The Book Murderer Tag

[@ChristopherEvenstar]

Cards from friends make such sentimental bookmarks. Great idea! It's nice to see all those teaching notes. I can imagine it's much easier to keep the notes in the book rather than having tons and tons of extra papers. Thanks for the tag!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Christopher. Thanks for commenting. Truthfully, I had lots and lots of papers for every book that I taught too--usually at least a whole folder of handouts and a whole spiral notebook per book that I taught. But it helped to annotate the books so that I could easily find the passages that we were going to talk about. When I retired, I left my folders and notebooks with the younger colleagues who could appreciate them. And I still filled two dumpsters with notes that no one else would probably ever be able to use and that I didn't want to bring home and try to find space for. It was a long teaching career!

[@LibroParadiso-ep4zt]

Good day, Pat. A friend's husband would break the spine of a new book and throw away the dust jacket. Both drove collector and used bookstore owners nuts, especially if the book was a first edition from a writer whose books were in demand or collectible. The other was clipping the price off a corner.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Oh my goodness! I can't even imagine!

[@nonisnest9718]

I never dog ear and I love bookmarks. I get such a kick out of buying a used book and finding a bookmark or whatever the previous reader used inside.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

I do love bookmarks too. I’ve had some surprises in used books.

[@marciajohansson769]

Ah! A tag after my heart. 1) I also try very hard not to break the spine but I found that a recently purchased copy of Lonesome Dove that the book does not feel very sturdy. 2) Bookmarks. good. Dog-earing bad! 3) I feel the pain if there is an accidental tear or rip in the pages. 4) I do not tend to write in a book but have on a very rare occasion. 5) No. Ripping. allowed. (I remember seeing books with torn covers or covers ripped off at discount stores) 6) not applicable 😜 I would add this one. Eating and drinking while reading... not a fan. mostly because I am clumsy and make messes easily. I definitely think "working copies" get to follow different rules than personal copies. Well loved copies tell a story all their own. ❤ Fun Thumbnail Pat

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@marciajohansson769 thank you, Marcia! Loved reading your responses too! Eating/drinking while reading! Oh that’s a good addition!! Hope you’re doing well. 😊

[@heathersmusic8833]

Any of my old school copies look a bit rough between the notes I scribbled in them and the occasional broken spine. My copy of Les Miserables suffered the same fate as yours because it’s so big. Another fun tag! Well done as always. ❤

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@heathersmusic8833 thank you, Heather! Yes, Les Miserables is just too big for a single volume. I do love my worn, annotated copies….

[@Nina_DP]

When clearing out my parents' home we all took what books we wanted, but many (MANY) more were in rough shape. We inquired at the local recycling center and were told that in order to recycle the books, the hardbacks would have to be removed (and discarded). I can still remember the feeling of ripping covers off of hundreds of books. 😢

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Oh my goodness. How sad. I'm sorry...That would break my heart too.

[@spreadbookjoy]

This was a fun tag. When I was a bookseller, we had to return some Oxford World Classics as they were reusing them with new covers. We only had to tear out the title page to send back, so staff were allowed to keep the rest and I had so many at one time! I realised a few years back that I was never going to read all of them so unhauled quite a few!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@spreadbookjoy oh wow. That’s so interesting, Jack. I’m learning so much about how bookselling works. How wonderful that you were able to get so many unsold books! 😊

[@literarylove123]

Love seeing your well-loved books. Great tag!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@literarylove123 thanks, Jen! It was a fun one. My teaching copies are precious to me even though they’re mostly falling apart now! 😊

[@CliffsDarkGems]

Great Tag Pat! Loved your responses, especially as an ex-English teacher. Most of my books looked bloodied, battered, bruised and torn when I was done with them, but blood well worth spent. 😀Writing in books as a teacher is about healing, nurturing, learning, growth, passion...definitely not murder! 😄I think I would have loved to have you as an English teacher, so insightful and passionate.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Oh Cliff, you are so right! It's about healing and growth, not about murder! Thank you for that insight! I think you and I would have had a wonderful time as English teacher colleagues, but thank you so much for saying what you've said.

