To write or not to write in your book
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May 31, 2007, 8:36 am
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There was a wonderful interview in the Chicago Tribune for Studs Terkle’s 95th birthday. The interviewer went in with a pristine copy of one of Studs’ book. Stud asked him if he had read it, “of course, I loved it,” exclaimed the interviewer. Let me show you a book that has been read, and with that Stud went to his bookshelf, took down a book, that was underlined, filled with margin notes etc. That’s how you read a book!
I laughed because I could remember seeing Falise’s face blanch when I talked about underlining in a book. I think paperback books are part of a conversation, and I want to talk back to it, make comments, and remember great lines. How do you read your books?
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24/8 Book Club 
I treat every new book like a fine wine, savouring every drop. First, I read the front/back cover to begin the journey. Then, I hold the book to my nose while fanning the pages to inhale the fresh bouquet of the printing press. Now I’m ready to drink-up the story, page by page. Ahhhh…it’s delicious!
Comment by SLB June 4, 2007 @ 9:03 pmI am the worst culprit of “dog-earring pages” that anyone knows! I am the person that you hate to lend a book to b/c it comes back with food stains, half a cover and the pages all bent up!
Susan C
Comment by 248bookclub June 6, 2007 @ 6:36 pm