Bookish Things (Weird & Otherwise) I'm Guilty Of Doing PART 2

Fact: I don't like coffee. I just like saying Coffee Clutch in my best and deepest New York accent. Considering I'm a New Yorker, I'm pretty freaking good at it. So I've got my tea and I hope you have your heated beverage of choice, because it's time to gab the day away.

Two months ago I wrote a post called Bookish Things (Weird & Otherwise) I'm Guilty Of Doing. I noted that I'd probably write up PART II when I remembered some of my other neuroses. Well, HERE IT IS.

1. Seeking: Uncracked Spine on Hardcovers
OBVIOUSLY I look for the best copy when buying a book, but the most neurotic thing I do while looking for said best copy is opening the hardcovers JUST a crack to see if there's the tell-tale "no one's read me yet" resistance. My favorite thing is opening a BRAND NEW hardcover and feeling/hearing the binding break open for the first time. The other day I lent my friend a book because she left hers at home. I forgot that I hadn't opened it yet. I actually winced when I heard the binding break open for the first time because I wasn't the one to do it. It was my fault, but I hated myself a little bit for it.

2. Don't Bend the Book
As much as I like the crackling of a brand new hardcover, nothing makes me angrier than when people bend the spine of my softcovers. I even sometimes get mad at my past self because I used to do that. Now I'll curl a cover while I read to keep from doing that. Curled covers can be uncurled. Those little white lines that run down the spines of paperbacks cannot be undone.

3. Series: All Hardback or All Paperback
If there's a trilogy (or more/less), all of the book should either be hardcover or softcover. I feel like this is a common thing. They just look better on the shelf that way. But I have to REALLY like a series to replace a book to make it all match. Or the way it looks on my shelf has to REALLY bother me. I'm a whole barrel full of nuts, really.

4. Preference: Softcovers
Number 2 established, I prefer softcovers. It's mostly because they're lighter and smaller. I read ebooks every now and again (which really minimizes weight and size), but I don't really like them. As such, I seek other ways to minimize issues with weight and suitcase size limitations. Although, aesthetically speaking, a bookshelf with a hardcover-softcover mix looks best (unless all of the books are pretty leather-bound books).  Yeah. A WHOLE BARREL OF NUTS.

**And then I have one last item from CASSIE...**
5. eBook or Hardcopy? HOW ABOUT BOTH.
Cassie tells me that sometimes she'll buy a book in eBook and hard/paperback form. It's mostly if the book's a favorite or if a book's really big/heavy, but she WILL buy both. I CAN DIG IT.

That's another 5 crazyperson/weird/other things I (and Cassie) do. Are you like us? Do you do other bookish things you think other people just can't possibly understand? Let me know in the comments below (because I probably WILL understand)!