Bookmark is Dead by MWY
Bookmarks are for wuss-books!!!
What happens when you are in the middle of a read & the next thing you know, you have to stop & do something persumably more important? All sorts of objects masquerade as the humble bookmark… bus ticket, movie ticket, random postcard, receipt from Carrefour, flyer for the opening of the new Tower Records… things like that.
But, they gave me no pleasure!!! It’s already annoying having to STOP reading & then, there is the mammoth task of having to rummage/grope/search CIA-style for a flashy little thing that says ‘Welcome to Hadyai’.
In the end, I give up. I am so guilty of making doggie ears.
*Gasp* Such horror, I know… book-destroyer!!! Never lend this person your book, my forehead reads!!!
Utter bullshit!!! Keeping a book in pristine condition is an absolute insult to the book!!!
My copy of George Orwell’s Down & Out in Paris & London looks exactly like its namesake. Trawled through numerous abuse, it betrays the exact essence of the book:
“… And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty… It is a feeling of relief, almost pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going to the dogs – well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them, and you can stand it. It takes off a lot of anxiety”
Ahhh, the debates raging in my head, all these opinions… I scribble them senseless on the sides, the top, the bottom… maybe the enigmatic writer will psychically receive it at the dear sweet thereafter.
Doggie ears, liner notes, highlights, creases & folds… they all give the book the personality it deserves. You are giving the writer the best critique… by READING... submerging & ploughing & dissecting… tearing it naked & ravaging its content.
No self-respecting book would want to remain in its virginal state… untouched, unwanted, unappreciated.
And, hell no would my American Psycho be caught dead with a Hello Kitty bookmark tuck gently between the sheets. It’s so unmacho plus Kitty would be traumatised for life!
My friend contributed this article. MWY. Contact me if you need info on this person...hehehe
What happens when you are in the middle of a read & the next thing you know, you have to stop & do something persumably more important? All sorts of objects masquerade as the humble bookmark… bus ticket, movie ticket, random postcard, receipt from Carrefour, flyer for the opening of the new Tower Records… things like that.
But, they gave me no pleasure!!! It’s already annoying having to STOP reading & then, there is the mammoth task of having to rummage/grope/search CIA-style for a flashy little thing that says ‘Welcome to Hadyai’.
In the end, I give up. I am so guilty of making doggie ears.
*Gasp* Such horror, I know… book-destroyer!!! Never lend this person your book, my forehead reads!!!
Utter bullshit!!! Keeping a book in pristine condition is an absolute insult to the book!!!
My copy of George Orwell’s Down & Out in Paris & London looks exactly like its namesake. Trawled through numerous abuse, it betrays the exact essence of the book:
“… And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty… It is a feeling of relief, almost pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going to the dogs – well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them, and you can stand it. It takes off a lot of anxiety”
Ahhh, the debates raging in my head, all these opinions… I scribble them senseless on the sides, the top, the bottom… maybe the enigmatic writer will psychically receive it at the dear sweet thereafter.
Doggie ears, liner notes, highlights, creases & folds… they all give the book the personality it deserves. You are giving the writer the best critique… by READING... submerging & ploughing & dissecting… tearing it naked & ravaging its content.
No self-respecting book would want to remain in its virginal state… untouched, unwanted, unappreciated.
And, hell no would my American Psycho be caught dead with a Hello Kitty bookmark tuck gently between the sheets. It’s so unmacho plus Kitty would be traumatised for life!
My friend contributed this article. MWY. Contact me if you need info on this person...hehehe
posted by AL LEE at 2:05 AM
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