You can tell from just looking at my books, which ones have been read a billion times. They're literally coming apart at the seams and I have to hold loose sheets of paper and stick 'em back into the book as I'm reading.

I'm not gentle with my books at all. I dog ear them, I chuck 'em around, a lot of them have ink stains or marks where I spilled water, etc. Unless it's some rare edition, I don't see the point in being super careful with my books. A huge chunk of my books come from used book stores and so they're already beat up as it is, and I don't mind. Last weekend, Del Murder and I bought like 11 books for $30 at our local bookstore. If I bang up these copies, I'll just go back and drop another $30. In the scheme of things, that's really not a lot to pay to support a local business and I'm happy to do it.