[@CliffsDarkGems]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 You remind me of someone, a mentor, teacher, headmaster, he literally healed kids at the school. He was so full of fire and passion he turned a broken school of addicts and dropouts into A+ human beings. I went on the journey with him as English teacher and Head of Sports. I was told by the previous PE teacher that it was a lost cause and that any kind of physical education was a lost cause. I took over the reigns, started a soccer team (playing with one or two at first), before the year was done we had a soccer, basketball, swimming, netball and volleyball team.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@CliffsDarkGems Oh Cliff! I love this story! Have you ever thought about writing about it? I'd love to talk with you more about what sounds like an incredible teaching journey. And thank you for saying that I remind you of your colleague and mentor. It sounds like you were part of a truly life-saving endeavor.

[@CliffsDarkGems]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I would love to Pat, but unfortunately it did not work out for me. I will give more details later.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@CliffsDarkGems I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you, Cliff. Yes, let’s talk sometime.

[@ellenmadebookclub]

Great tag! 😊 I love a good bookmark, but I like the idea of using cards as bookmarks too. They tend to be forgotten otherwise, and how nice to open your book and be reminded of someone that thought of you for whatever reason or occasion. Great way to use them! I think I will skip this tag, as it was kind of similar to the It’s not that bad tag that I did recently, and I need to prioritize 😅 But thank you for tagging me! I enjoyed hearing your responses!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks, Ellen. Yes, it is similar to that one. No worries. Please don’t ever feel any pressure from me. 😊

[@ellenmadebookclub]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I never do! 😊

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@ellenmadebookclub I have such a backlog of tags too. I feel as though I’ll never be caught up, but sometimes I try to do a tag if I’ve been tagged by someone who has never tagged me before. And I try to tag my old faithful as well as newer people to spread the joy. There actually is a method to my madness, as they say. 🥰

[@ellenmadebookclub]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 Of course there is! That’s a great strategy! 😄

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

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[@patriciah8579]

Those teaching copies are lovely Pat. Every crinkly spine, loose page, and scribbled note commemorating a life spent doing work you loved and that gave you so much in return. Great responses, as always!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thank you, Patricia! They really are very special to me. I can’t part with them even though some of them are almost unusable now. 😊

[@books_and_bocadillos]

I love finding annotated books and broken spines in used bookstores...✨

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Do you really? So interesting! It’s like there’s a whole story there in those annotations from others.

[@books_and_bocadillos]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I didn't! Annotations feel so personal - like a treasure in getting to see how another brain processed/interpreted the text. I love footnotes in books. Annotations feel like they add to the reading experience. I think a broken spine indicates an intimate relationship with a book. I purchased a used copy of a well loved Bel Canto. The tattered cover and broken spine made the book less precious and the reading experience more intimate because I didn't have to be careful with keeping the book intact.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@books_and_bocadillos that’s a wonderful way to think of it. I have always loved finding my parents’ handwriting in books. They didn’t regularly annotate, but I do have all of my mother’s cookbooks, and those do have her notes in them. I always feel like they are little messages from her. ❤️

[@books_and_bocadillos]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 💖

[@books_and_bocadillos]

I don't have children but I annotate my cookbooks and often wonder who will read my messages of love and joy.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

In my self defence, it was self defence! Best wishes and happy reading.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Funny!!

[@majelthesurreal5723]

I just love that copy of Les miserables. I put it on my Christmas wish list. When I read through the list before I started watching you I was just horrified at all of them. 👹👻 Dog-earring?? No! This is the scary month so I guess this is a good time for this tag.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

I hope that you get this copy of Les Miserables for Christmas! Dog-earring? Oh, the horror! This was a fun tag to do. Thanks, as always, for watching and commenting!

[@BobCanRead]

What a fun tag! There's a special rung of hell reserved for those who dog-ear pages. 😂 I'm joking, but it's a practice that definitely sends shivers down my spine.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks, Bob! I think Kevin just tagged you on this one too, so I will look forward to your responses!

