i am. i am. i am.

most annoying trait from what i see as a millenial book girlie culture is "love of books" not as love of reading but as adoration for the physical object. an e-book, a library book or an audiobook don't have the same value because you can't display them forever for others to see. full shelves of unread titles are a symbol of status. annotating your own books is a crime. using old books in art projects like collages is guaranteed to earn you "as a reader this pains me" comments. i love buying a beautiful edition as much as anyone else but man the consumption mentality here is tiresome

We live in a golden age where books are both widely available and cheap. Why not annotate? Why not dog ear? Why not make your books look like someone has loved them? Why not love them to death and then buy a new one? It's not a crime.