Comments on: Preservatives (BTT)

By: alisonwonderland

alisonwonderland — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:24:42 +0000

i love to write in my books - all kinds of books, but probably mostly cookbooks!

By: Melody

Melody — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:56:00 +0000

Ah…I can understand about cookbooks though. I can deal with writing on school textbooks since I have to take notes, but a big no-no to me when it comes to novels though.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:35:38 +0000

I didn’t think about cookbooks! Ok, I am now guilty…. I write in my cookbooks! Diane

By: Chrisbookarama

Chrisbookarama — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:25:07 +0000

Cookbooks! Now that’s different. Sometimes I tweek a recipe and would go nuts if I couldn’t remember what I did the last time. A little reminder by the recipe is a good thing.

By: ScottM

ScottM — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:42:31 +0000

I’m a preservationist. I rarely marked up even test reference books when studying. I’m a big fan of transferring notes and recipes to 3×5 cards and working from those. Though this last year when I was studying for a licensing exam, I copied over the errata to the book itself and highlighted a few key equations.

By: heather

heather — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:16:39 +0000

gautami: I know that’s a big deal with so many people, but well, I guess I eventually decided that I had better things to get wound up about. There’s enough stuff to stress over without worrying about whether I get a smudge of something on a book page or bend a page accidentally.

GeraniumCat: Heh, inserting sheets just wouldn’t work with the number of cookbooks we have and how often we use them.

Alice: I like that way of looking at it!

Marianne: Hehe… glad you like. That design was the brainchild of a friend/business partner; he’s good at that sort of thing. It was his son who suggested that it deserved to be made into more than just infant wear. *grin*

Literary Feline: Yeah. When it comes down to it, I like to keep my books in good condition because I care about them, but I’m not willing to send myself into a tizzy and stress about it when I have much better things to stress over.

Aaron: My memory is much the same, but there are just so many good books out there that I want to read that I almost never re-read books. When I do re-read books it’s one hell of an endorsement, though! (In fact the only ones I can think of at the moment are Anne Bishop’s ‘Black Jewels’ trilogy, although I’m sure there are a few more.)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:58:21 +0000

Some of us have memories like rusted buckets. I rarely give a book away, because I know I’ll be able to read it again in a year as if it was brand new. Call it “frugal memory syndrome”. =)

Unfortunately, I have a better memory with movies. But I can still enjoy rewatching a DVD for the n’th time, despite everything being familiar.

By: Literary Feline

Literary Feline — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:19:51 +0000

I can definitely understand commenting in a cookbook. It makes perfect sense, really. I’m more of a preservationist in the way you are when it comes down to it. I do sometimes make a small mark in pencil, but other than that, my books are left as is.

By: Marianne

Marianne — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:11:28 +0000

LOL on the baby onesie… I LOVE IT!

I write in my non-fiction or textbooks, always have and most likely always will … notes to help me remember pertinent information. But fiction?? NO. Never.

Happy BTT!

By: Alice Teh

Alice Teh — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:49:25 +0000

I leave my thoughts everywhere. Want to know what I think deep down? Look into my books and you’ll see them…

Happy BTT!