine
I'm a practicing Buddhist. Frankly I'd rather see a Buddhist figure burned than see an image of the Lion of the Shakyas on a grimy t-shirt or Tara tattooed on a breast. It takes real patience to walk past figures of Lord Gautama reverently guarding someone's herb garden as if He was a gnome. And those are rosaries, not worry beads, wound around your daughter's wrist. Christ!
Why would you say all that, which I agree with, and then say "Christ!" at the end of your rant? It's an insult to some but you say you are a practicing Buddhist. Can you please explain your thought process? TIA
Load More Replies...This is beyond foul and makes my blood boil. Religious extremism (or any type of extremism for that matter) breeds pure hatred. I feel so bad for those children who are indoctrinated in hatred and ignorance. Book banning and burning should be a reprehensible crime. Unfortunately, it still happens all over the world.
"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book." - Dwight Eisenhower
You get downvotes, and deservedly so, for belittling the nefarious importance of Kristallnacht. There is no comparison.
Load More Replies...As it turns out, there are lots and lots of things that get on people’s nerves if they’re big fans of books. Like “borrowers” who fold up or even rip your books. Not to mention folks who borrow a book and hold on to it for months or even years without finishing it (most of us are guilty of having done this at least once in our lives, so let’s cut each other some slack).
Some literature fans are also merciless when they see somebody folding the book to make it easier to hold while reading. While books should be shown the proper respect that they deserve, we should also ask ourselves if the point of a book is to look pretty or to show that it’s been read. Time and time again. Passionately. Enthusiastically. In our opinion, a bit of wear and tear gives a book character. (You should see our Harry Potter sets!) Not too much wear, though. There’s always a limit!
Books That Have This Much Paper Before Chapter 1 Even Starts
Dammit USPS. Go Ahead And Stuff A Hardcover Book In My Mailbox
The Downside To Checking Out Books From The Public Library
Another thing that annoys us is when the publisher decides to completely change the book format for sequels in a series. There you were, putting those books nicely on your shelf and out comes the long-awaited sequel. But there’s something wrong: it’s way bigger/smaller than the other books. And the cover art! Ugh! They completely changed the art style. It’s not like you’re not gonna read the sequel, right? (It’s still a book after all.) But the fact that the set isn’t uniform anymore is going to be like a thorn in your mind for a long, long time.
Dust jackets also really infuriate us. They’re supposed to protect hardcover books from dust, damage, and sunlight, but what they really do is annoy the heck out of us! They get in the way, they rip easily, and they end up cluttering our homes when we take them off to read without distractions. When you look at all the things that we book lovers get mad about, it’s surprising we manage to get any reading done at all!
The Perfect Book For A Price Sticker That Won't Come Off
Use a wet kitchen sponge. This book wouldn't get damaged and the sticker comes off within seconds.
This Harry Potter Box Set Doesn't Fit All Of The Books If Any Of Them Have Actually Been Read Or Taken Out
What A Kid At My School Did To A Library Book
This Bookshelf Containing Books Placed With Their Spines Facing The Wall. Why?
This looks like an installation with a Message about censorship. See the artwork on the walls.
Every Book Was Blocked Like This
So irritating. If I can't read the summary then I won't be able to buy the book, Karen - I mean, Bookstore!
Occasionally A Book Will Arrive Damaged - Never Had One That Looks Like It Was Run Over
It's A Library Book. Don't Be That Person
This Bookshelf
Opened The Wrapping On A Fancy New Book With A Pen. I Hate Myself
When You Borrow A Library Book And Someone Else Has Annotated All Over It In Pen
Lent My Friend This Book In Perfect Condition And Get It Back Like This
Really, Used Book Distributor? Was This Really Necessary?
Found In A Dumpster Behind NYC High School. Donating Books Is So Over Rated
Paperback Books
Check ventilation and sprinkler systems. The air humidity is way too high. When you get the humidity down to a reasonable (i.e. really too dry for humans) level, the book will flatten out again.
Who The Frigg Wrote This Book?
My Friend Found This Inside A Math Book
These Book Covers
Paid $18 For This From A Used Book Seller On Amazon. They Left Their Price Tag On It
The Bottom Of These Two Pages In My Book Were Connected
As a book lover, I find this cruelty unnecessary. My eyes are bleeding.
At least Lord of the Rings was only destroyed in one of them
Load More Replies...I love books but I want them to be loved and read and used. There is no intrinsic value in keeping them pristine. But it's not ok to deface and abuse public library books.
The person who cuts books in half is an insult to this planet. This article was incredibly painful.
I think I need to go lie down..this was truly awful..Gonna go hug my books now
Load More Replies...When I started college I was against marking in books, by the time I was in graduate school I was writing all over them and bending pages left and right. I even breaking in the binding before I even start reading. I only do this to my own books, not any library books, but when you constantly need to refer back to certain books and you build your own library that you use when writing research papers, it is just far faster to bang that book up and put tons of notes in it. Sorry not sorry. My personal library has some rough looking reference books.
