Litany of a Bibliophile

Last night, I stared at my lap trying to decide whether I should wrap ng books with plastic or not. You see, I finally decided to use the roll of plastic that had long been idle in one corner of my mom's room. I just though to lessen the clutter, and to preserve my books I might as well do the wrapping while I have the time.

As it turns out, I have much more books on my shelves which are still unwrapped that I though I had. Some of these books were bought as early as 1997. I didn't have a problem with the hardbound books I got from National Bookstore since putting on a cover actually improves its appearance and saved its glossy cover from further damage. My dilemma is with the paperbacks whose paper color were on the ecru side. I just though that putting on a cover would through the years create a line in the inside front cover where the plastic cover ends. Oh bother, I eventually decided to wrapp all books anyway, thinking that with the plastic on, at least its another protection against spills. And while I'm at it, I decided to mark the books with my identity since many are still unlabeled. I rummaged through my stuff in search for my chop and pot of dye and stared stamping on my chop on my books.

After the entire process, I arranged my books and put away my wrapping implements and chop, glad to be able to relax and do things leisurely which I do not have much time to do.