Six Things about Me (the book version)

I'm ready for the weekend and hoping to finish a book (or maybe two), so I think a meme is in order about now (easy to answer and gives me more reading time).  I'm going to nab Susan's version of the 'Six Things About Me' meme, but put a bookish spin on it, too.

1. I Hope I'm not the only one who does this, and I probably shouldn't even admit to it, but I have a big metal tin of bookmarks, and when I'm starting a new book I carefully choose a bookmark that suits the book.  I guess it's like wanting to color coordinate your clothes, which I also do.  I need to be more adventuresome.
2. When I was younger, and especially when I worked in a bookstore I would never lower myself to buy a used book.  They had to be crisp and clean and new.  Used books were only for when a title was out of print.  I have no such qualms anymore and it seems almost to be the reverse--I buy more used books than new.  In any case I rarely pay full price for a book.
3. I can't say the same for library books.  I'm not fond of heavily read books, which is why I try and get in line early for the new titles.  Used is fine, but battered and beaten up is not.  Library books withstand all sorts of indignities--food (well, let's just assume it's food) spattered all over the place, water stained pages, crumpled pages, and even the odd hair or two.  I'd rather not read a book filled with someone else's DNA.  Sorry, that's pretty gross, but you get the idea.  Thankfully the vast majority of books are not like that.
4. Although I'll pass on a book littered with someone's DNA, I'm intrigued when I buy a used book that has ephemera in it--notes, ticket stubs, receipts or other loose papers that give me some hint to the journey the book has been on. 
5. I'm only just coming around to turning down corners of my own books, or underlining (usually only the introductions or afterwords). I like using those little post-it notes darts to remember passages, but I never seem to have them handy when I need them.  I never use a highlighter though.  I only use a pencil.
6. I'm an easy-going and generally forgiving reader.  I like most things I read (at least to some degree). If I don't like a book I will usually set it aside and won't bother talking or writing about it.  I tend to be more critical of a work that is considered a classic or an award winner, and try and read those more carefully.  If I can escape into a book and be carried away, I'm usually pretty happy, however.  I don't quite know what I would do if I didn't have access to books and never understand people who say they're bored (when they could be reading a book)!