Are you a book sniffer?
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Re: Are you a book sniffer?
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I've sniffed a few books in my life but I've never heard of being able to tell how good a book is based on how it smells. You must be psychic?mellysw wrote: ↑12 Oct 2014, 01:22 I can always tell a good book by how it smells. I KNOW that sounds wierd! I KNOW! But it is so true! I swear, if you sent me to a bookstore (new or used, doesn't matter) and gave me two AWESOME books I really wanted but told me I could only have one, I would sniff them to figure out which one I wanted. After I cried and whined and begged to have both of course! But by sniffing the pages, I would be able to tell which would be better, even if I can't tell from the blurbs.
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I didn't come to be a book-sniffer on my own. My friend would sit there and sniff, and I'd be like, "What the hell are you doing?" I tried it once out of curiosity, and kept on sniffing until I finally understood what they were talking about. But I didn't know that every book has it's own smell! That is so cool. And keeping a book in a ziplock bag to retain its smell? Hilarious.mellysw wrote: ↑12 Oct 2014, 01:22 This used to be a huge secret of mine. The only person who knew I sniffed books (god that sounds so awful!) was my best friend, who thought I was wierd anyway. But recently I have discovered a LOT of readers sniff books out there!
So do you sniff your books?
I can always tell a good book by how it smells. I KNOW that sounds wierd! I KNOW! But it is so true! I swear, if you sent me to a bookstore (new or used, doesn't matter) and gave me two AWESOME books I really wanted but told me I could only have one, I would sniff them to figure out which one I wanted. After I cried and whined and begged to have both of course! But by sniffing the pages, I would be able to tell which would be better, even if I can't tell from the blurbs.
And there is a technique to it! Sure, you can just lean over and get a whiff. Most of the time that is not enough though! You need to faaaaaannnnnn the pages out to really get a good whiff of it's real smell.
I promise you, every book smells different. I have opened boxes of books I had stored away in a closet for years, and the books still retain their individual smells. Strong environmental odors CAN affect their individual smells over a long time though. There is one book from my childhood where I love the smell so much I keep it in a ziplock bag so nothing affects it's smell. No lie, I swear it! As a matter of fact I will go take a whiff of it right now....be right back....
Ahhh....the smell of childhood.... This is the one thing I miss using my e-reader.
Anyway! Tell me about how you sniff your books, if you do!
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