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Gacked from bright_lillim

# Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat? Hardbacks I open enough to lie flat(ish), not so much with paperbacks.

# Do you use bookmarks? Or do you dog-ear the corners? If you do use bookmarks, do you use those fashionable metal ones? Or paper? Mostly paper. I make embroidered ones but don't tend to use them - except in Bibles. I keep paper bookmarks in a lot of my books so I remember to use one.

# Do you write in your books? Ever? If you do, do you make small marks, or write in as much blank space as you can find? Pen or pencil? Highlighter? Your name on the front page? I did when I was a kid. I'm kinda embarassed about that now. Only in textbooks or underlining in my Bible now.

# Do you toss your books on the floor? Into book bags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect? Depends on the book. If it's mine, eventually tossing is involved.

# Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place? Sometimes and if I don't have a bookmark in it.

# Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort? Library books and cheap-ass Mills & Boons only.

# Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor? None on the floor at the moment, although the pile on my desk migrates between there and the floor.

# Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks? I probably treat my hardcovers more carefully. I usually paid more for them. The primary distinctions would be author, age of book, current condition of book and ease of replacement.

# And, to recap? Naturally, you love all of your books, but how, exactly? Are your books loved in the battered way of a well-loved teddy bear, or like a cherished photo album or item of clothing that's used, appreciated, but carefully cared for? More like the former, although I aim for the latter. Again, it depends on the book.

# Any additional comments? No

Have been managing my santa resolution - have read three non-fiction this year:

The Sun King whose author I currently forget and can't be bothered checking;
The Betrayal of Arthur by Sara Douglas; and
Same Sex Different States: When Same Sex Marriages Cross State Lines by Andrew Koppelman

The last was really very interesting.