Do you break your spines?

Yes: 15 (68.2%)
No: 7 (31.8%)

Total Members Voted: 22

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Bunny

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02:49am Sun, May 31, 2009

Okay, so when you get a new book, or you read one, do you break/crack/what ever the spine?

I do. I like the book to be open enough when I read it. Bad habit.

Lunar

Furrless Old Bunny

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Always. It's oddly satisfying... Mwa ha ha

Bunny

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book killer

Lunar

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Damn you found me out.... Please don't tell the book police! -shifty look side to side-

Kimberley

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Yeah....and by the looks of it everyone else here does too!

Ihana

Fluffy Toddler Bunny

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You break book spines!!

how could you book killers

lmao!! i admit i have ocd when it comes to books i can't bend spines its madness. Its quite funny i don't open the book properly i stick my head into it so i don't bend the spine.

Cassiel

Fluffy Toddler Bunny

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Wow, i was the only one who voted no on the poll.

But i don't break book spines for the same reason as Ihana. I have OCD when it comes to this kind of stuff.

I even worry about smudging the pages with my fingers.

;

LtStorm

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Not intentionally, but usually by the time I'm done reading the spine is broken to some extent. Given, I prefer hardback books anyway.

Nutti

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LtStorm (07:05pm Tue, Jun 9, 2009)
Not intentionally, but usually by the time I'm done reading the spine is broken to some extent.

This is exactly what happens to me also.
I usually feel the book has then been worn in, sort of like a new pair of shoes.

I tend not to, but if it's a big ol' book with a lot of pages and I need to refer to a section in it (e.g. a number of my technical books), I will invariably break it eventually, but it's not something I generally do on my paperbacks.

Lunar

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SBA 22 June 2009.
"I broke another spine yesterday. I'd been clean for three weeks previous, but the urge and the thought of the satisfaction afterwards compelled me to pick it up and open it sharply at the middle page." Other people around the sinner cringe at the thought, though it's merely a show for the leader. Secretly they too long to do the same thing. They kept their eyes focused, anxious to hear more.
"I held it there for several moments, enjoying the odd squeek that it made. It was more of a creek - the think wod of pages rubbing together, the encouraging sound of friction." The leader began to notice the otehr members itch and fidget, knowing exactly what they were thinking.

I have no idea where that came from. I was taken by the thought of spine breaking! Not my best work, I agree.....

Bunny

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LOL

Okay now I want to go break a spine

Arantor

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The only thing I really crack consistently is my knuckles. I'm terrible for that...

Cassiel

Fluffy Toddler Bunny

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Woah, Lunar, that would make a really awesome persona-story or persona-poem or something like that. Where the reader thinks the person is breaking a real person's spine, but at the end we find out it's just a book spine.

Bunny

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Cassiel (12:23am Tue, Jun 23, 2009)
Woah, Lunar, that would make a really awesome persona-story or persona-poem or something like that. Where the reader thinks the person is breaking a real person's spine, but at the end we find out it's just a book spine.

+1!

Lunar

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Cassiel (12:23am Tue, Jun 23, 2009)
Woah, Lunar, that would make a really awesome persona-story or persona-poem or something like that. Where the reader thinks the person is breaking a real person's spine, but at the end we find out it's just a book spine.

LMAO! It would. I will give it a try later. I'm suppsosed to be getting ready for college

lol

Ihana

Fluffy Toddler Bunny

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Issues man- breaking spines is sooo sad

poor books.
It was funny though lunar

Lunar

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What can I say?

Bunny

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Lunar (04:51pm Tue, Jun 23, 2009)
What can I say?

"I'm sorry for KILLING YOU Mr. Book" would be a nice start

Lunar

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I would, but I'm not sorry -hmph-

Ellie Insanity

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Yes i do, it's just better when I read. Of course the book tends to look a bit ugly after awhile but I get used to it.

JoJoAmI

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Now that would depend, depends on the book. Some I'm gentle with others not so gentle.

metallica48423

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I've thought about it, but i've always just lived with it when a book won't open fully. Usually by the time i'm halfway through it, it starts cooperating

Jordan

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LtStorm (07:05pm Tue, Jun 9, 2009)
Not intentionally, but usually by the time I'm done reading the spine is broken to some extent.

Same here. But I don't have your affection for hardcovers, sadly. They're too heavy for me, and I like to read lying down.

FlanneryCam

Fluffy Baby Bunny

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Oh gosh! NO!

I love my books pristine. For some reason I make an effort not to crease the spine.

But some of my books that I've read again and again (The Princess Bride) ends up with creases no matter how hard I try not to crease them.

is it sad for me to say, I think about getting replacement copies of the books I read to death?

Djeinus

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This thread reminds me of this (Warning: Some blood and spine creasing is involved). But to stay on topic, I do try to not break the spine if the book is not mine. Otherwise, I don't really care too much.

QuirkyJessi

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LtStorm (07:05pm Tue, Jun 9, 2009)
Not intentionally, but usually by the time I'm done reading the spine is broken to some extent. Given, I prefer hardback books anyway.

This happens to me, too. Even so, I prefer paperback instead of hardbacks anyway. I don't mind the spine being worn in. I think it's a sign of a well-read book and it's actually how I used to pick out books at the library. The ones with the most roughed-up spines were obviously checked out and read frequently, so that would pull me in.

SifuPhil

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(Sung to the tune of "Rockabye Baby")

Breaking the book spines
When will it stop?
Do it too much
And the pages will drop
When the page drops
All the plots will go South
And you'll be left hanging
With open mouth

Triss

Fluffy Baby Bunny

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Yes, I do break my spines and I'm proud of it

I like reading in a comfortable way.

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