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frankenbooks · 07-07-2010, 11:40 PM

Kathleen Parker has a column in the Wash Post today about how once again she a book lover has to smell her books first. egads, what's wrong with that meme?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...070603211.html

She's gonna lost most people HERE:

"......I belong to that subgroup of individuals who smell a book before reading. (If you are not a book-smeller, we have nothing further to discuss.)

The tactile experience of reading is also crucial to my reading pleasure. Holding a book compares to nothing short of a baby's contact with his favorite blankie. Consistent with Ackerman's findings, a hardback is superior to a paperback precisely because it is more solid, weightier and, therefore, more permanent, more important, better."

07-07-2010, 11:40 PM	#68
frankenbooks Banned Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	Kathleen Parker has a column in the Wash Post today about how once again she a book lover has to smell her books first. egads, what's wrong with that meme? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...070603211.html She's gonna lost most people HERE: "......I belong to that subgroup of individuals who smell a book before reading. (If you are not a book-smeller, we have nothing further to discuss.) The tactile experience of reading is also crucial to my reading pleasure. Holding a book compares to nothing short of a baby's contact with his favorite blankie. Consistent with Ackerman's findings, a hardback is superior to a paperback precisely because it is more solid, weightier and, therefore, more permanent, more important, better." Last edited by frankenbooks; 07-07-2010 at 11:45 PM.