I have a habit of smelling new books, and I recently bought a new comic book and forgot you aren't supposed to smell that kind of book. Do not recommend
I love a new book smell. Did the ink give you a head rush? :-)
Load More Replies...I used to go to a library in Texas that had numerous galley proofs in their collection, including some with JACK KEROUAC's own notes in them. They were checking them out to people! I asked to talk with the library director to tell him what they had, and he said, "We know that they are very valuable, but this is a circulating library and we don't collect antiques but check out books." Point taken, but it seems that they should have sold them or donated them before somebody ruined them. PS - I checked online and believe that these have now been donated to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.
"Triggering" is the wrong word. "Upsetting" would be better. Triggering is more about PTSD
I'm not a bookworm but i found it offensive to ruin the books and the public property generally.
Sorry, that was the noise I was making as I ran away in terror of the MONSTER who CUTS BOOKS IN HALF. I bet he does it in the middle of chapters too!!!!
I hope he loses about 50 pages from the middle of the book. Serve him right.
Load More Replies...I have literally yelled at my father when he borrows my books.. he has a habit of bending the covers back... drives me nuts... it's like do it with your books not mine! I've even made him replace ones he's broken too badly.
This is just further proof (it turns up daily) of my theory that 80% of the world's population are not the sharpest pencils in the box.
Yeah, for those who don't know, but want a strong dose of nerd-rage, Google what happened to the Ancient Egyptian Library of Alexandria. Of the serious book abuse out there (like the folks destroying them so they can be used for decoration), its a reminder of a basic fact that's always been true in every time and place of human history: many, people are really, really, really f***ing stupid. The stupidity is forgivable until it combines w/ hostility.
I’ve surprisingly never found anything horrible in a library book, however the most memorable thing was a miniature string of Navajo prayer flags in a book of poetry. Quite mysterious and whimsical.
I had some books in my bathroom and I had to get rid of them because my little brother and his friend peed on them. One of the books was a first edition.
I once lost an uncorrected proof because my sister decided it looked scrappy and I wouldn't miss it, so took it to prop up the cat litter tray. I understand the pain.
Load More Replies...As a book lover, I find this cruelty unnecessary. My eyes are bleeding.
At least Lord of the Rings was only destroyed in one of them
Load More Replies...I love books but I want them to be loved and read and used. There is no intrinsic value in keeping them pristine. But it's not ok to deface and abuse public library books.
The person who cuts books in half is an insult to this planet. This article was incredibly painful.
I think I need to go lie down..this was truly awful..Gonna go hug my books now
Load More Replies...When I started college I was against marking in books, by the time I was in graduate school I was writing all over them and bending pages left and right. I even breaking in the binding before I even start reading. I only do this to my own books, not any library books, but when you constantly need to refer back to certain books and you build your own library that you use when writing research papers, it is just far faster to bang that book up and put tons of notes in it. Sorry not sorry. My personal library has some rough looking reference books.
I have a habit of smelling new books, and I recently bought a new comic book and forgot you aren't supposed to smell that kind of book. Do not recommend
I love a new book smell. Did the ink give you a head rush? :-)
Load More Replies...I used to go to a library in Texas that had numerous galley proofs in their collection, including some with JACK KEROUAC's own notes in them. They were checking them out to people! I asked to talk with the library director to tell him what they had, and he said, "We know that they are very valuable, but this is a circulating library and we don't collect antiques but check out books." Point taken, but it seems that they should have sold them or donated them before somebody ruined them. PS - I checked online and believe that these have now been donated to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.
"Triggering" is the wrong word. "Upsetting" would be better. Triggering is more about PTSD
I'm not a bookworm but i found it offensive to ruin the books and the public property generally.
Sorry, that was the noise I was making as I ran away in terror of the MONSTER who CUTS BOOKS IN HALF. I bet he does it in the middle of chapters too!!!!
I hope he loses about 50 pages from the middle of the book. Serve him right.
Load More Replies...I have literally yelled at my father when he borrows my books.. he has a habit of bending the covers back... drives me nuts... it's like do it with your books not mine! I've even made him replace ones he's broken too badly.
This is just further proof (it turns up daily) of my theory that 80% of the world's population are not the sharpest pencils in the box.
Yeah, for those who don't know, but want a strong dose of nerd-rage, Google what happened to the Ancient Egyptian Library of Alexandria. Of the serious book abuse out there (like the folks destroying them so they can be used for decoration), its a reminder of a basic fact that's always been true in every time and place of human history: many, people are really, really, really f***ing stupid. The stupidity is forgivable until it combines w/ hostility.
I’ve surprisingly never found anything horrible in a library book, however the most memorable thing was a miniature string of Navajo prayer flags in a book of poetry. Quite mysterious and whimsical.
I had some books in my bathroom and I had to get rid of them because my little brother and his friend peed on them. One of the books was a first edition.
I once lost an uncorrected proof because my sister decided it looked scrappy and I wouldn't miss it, so took it to prop up the cat litter tray. I understand the pain.
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