Hey, guys! I decided to do another part one of two posts, but this time I’m doing my bookish pet peeves. (Because these are issues I face every day, peoples! It’s tough being a bookworm!) Today, I’ll be talking about the book itself, rather than its plot/characters/etc. (If that makes sense; you’ll see what I mean when you read the list!)

1) Book Jackets 
Ugh, can we just all agree that book jackets are such a nuisance?! Pretty, yes. I do want to keep them in tact and not ruined, but I don’t even keep them on while I’m reading the book! And don’t even get me started on library books – the taping of the book jacket. So annoying! When you open the book, the jacket is completely in the way.

2) The spine “peeling”
This is hard to explain, but you know how the bottom of the book spine starts to peel? So when you hold the book, your fingers sort of rub the spine up and it just makes it worse. Argh. Of course, being the perfectionist I am, I hate the way it looks on my bookshelf!

3) Dog-Earing 
Alright, so this doesn’t bother me as much as it should. I was a serious dog-ear(er?) back in the day. BUT I’m working on it! You wouldn’t believe how many bookmarks I have. I keep them all in a little tin beside my bed – and when I don’t have a bookmark on hand, I use whatever works! Tissues, receipts, insurance cards. (Thanks, mom.)

4) Spine Bending 
Again… serious spine-bender back in the day. It was a horrible habit, really! But so hard to break. I’d bend the spines all the way back, and still hate the way the spines were. Nearly all of my books on my shelves were spine-bent. It was awful! I still have a handful of books from when I was nine and ten years old and I was so mean to my books.

5) Paper backs not closing
You know how you hold the book open for so long (NOT spine-bending!), and when you close the book, the paperback cover won’t shut? I end up putting a dozen heavy books on top, because I hate that!

6) Fingerprints on my Kindle
I had to include my Kindle in the fun, because I have been using it a lot more recently. (Thanks to BookBub – I just can’t bring myself to pay full price for an e-book!) Finger prints are so bothersome. Especially at night, when I’m reading by the light of my Kindle, and the fingerprints are really noticeable. Good thing for screen cleaner!

7) People on book covers
I can’t stand dramatic-looking people staring into the camera on the cover of the book. It’s a popular cover trend these days, and for the life of me, I can’t understand why! It really doesn’t draw my attention of the book. However, I do love covers where only a part of the person is showing. (It sounds weird, but it actually looks pretty good.)

Like The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson – isn’t the cover so pretty? I just got in the mail yesterday from a giveaway, and I’m so excited to read it!

Those are all of the pet peeves concerning the physical (or e-read) book. Tune in next week for my pet peeves on plots, characters, and cliche story lines. I’m telling you, guys, one day I’m going to go bald from all the stress under being a bookworm!

what are your pet peeves?