It really is a great book, I’m hoping to reread it soon - now that I’ve got a copy with a less annoying cover! 😄 I’m glad to have discovered your channel too, thanks for making such a fun tag. 💜
I love finding annotations in used books, but for some reason I HATE if the person used highlighter. Finding bookmarks and other ephemera in used books is the very best.
Good point! I never liked using highlighters, I always worried it was going to soak through the page. So finding someone else's highlights would annoy me too. Finding other ephemera is lovely though. I have some of my Mum's old books, and tucked into one poetry book I found a photo of my grandparents. That was a real treasure.
I miss those library stamps too, I liked it when it hadn't been taken out in 20 years. I don't have any of those MacMillan ones and I like the new ones better too, I can start from scratch 😂 The hand of the author is particularly annoying if the character is clearly just them in the book.
I know right? Those library stamps were lovely, what a shame to do away with them. Oof yes, that's a good point. Author stand-in characters can be quite irritating!
This is ancillary to the library stamps: I miss card catalogs at the library. Those are probably before your time, and I suppose given that you are confined to the chair you might give them a “good riddance,” but I always found them easier to navigate than a screen.
True, card catalogs were a little before my time, but I definitely see the tactile appeal of them. But yes, not the most accessible system for me, I’m glad of the screen.
I just got done making my video on this tag a few days ago. I have to say dog earing pages in a book or cracking the spine intentionally; however, stacking books in a pile or piles to where it comes a hazard to others both annoys me and concerns me.
I love Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy! That’s a great book. I am so happy to have discovered your channel! Thank you for doing this tag! 💛
It really is a great book, I’m hoping to reread it soon - now that I’ve got a copy with a less annoying cover! 😄 I’m glad to have discovered your channel too, thanks for making such a fun tag. 💜
I love finding annotations in used books, but for some reason I HATE if the person used highlighter. Finding bookmarks and other ephemera in used books is the very best.
Good point! I never liked using highlighters, I always worried it was going to soak through the page. So finding someone else's highlights would annoy me too.
Finding other ephemera is lovely though. I have some of my Mum's old books, and tucked into one poetry book I found a photo of my grandparents. That was a real treasure.
I miss those library stamps too, I liked it when it hadn't been taken out in 20 years. I don't have any of those MacMillan ones and I like the new ones better too, I can start from scratch 😂 The hand of the author is particularly annoying if the character is clearly just them in the book.
I know right? Those library stamps were lovely, what a shame to do away with them.
Oof yes, that's a good point. Author stand-in characters can be quite irritating!
I like annotations too. ❤️
A good annotation can make a book quite… ahem… notable. 🤭💜
Some good thoughts. Best wishes.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it.
This is ancillary to the library stamps: I miss card catalogs at the library. Those are probably before your time, and I suppose given that you are confined to the chair you might give them a “good riddance,” but I always found them easier to navigate than a screen.
True, card catalogs were a little before my time, but I definitely see the tactile appeal of them. But yes, not the most accessible system for me, I’m glad of the screen.
I just got done making my video on this tag a few days ago. I have to say dog earing pages in a book or cracking the spine intentionally; however, stacking books in a pile or piles to where it comes a hazard to others both annoys me and concerns me.
Oh yes, I’m careful not to crack the spines too. My Mum was a spine-cracker though, so not all of my books are as pristine as I’d like!