Listful Mondays: Book Pet Peeves

Book Pet Peeves

1. Dog-eared pages.
2. People who break the spine when they read.
3. Computer-read audio books.
4. Covers that have nothing to do with the book. (example: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery)
5. Price tags that won't come off or leave sticky stuff behind forcing me to break out the goo-gone.
6. Another story about "becoming a man." (I referring to "literary" stories {ya know, the only ones with merit*} from my college classes. As we all know, there is nothing more important than how to become a man.**)
7. Writing in books. (By all means, write in yours. Don't write in mine.)
8. Books with no summary on the flap or back. I don't care what so-and-so said. Tell me what it's about!
9. Library stickers right over the blurb.
10. Twenty pages of reader quotes in the the beginning of the book. Does anyone read those?
11. Typos. I know these books get copy edited up the wazoo. I can imagine the frustration of an author who finds some typos have slipped through.
12. Binding errors - like when the words get sucked into the glue for the spine.

 p.s. I'm not really all that uptight. These things bug me but I'm not likely to lose my cool. Unless you break the spine! :)

I'd love to see your peeves, please join me!

* I'm referring to opinions other than my own.
** Can't we all just agree on a sarcasm icon?

{Next Week: Sections in My Library.}