Sugar Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 My friends have commented that they feel they have to be really careful with my books as I too tend to keep them in nearly new condition. I was amazed, as like you, Kell, I wouldn't lend them if I was that worried about them getting wrecked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icecream Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I think I would be upset if one of my uni textbooks, or folios came back ruined. They are very nice books. Fiction books are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I keep my fiction books in really good condition, however I do scribble (lightly in pencil) in the margins of textbooks sometimes. It does not really do any harm IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmck Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Actually, I just asked him outright about it & it seems he really does worry about my books when he has them - it's kind of sweet really, but at the same time, unwarranted - if I was all that bothered, i wouldn't let him out of the flat with them in the first place - LOL! Well, that's the way I feel about it. I'm careful with other people's books--I don't fold the corner of a page or lay it down open to a page--but I'm not so careful with my own. My books are read again and again. They tend to look it. LOL. I think there was another thread where I turned myself in for this behavior. I usually don't loan something out unless I don't really expect to see it again. It's better that way. If it's that important, I may tell them to be really careful and that I'd like it back in two weeks or something. I have little kids and puppies, so getting attached to "stuff" isn't too wise for my sanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblomov Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 If possessiveness about one's books is being a "Book Nazi", then I am the Fuhrer himself. Nobody but nobody touches my books without my permission (and that goes for the wife as well) and on the rare occasions that I do lend someone a book, I check out their CV first and then put the fear of God into them to make sure that they look after it well. I am not ashamed of this attitude at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I reckon the previous owners of my Germany & Weimar Republic textbook cannot possibly have been Book Nazis. There are pages in it which are almost impossible to read due to little drawings all over the place. I don't mind annotations, but I'm not so keen on having these little pictures throughout the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Hi Kell I do not think you are a book nazi at all, you just like your belongings to be looked after and you know that sometimes things happen, it does not make you scary, well not to me anyway. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I am so bad when people lend me books. I start to worry knowing it would be rude not to lend them some of mine. One of the things I do, is loan them out from the Library, and them pass them to the friend. I just carnt stand the thought of my books looking read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 LOL, I hate lending books out because I know i'll never get them back. Books are the one thing that never get returned. As far as condition goes I crack the spines of my books. I think it gives them character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne123 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 If people borrow books from me, they know they have to come back in a good condition or I will KILL them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 If i actually lent out books i would probably be a book nazi haha. When I was younger I had so many books wrecked or never returned..so i dont lend them out anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I have been buying books myself to read since I was about 12, usually horror at that age, and since I've joined this club I've found myself remembering books I've read and then wondering where the hell they are and who was the last person I lent it too! Looking at my bookcase I only see about 50 books now (I know I did lose a carton load when I moved house ,.. but not 20 years worth!). I've also decided to give re-reading a go but now I'm gonna have to go in search and buy again the ones I want to re-read!! So from now on there will be no more lending out from me!!! (Unless of course I know its a fellow book lover and appreciator :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I only lend books to people I know will look after them, I hate it when people treat books badly, even if they`re not mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellie Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't mind so much if books look well read, but if people are careless with my books then I get upset, As I said here I have secret meeting place with a colleague so we can swap books away from the prying eyes of people who damage books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't like lending books. If I do lend though it'll be some reliable person who knows how much I care about my books and they'll know to take good care of them. People have always returned my books and in good condition too, that's why I can't really understand how there can be so many of you who have gone through the tragedy of someone lending your books and not returning them. It might have something to do with the fact that I always write down the titles and the name of the person who's taking my books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landevale Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Since I tend to make a lot of notes in my books, I'm generally more careful about who I lend them to. I don't want just anyone reading my marginalia, and I also want to make sure I don't lose my carefully annotated books! That said, I generally don't care what people do to my books when I lend them out, as long as they don't come back destroyed. No one has dared adding their own marginalia, although I would be delighted if someone did so someday! (Maybe I just don't give them enough room in the margins because my own notes crowd the page! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't tend to lend things to people, I don't know anyone who reads, and books are about all I have worth lending. That said, I know myself that if I hand something out, I want it back in the exact condition I gave it in. Similarly, I'm more careful with other people's possessions than I am with my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitegold Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Since I tend to make a lot of notes in my books, I'm generally more careful about who I lend them to. I don't want just anyone reading my marginalia, and I also want to make sure I don't lose my carefully annotated books! That said, I generally don't care what people do to my books when I lend them out, as long as they don't come back destroyed. No one has dared adding their own marginalia, although I would be delighted if someone did so someday! (Maybe I just don't give them enough room in the margins because my own notes crowd the page! ) I've always been curious about margin writing. What kind of stuff is written in book margins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't tend to keep any of my books (comes from essentially living out of a suitcase since I was 18, with all the moving around I did. At one point I was in a new town every 4-6 weeks, for 4 straight years). My books get sent home to my Mom or Sisters, & they pass them around themselves & my brother, who then make sure that they get given back to Mom & she takes them into the hospital & to the Senior's apartment complex that's near where she lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne123 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Usually I do swaps instead of lending - then we can discuss both the books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landevale Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've always been curious about margin writing. What kind of stuff is written in book margins? Hmm.. good question! I obviously can't speak for others, but my own marginalia tend to be quick references to certain themes that keep popping up in a particular book or references to things that I am interested in across various books. Mostly, I make my notes so that it is easier to find things later. (I think this mostly stems from writing more than a few English papers these last few years! ) But some of my notes are more extensive and contain some analytical insights that come to me while I'm reading. Since they are usually written while in the process of reading the book for the first time, I tend to be pretty self-conscious about them. ("What if the later portion of the book ends up making my marginal note really dumb? Or what if it's just a dumb note in the first place?" etc.) So that would be why I don't really like to lend out books that I have heavily annotated. I also get uncomfortable sharing a book with someone in class if they have forgotten their own copy. That said, I once lent a couple of VERY heavily annotated books to my mom, and she really seemed to appreciate the attention my notes drew to some things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm one of those people who can read a paperback and not leave a mark on it (in fact, I have several paperbacks that I have read multiple times, and apart from some yellowing of their pages due to age, they are practically pristine). My biggest fear is getting a girlfriend who breaks spines! (books, obviously, I don't know many shot-putters!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't like lending books out after the bad experiences I've had with some of my favourites (getting lost, food stains and spines being completely ripped off!! ) but I think I still would let a friend borrow one if they really wanted to. I do have one funny story though. My boyfriend doesn't read, he just isn't interested in it at all. But, last night, he asked if he could read Twilight, probably as a result of my near obsession. Once I'd got over the shock, I agreed. After about ten minutes, I looked over and stared in horror when I saw he was holding the book with a grip that was denting the pages and bending the spine :motz:haha! He saw my face and then went on to ask "How do you hold a book then?". I explained and demonstrated . To which he replied "Yeah but you're reading a hardback...how am I supposed to hold a softback?". How cute is that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 After about ten minutes, I looked over and stared in horror when I saw he was holding the book with a grip that was denting the pages and bending the spine :motz:haha! He saw my face and then went on to ask "How do you hold a book then?". I explained and demonstrated . To which he replied "Yeah but you're reading a hardback...how am I supposed to hold a softback?". How cute is that?! You've got him well trained! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Haha, yes, just a little bit . Especially when it comes to my books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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