I am obsessive. I think it comes from having a mum who used to be a librarian...I must've rubbed off on me! I also keep all of my books neat, ordered and lovely in boxes.
You break my books' spines, I break yours.
I love that rule!
I once borrowed my friend's book, and it went back to her in precisely the same condition it came to me in.
All of my books look like new, except for one which I bought from the library for 20p and one which my friend gave me when she didn't want it any more (same friend as up there ^) and it was her who got the damage on it. Oh, and there's the one which my dad is reading. He broke the spine:irked:
I once leant one of my favourite books to my other friend Chloe. It went to her looking like new and came back dog-eared, the page edges were dirty, the spine was broken 3 times and the cover was bent over twice. I was seriously mad at her. :motz:I appreciate that accidents happen, but that to me just seems like carelessness. I now don't lend my books out (not that I did that much in the first place, but still).
Oddly, I'm not quite so bothered with library books. I mean, I'll take care of them, and I'll treat them as I treat my books if they are in a good condition, but some of them are just ruined already. It makes me sad