cancel me for this if you want but there is a singular pleasure in cracking the spine of a really thick book - ThreadSky

emmabolden.bsky.social • 164 days ago

cancel me for this if you want but there is a singular pleasure in cracking the spine of a really thick book

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hbtm-elliott.bsky.social•164 days ago

😱

sultanofbowie.bsky.social•164 days ago

How dare you

19naxos07.bsky.social•164 days ago

Or the smell on new book pages!

rebel-librarian.bsky.social•164 days ago

Lord, I’m so torn. Yes? No? Both?

fr-end.bsky.social•164 days ago

i always wanna save it for the next person.

fr-end.bsky.social•164 days ago

so i will read almost vertical pages to accomplish that goal.

madammaleficent.bsky.social•164 days ago

josebear.bsky.social•164 days ago

My younger self would have been mortified by this…

Thankfully that person is dead and I’m now out here cracking spines left, right and centre!

blueridgegurl.bsky.social•164 days ago

What? You're a monster.

realestatedev.bsky.social•164 days ago

I didn't expect the last word of this post to be "book."

virtuallyferal.bsky.social•164 days ago

I misread it. I totally thought this was from a chiropractor about a “broad”. I was thinking, “Rude!”

doycave.bsky.social•164 days ago

BLASPHEMY!!

cyanideespresso.bsky.social•164 days ago

It’s your book, it’s your choice. I loaned a friend of mine one of my books ONCE, because the first thing she did was bend it cover to cover

markscarbrough.bsky.social•164 days ago

And then sticking your nose in the binding.

hughconstant.bsky.social•164 days ago

I agree, and admire your boldness in saying so. Now, had you said you mark your place by turning down the corner of the page…

mimimcbroom.bsky.social•164 days ago

then lightly running your fingertips down the page and taking a deep breath of bibliosmia. Let the love affair begin.

temstarlite.bsky.social•164 days ago

Ohhh. That’s a spicy take.

I politely disagree.

paula-crosby.bsky.social•164 days ago

And reading it in the bathtub.

emmabolden.bsky.social•164 days ago

YES!

theariessanders.bsky.social•164 days ago

…. Oh see, you said book…. I thought you were going somewhere else with that

matgelair.bsky.social•164 days ago

Tingles this gives me bad tingles 😂

ldbrin.bsky.social•164 days ago

I won’t cancel you, but I am severely disappointed and hope you make better choices next time 😉

msfitztastic.bsky.social•164 days ago

whatsername2.bsky.social•164 days ago

Oof 😵‍💫

thequietthinker.bsky.social•163 days ago

Absolutely agree—cracking the spine of a chunky book is oddly satisfying. It’s like officially declaring, ‘This book is mine now!’

pragmatic-vegan.bsky.social•164 days ago

I used to love cracking paperbacks. The quality of cooks today is so poor that the experience is lacking.

magenta26.bsky.social•164 days ago

You're a monster!

marraethe3rd.bsky.social•164 days ago

marklockwo75-1967.bsky.social•164 days ago

Many are worth reading.

thelordmoony.bsky.social•164 days ago

Worse than dog ears omg

squashmatic.bsky.social•164 days ago

Librarian Chiropractor, in theaters soon!

joy-white.bsky.social•164 days ago

I write notes and make doodles in mine. Nothing sadder than having a room of books that look untouched! (Obviously not if you are borrowing them).

octobi-bby.bsky.social•164 days ago

I like to make a book a read feel loved. Cracked spine, silly notes and doodles, scuffed edges. A used book is a loved book. The only time I don’t is if I plan to loan it out immediately or it is a loan from someone else

taryna.bsky.social•164 days ago

Me too! My books have cracked spines, are dog-eared and scuffed, have evidence of tiny coffee splashes (breakfast reading!) and such. I want my books to have lived out their life purpose, be well read and fully loved.

seansamis.bsky.social•164 days ago

I've tried five times to read Hofstadter's "Godel, Escher and Bach"; but it defeated me each time, and I'd throw it against the wall. Hard. Maximally broken book spine.

I'm gonna try again soon.

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