[@bighardbooks770]

_Hurrah!_ I finally got the chance to tag _YOU!_ Thx for doing it, Pat. Loved your answers and your physical examples.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thank you for tagging me, Allen! This was a really fun one to do! 😊

[@helenclare3250]

I would rather just return the whole book, intact, to the publisher rather than being asked to tear off and return the cover. Obviously an industry thing, or was. Our UK paperbacks can be tightly bound so easy to break the spine, unfortunately. I have been known to dog-ear but only in my own books and only rarely! Nice tag. Thank you, Pat.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Helen. Yes, I never knew or understood that that was an industry practice. Strange. I think it’s only recently that I’ve made this concerted effort not to break spines. Sometimes it’s super hard to avoid. Hope you’re doing well. 😊

[@RobertGReaderofBooks-r3p]

Great post, Pat! When it comes to the care and maintenance of books, we're definitely on the same page (no pun intended).

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@RobertGReaderofBooks-r3p somehow, Robert, I’m not totally surprised. Please consider yourself tagged if you’d like to give this one a go. Hope you’re doing well. 😊

[@RobertGReaderofBooks-r3p]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 Thanks!

[@vickicoleman2474]

These tag responses are so much fun!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

I had a lot of fun with this one! 😊

[@TimeTravelReads]

The teaching copies are so much fun! Thanks for the tag.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks, Melissa. I guess they are sort of like historical artifacts at this point. I treasure them. 😊

[@RaynorReadsStuff]

This is a fun tag. I loved seeing your teaching books, such a lot of history and memories in them 😊

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks, Debs! I can’t part with those books, even if they’re mostly all falling apart. 😊

[@vens_corner]

I had totally forgotten about tearing the cover off books that didn't sell, we were meant to do it where i worked years ago, we managed to smuggle some out to the local libraries instead as its such a waste

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

I had no idea about this practice!

[@stuartgriffin1001]

I love your thumbnail. Thanks for tagging me. I will do this soon. I expect many of my answers will be the same as yours

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@stuartgriffin1001 hi Stuart! This was a fun, short tag! No pressure from me, ever, but I always enjoy whatever you come up with! 😊

[@kevintowle9665]

Very neat Tag Pat. I will add this one to my list for sure. Thanks for the Tag. Have a great Wednesday!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@kevintowle9665 you too, Kevin! This was a fun one to do. I’ve got quite a backlog of tags, too. Please don’t feel any pressure from me. 😊

[@Ali-AvidReader]

This tapped into all my book OCD’s😂

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@Ali-AvidReader oh no!!! I’m sorry!

[@Ali-AvidReader]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 You’re forgiven😉

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@Ali-AvidReader Phew!

[@Cobaltdragon]

Excellent points about the spine 👍 Agreed Greg definitely has an amazing collection. Hamlet, enjoyed the story and yes to books with memories 💕 LOL Noah is screaming 😱 great job Pat 🥰👍 Nice to see so many having fun with this.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@Cobaltdragon hi Elaine! It was such fun! Thank you again for tagging me! Noah actually has ruled that I am NOT a book murderer. Phew! 😅

[@Cobaltdragon]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 loved your facial expressions with some of the responses, great touch. LOL yes I see Noah is playing favourites and changing the rules. hehehe taking advantage of the Judge Noah role, LOL

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@Cobaltdragon I think I was either still in Ireland when this whole thing started, or it was in the days when I first got home and was really sick, but somehow, I've missed this entire discussion with Noah! This is a riot. I really have had a lot of fun catching up on these videos. Thanks again.

