The spine is broken…
As a lover of books, it pains me to write in a book. I had to do it when I worked in publishing (to note changes and updates for subsequent editions), but other than that and a brief time in college when I thought highlighting text would help me study, I’ve never been able to do it.
Books are precious to me and within the past two weeks, I’ve broken the spines of two books I’ve been using a lot for reference. This is simply evidence of both love and importance to me, but still painful.
What do you hate to see done to a book?