I detest stickers on books, especially those that are apparently stuck down with super-glue.
A copy of Julia Child's My Life in France arrived with a silvered exhortation to "Read the Book" - yes, I intend to, that's why I got it! - and the legend "Now a Major Motion Picture" - what does that mean? 'You can tell this book is good because it's been made into a film, otherwise I wouldn't bother if I were you'?!!
As you can see, I'm in full Basil Fawlty mode at this disfiguring of books, all the more so as it took me twenty minutes to rid the cover of its nasty badge. Twenty minutes of carefully pushing, peeling, rubbing and buffing to remove all trace of the unnecessary. Why bother, you may ask; I like my books to be just so - no creases, dog-ears, marks, scuffs or things on them, and I know I'm not the only one!
Here at last is the cover without the sticker, and fortunately no harm was done to the book during the removal process.
I feel better now!
