you can definitely tell who likes books and who doesn't (too many leather bound sets is a dead giveaway) as well as who lives in california and who doesn't,
Question: Did you see that John Waters exhibit at the Warhol Museum in PGH a long time ago? (I think it was called Change of Life?) There was a life-sized photo of most of his library that you walked through and it was extraordinary. These photos remind me of that. Totally dreamy.
I agree with 8yearoldsdude - leather-bound sets look like the person is decorating with books; mismatched, well-thumbed volumes are the sign of a serious reader.
Obviously, people can read leather-bound books just like any other book, but they're so awkward to read and carry that nobody reads very many of them.
you can definitely tell who likes books and who doesn't (too many leather bound sets is a dead giveaway) as well as who lives in california and who doesn't,
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Did you see that John Waters exhibit at the Warhol Museum in PGH a long time ago? (I think it was called Change of Life?) There was a life-sized photo of most of his library that you walked through and it was extraordinary. These photos remind me of that. Totally dreamy.
ReplyDelete8: I would like leatherbound books someday when I grow up, but you're right: too many of them is suspicious.
ReplyDeleteJess: I did not see it and now I really wish I had. Where's a bibliophiles' museum when you need it for stuff like that?
I agree with 8yearoldsdude - leather-bound sets look like the person is decorating with books; mismatched, well-thumbed volumes are the sign of a serious reader.
ReplyDeleteObviously, people can read leather-bound books just like any other book, but they're so awkward to read and carry that nobody reads very many of them.