Booktube Bites: When Someone Ruins Your Book
Booktube Bites is a weekly segment in which I spotlight cool bookish videos on the internet. I will discuss some entertaining videos and Booktubers which you can check out. Feel free to participate as well, and send in your own recommendations of videos you would like spotlighted.
Found At: The Perks of Books
Today’s Video: When Someone Ruins Your Book
This week’s viral pick is a video about something every reader dreads; lending a book to a friend or family member then having it ruined. The Perks of Books perfectly sums up the feelings of how this situation could play out and I had to laugh at this video because it was so relatable.
I remember back in high school I lent my friend a copy of Twilight (when the series was a phenomenon and I was a huge fan) and she returned back to me with a bent cover. Let’s just say I was not a happy camper. Because of that I rarely lend out books anymore, with the exception of a few people I trust. And this problem is not only limited to books, but I had cd’s, dvd’s, etc. ruined over the years. 🙁
Question of the week: Have you ever loaned a book to your friend or family member and they ruined it? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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I have and they did and that’s why I no longer lend books to people, except my bro because he knows I’m particular about my books.
I prefer to go get a copy for the person.
Hahahahaha, this is why I almost never lend my books! I am still annoyed that my sister broke the spine on the copy of The Lives of Christopher Chant that my grandmother gave me when I was a kid. (My sister broke the spine when we were kids too. And it wasn’t that sturdy a spine to begin with. It’s really not fair for me to hold this mild grudge.)
Breaking a book’s spine is at the top of my “unforgivable book ruining” list. There’s no way to recover from it. I can totally understand why you’d still be upset about it.