Treating a Book Properly

How to be a proper conservator of good reading.

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I was having a relaxing evening on my porch reading Michael Dedra’s Classics for Pleasure.

I tried reading this excellent book in the dining room of my senior home. Interruptions by others broke my concentration.

A woman at my table, curious about the book, asked if she could borrow it. I…