Go buy a book. A hard cover book please. Take that book home. Remove it from the bag. Strip off and throw away the book jacket. Book jackets are the big old cd boxes of the book world. They are superflious and devoid of any real asthetic appeal. A well worn book is a great thing. It shows someone took the time to not only read the book, but read it while eating spaghetti, eating cheese and crackers or traveling while eating. Scratches and spills give a book an outward sense of the excitement and life held within its pages. So, do you and your new book a favor and throw away that glossy jacket and show off the smears of life.If it ain't neat then don't try,
jsm
4 comments:
You may be right, but don't sleep on the white Countache glossy text book cover I used to rock in middle school. Long live the 80's text book covers, which include newspapers for all you hood boys and girls.
indeed. i always remove the book jacket immediately after purchase. although sometimes im tempted to use a paperbag to recreate those homemade trig textbooks book jackets of yesteryear.
oh snap. simultaneous comments conferring the same message?!?!?!
I'm such a nerd. I always leave my book covers on because I thought they were supposed to be there. I’m going straight home tonight to throw them all away. This feels so dirty and liberating all at once!
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