MUSING MONDAY: The Sacred Dust Jacket

  Musing Mondays

Hosted by Gautami at ReadBooksWritePoetry and Rebecca at Just one more page!

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about dust jackets.
Do you prefer books with a dust jacket? What do you do with your dust jacket while reading? Leave it on or take it off? (Question courtesy of Kim from Page after Page)

I love dust jackets and collect them. I ALWAYS take them off while I read a book, whether the book belongs to me or not. I have a huge respect for books and like to keep the dust jackets in tip top condition. The paperback What I Saw and How I Lied, by Judy Blundell, had a great dust jacket with a secret picture underneath, which I loved. I also enjoy, but have not seen in a while, dust jackets that have a picture on the front, which continues across the spine to the back. I absolutely adore those! It reminds me of the days I used to buy vinyl LP's (treasured possessions) with detailed and colourful front and back album covers I could just study for ages. *Sigh* Those were the days. 

So yes, I get very excited about dust jackets and have my favourites on display in my living room. If someone borrows a book of mine, they do not get the dust jacket. Some things are just too sacred.

Here is a great article about dust jackets and their history. You can also see some good examples of "whole picture" dust jackets as above. Photo credit: same page.

Tell us about your Monday!

Sassy
:)

Alternative-Read.com: The "Inside Story" by Sassy Brit and her Gang!
~http://www.twibes.com/group/READERSandREVIEWERS~Chat and Promo Group~WHAT'S ON YOUR DESK WEDNESDAY? Book Blog Meme!~We are actively seeking staff!~ FaceBook~ LibraryThing~ AmazonUK~ GoodReads~ Technorati Categories:, , , ,, , ,, ,, ,, , , , , ,, ,, ,,, , , , , , ,

9 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:46 am

    I love the jackets too - but I'm afraid I take them off mostly because I find them irritating. They slip around and get damaged too easily!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sassy Brit @ Alternative-Read.com10:50 am

    Hi Masha!

    Lovely to hear from you. Yes, that used to happen to me, before I started seeing them as sacred items.

    Sassy
    :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. caite1:41 pm

    I like book jackets too.
    Maybe not as much as you...lol...but I like them.

    ReplyDelete
  4. CeeCee2:12 pm

    They are a nuisance to me if they aren't tight fitting.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Lori3:32 pm

    I tend to take them off while reading. Here's Mine.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Jennifer Oberth6:59 pm

    On a coincidental note, my Dad just reminded me of two tips concerning dust jackets, one obvious, the other quite handy.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Nise' 8:20 pm

    I usually take them off while reading. I read What I Saw And How I Lied but my book did not have the secret picture under the dust jacket. Did not have one.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Books Like Breathing9:07 pm

    I tend to be really protective of my dust jackets as well. I don't have a collection of them but when one of them gets even the slightest bit damaged, I tend to freak out a bit.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Yvonne1:09 am

    I usually don't get hardcovers so dust covers were never something I collected.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to leave a sassy comment. It's truly appreciated. I aim to get back to you as soon as possible -- Sassy :)