Point of book etiquette

[owl]

For what length of time is it permissible to keep a borrowed book? The book in question is a mass market paperback of about 350 pages. I've had it for about 10 days already and I haven't had time to start it.

Ton that subject, is it just me, or are American mass market paperbacks of poorer quality than British ones? I've bought American editions of SF books off amazon, and nearly all of them have ink that smudges like newsprint (Baen Books, that's you I'm looking at), or text that is misaligned so that it's running down into the spine or off the edge of the page.

Somewhat to my surprise, it appears that the Assembly is actually going to assemble.

Comments

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big fan of Kirby and his pneumatic people either. I much prefer the covers of the newer Pratchett books.

[owl]

Kirby was so difficult to explain to one's parent's. Kidby, on the other hand, does gorgeous work. I love the ones that are reminiscent of famous paintings.