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

PS thank you so much for tagging me. There’s one other tag I want to do first, but I will get to this one.❤

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@MarilynMayaMendoza no pressure ever! 🥰

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

Hi Pat, great tag and it came out a good time when I dropped a tiny blueberry and a book and it’s stained. I was so horrified that I tried to clean up the small stain with vinegar and water and made it worse. So I wrote a note confessing my sin to the librarian. Luckily, it’s not a page of the book but a page of the inside cover. I have the book the things they carried, but for some reason, I’ve never read it. I want to read it this year. I’m glad you’re feeling better. Aloha dear friend

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Oh no! The blueberry stain! Well, you were very good to go to such efforts to clean up and to own up! I’m just trying to launch a new series about books I loved to teach, and I think I will do something with The Things They Carried in a future episode. 🥰

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 oh Pat, that’s a wonderful video idea. I would love videos about your teaching experience. The blueberry stain actually almost disappeared. It’s just the vinegar water that wrinkled the paper a little bit. I think they can just replace the paper that’s against the inside cover. I’ll write a note because my daughter returns my books. Her office is next to the library. Sending a lot of aloha your way

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@MarilynMayaMendoza I’m sure they’ll forgive you! ❤️

[@MyMessyBookshelf]

Pat, you may not believe this but I have admired your copy of Les Miserables since that readalong took place! I started off with the group and have the same edition but I only got a hundred or so pages in and I remember watching a video of yours where you showed your copy and I was like wow, mine looks different because I didn’t finish it! I love how serious you became when you said “I never dog ear a book” 😂 Wonderful video as always.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@MyMessyBookshelf I thought I saw the same edition of Les Miserables on your shelf! I love that book! I have to go back and look at my expression on dog-earring pages. I guess we can take some of these issues very seriously. 😂

[@chrisreadingcorner3816]

Hi Pat great video, I really need to get back to posting videos, thinking a Friday reads.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@chrisreadingcorner3816 Chris!!! I have missed you! I actually just the other day went over to your channel to see if maybe I had missed something that you had posted while I was away in Ireland or when I was sick afterwards. It’s so nice to see you again! I hope you’re doing well! 😊

[@chrisreadingcorner3816]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I have missed you as well Pat. I have been going through somethings since May but seeing the end of it now. How’s things with you?

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@chrisreadingcorner3816 oh I’m sort, Chris. I hope you’re okay. I’ve been doing well. Had a great trip to Ireland in Sept., but I ended up pretty sick afterwards. Doing well now.

[@BookWyrm1060]

Hello friend! Thank you so much for joining in on the tag! fantastic answers my friend and I love your much loved books tbh. You have been dubbed 👨🏼‍⚖NOT BOOK MURDERER 👨🏼‍⚖ as the judge I say when it comes to teaching - its fine, it makes sense, and I did have a heart attack though (jk jk) lol

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@BookWyrm1060 Hi Noah! Glad you enjoyed. This was really fun! 😊

[@Cobaltdragon]

@BookWyrm1060. oooh playing favourites and changing the rules I see. I see how it is, lol.

[@BookWyrm1060]

@@Cobaltdragon noooo I love you toooooo lol you book murderer 😆 🤣

[@Cobaltdragon]

@@BookWyrm1060 🤣🤣🤣love you too judge.

[@Littlebiglibrary]

Another Solid tag video Ms. Pat. I do however have to question your decision to associate yourself with Kevin Towel Reads. He's a questionable character at best. But you're a grown adult and can make your Life Choices as you see fit!. 😂 Thank you -James

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

You are so funny, James! And Kevin always speaks so highly of you! 😉

[@Littlebiglibrary]

​@@BookChatWithPat8668 Kevin is just using me to Advance his Booktube Channel. But, now I almost feel bad for talking bad about him. I like Kevin, he really is a hard working booktuber and has some of the most interesting content and loves to promote other members. So, I guess Kevin is a decent fella. Thank you -James

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

You are kidding, right? 😉

[@Littlebiglibrary]

​@@BookChatWithPat8668. Yes Ma'am. I am just picking on Kevin. He's a good KZbin friend. I am kidding. It's all for fun. -James

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@Littlebiglibrary I thought so. I thought you guys were good friends. I think Kevin is terrific.

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

Hi! I’m new to your channel, this was a fun tag! I did it a while ago and had some fun doing it. Did you enjoy the Ray Bradbury? He’s one of my favorites.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@ArtBookshelfOdyssey hi! Welcome to my channel! I loved the Ray Bradbury! He’s a favorite of mine too! Thanks for watching and for commenting. I’ll check out your version of the tag too! 😊