Triton3122 wrote:You will allow your friends to borrow your books, but provide them with a list of do and do not's!!
. . . . do not bend the pages down to mark your place!
. . . . do use a bookmark!
. . . . do not use a bookmark that will scratch up or rip the pages!
. . . . do take the cover off of my hardback book!!
. . . . do not let anyone else borrow it!
. . . . do bring it back better than when you borrowed it!
Most of those are pet peaves of mine! You can always tell which paperbacks Ive loaned out cause they don't look new anymore. My copy of Dark Lover is so battered, Im starting to loose pages. 
I was so anal I wouldn't buy a book that had a nick on the spine unless it was the only copy left. I will take the cover off a hardback when reading it so I don't mess it up. I'm wierd, I know....
This thread is great! I feel so at home!
...when almost every single one of these posts applies to you, and you can't wipe the smile from your face because you thought you were the only one.
...when you have a Word document for all your favorite book quotes, complete with page #s and corresponding cover art.
...when your family doesn't complain about the piles of books covering every available surface of the house, but complains about the numerous Word and Excel documents (for your lists like TBRs, new releases, must-haves, etc.) taking up space on the C: drive.
...when you decide to donate some books from your overflowing bookshelves, and then see all that empty space, think "what a waste," and then proceed to fill it with new books.
...when you're supposed to be buying a business suit for an upcoming interview and buy books instead.
...when you're in class and hide your novel behind your textbook because you just couldn't wait to read that next chapter. (my dad would kill me if he knew I've done this)
...when you get your new smartphone, and the first app you download is not Angry Birds, but are B&N Store and Goodreads.
...when you don't get your daily reading in, you feel like the whole day was a waste.
...when your sister is with you when you have to stop at the library, and she refuses to go in for fear of catching some kind of "nerd disease." (her words, not mine)
MADIS wrote:
CrabbyCat wrote:
...when you're in class and hide your novel behind your textbook because you just couldn't wait to read that next chapter. (my dad would kill me if he knew I've done this)
I did this all through my school days! My mother went to several conferences in middle and high school about me not giving the teacher the necessary attention because I was always reading a book from under my desk, or inside a book, or in the desk (the old school ones could be propped open). Ahhh... the good old days!!!
You know, when I was in college I went to the retirement party my middle school teacher and she told me that she secretly loved my creative hiding of books and obsessive reading. It was one of her favorite student stories.
I got caught a few times, but most of my professors didn't care because I was a straight-A student. I was always more worried about my dad finding out that I was more interested in dragons and vampires than the college courses he was paying for.
