Comments for Inside of a dog http://nettiethomson.com it's too dark to read. Wed, 30 May 2012 11:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Annette http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1684 Wed, 30 May 2012 11:08:02 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1684 Hahaha – it’s me who is finding this all distressing. I seem to be in a very small minority regarding my treatment of books: maybe I’m wrong? (perish the thought)
Nxxx

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Elpi Pamiadaki (@elpis_bites) http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1683 Wed, 30 May 2012 08:38:34 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1683 I do have dog-eared, note-laden books, but they are mainly university text books. As far as fiction, or even non-fic books I read now, I admit to an incredible sensitivity on note-making, page-turning or even leaving them open and turned face down! In fact, the mere thought of it makes my heart race and panic set-in. Instead, I remove sleeves from hard-covers to keep them looking pristine and I use colourful tags from clothes or boarding passes as bookmarks. I also use post-its to make notes on…. I guess you could say I’m on the verge of showing OCD signs in terms of my books!

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Annette http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1682 Tue, 29 May 2012 20:34:33 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1682 Interesting point you make, Robin. I find it really interesting how many different ways we have a relationship with our books.
And I too have used whatever was to hand to mark my place – so long as it didn’t stain the pages!

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Robin http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1681 Tue, 29 May 2012 20:31:43 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1681 I’m pretty careful with hardcovers, probably because of the prices paid for them. But paperbacks?! I have been known to mark my place with cigarette ashes (in the days when I smoked), orange peels and candy-wrappers — to reveal just a few of my disgusting behaviors. But mostly I just turn them upside down, leaving the pages to be affected by whatever is on the bathroom countertop…water, make-up. I’m not so much a pig as I am impulsive – and when I don’t want to read anymore, I just stop; leaving the future of my book to fortune or lack thereof. Go to any garage sale in the world and you will be able to identify a book that has been read by me.

But I have never left a note or an underline or a thought in the margins. If a book gives me the space to think my own thoughts, I feel that it has not its job.

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Annette http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1680 Tue, 29 May 2012 20:30:58 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1680 I have been known to cross stitch a few myself and have a selection of various bookmarks which I never use!

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by cameronlawton http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1679 Tue, 29 May 2012 20:29:15 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1679 Thanks for posting this Nettie – you’ve just inspired me to go and dig out my pretty bookmarks (I am a geek, I even cross-stitched one for the OH with a choo-choo train on it!) and I may end up collecting them on my holiday

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Annette http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1677 Tue, 29 May 2012 19:41:34 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1677 Exactly. It’s like snapshots you take on a holiday, each one a memory of what and who you were then.
Thanks for stopping by, Michael

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Michael Abayomi http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1676 Tue, 29 May 2012 19:39:58 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1676 Nowadays, I only ever read ebooks on my kindle. But back in the day, I used to leave the book laying face down to keep track of my progress whenever I could. I never wrote a word inside the pages of my books. I remember once when I’d borrowed a friend one of my Animorphs. He’d returned it with all sorts of markings and notes. Needless to say, I was quite pissed at the time and I never borrowed said friend another book. But now, many years later, I look at that particular Animorphs and those markings take me back to a time when life was less complicated.

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Annette http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1675 Tue, 29 May 2012 19:37:16 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1675 I knew there would be people who couldn’t bring themselves to dog ear a book, but thought I’d be brave and admit to it anyway :)

]]> Comment on Reading a Book: it’s a journey, innit? by Annette http://nettiethomson.com/2012/05/29/reading-a-book/#comment-1674 Tue, 29 May 2012 19:36:03 +0000 http://nettiethomson.com/?p=1131#comment-1674 Break free, Cameron, leave your footprint on the paper sand!

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