tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post7804174429665120326..comments2024-01-05T15:54:09.135-06:00Comments on RAsburry's Res: Book Confessions MemeRandy Asburryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01545983197990430420noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-16808598460569221322009-05-01T14:38:00.000-05:002009-05-01T14:38:00.000-05:00I find this meme to be at once humorous and distur...I find this meme to be at once humorous and disturbing. In the first place, it is a delightful bit of fun, and it is certainly healthy to laugh at ourselves and our habits. <br /><br />On the other hand, I’m a bit nervous by my, and my friends, near idol worship of printed matter. I know someone who refuses to write in the margins of her books, let alone dog ear them, because she is afraid she may have to “confess” to some sort of sin. Somehow, the mere act of printing something makes it sacred. It must be a touch of pride which makes us worry about the physical body of the book. As if we demonstrate our intelligence by the way we handle the holy things. <br /><br />I would rather be a true “book worm”. Someone who consumes books and makes them a part of me. This leaves little room for being gentle with the book. Mark the heck out of it, dog ear it, yank out pages and tape them up on your mirror. use it, LOVE it. (Not that I do this of course, but I aspire to it!) It is not the physical container that matters, that is merely a transmission device between the author’s mind and mine. The ideal would be to so thoroughly digest those thoughts that the vehicle becomes obsolete. <br /><br />Early in my undergraduate work I received some excellent advice: “The art of reading is learning to read slowly.” I have endeavored to live by this advice ever since. Of course this means that I have read far fewer books than many of my friends, but I have certainly not read <I>less</I>. <br /><br />Just as a book should not be judged by its cover, so a man should not be judged by his books. it is not how he handles the books that matter, it is what the man does with their ideas.Brandon Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007739094567985788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-87404908720218934302009-04-30T01:37:00.000-05:002009-04-30T01:37:00.000-05:00My Mom used to take off the dust covers whenever s...My Mom used to take off the dust covers whenever she loaned out her books. Of course, she would forget to whom she had loaned it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-9131161012523267152009-04-14T10:00:00.000-05:002009-04-14T10:00:00.000-05:00Like this one, would post to my own blog but I'd b...Like this one, would post to my own blog but I'd be copying your answers mostly! ;)Wolf Packhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966674882952419013noreply@blogger.com