When people put the book they're reading down, they tend to put it face-down.
This is a theory.
I met a guy at the 10-minute massage chair. He was reading when I came up and he set the book down, face-down and upside-down, and he looked at me and said hi I'm Kevin. And then he rubbed my shoulder.
I paid and asked what he was reading and he told me and that was that. But I had to ask.
What's going on here?
People hiding titles.
Is this only done in public? You see it on trains and planes. Newspapers in cafés.
Are people deliberately concealing the face of the book, hiding what they're reading?
Or do they love the book so much that they're keeping it a secret? Just for themselves.
I like that idea.
The book here on my desk is upside-down and face-down, which is perfectly appropiate for this title.
Is yours face-down?
5 comments:
I always leave mine face-up but then again, I'm proud to be a devout self-help junkie. Maybe I'm secretly hoping that my husband will pick up the one about marriage, or the kids will snatch one of the many books I have on parenting so that we can all start working together on these issues.
Maybe those face-downers are ashamed that they still have more to learn, or better yet, maybe you are right and it's more Danielle Steele than they care to admit. I think you're on to something here. Just think about the possible smut those people with book covers might be reading?????
I'm a face up girl :)
I'm face up, too.
Exception--The Artist's Way. I wonder what that's about? Some suppressed hostility perhaps?
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Face down hiding a book to me is a sign of being embarrassed by what you're reading. It's amusing to me...I don't much care what anyone else chooses to read; you already appeal to me if you're reading at all. In this day of techno preferences books tend to be a rarity in full view. (Hugs)Indigo
Oh man, I don't know. Now you got me stressing. I think I am a face up girl but I will have to figure it out when my head isn't pondering the question so much. Ahhhh! OCD sucks.
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