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Miss Manners: Can we agree that the fad of displaying books with the titles to the wall is dumb?

Miss Manners criticizes the trend of arranging books by color or height over readability and advises discreetly alerting strangers about open zippers, sharing etiquette insights.

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Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.

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Miss Manners: I’m annoyed at how people display their books these days

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad.

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Miss Manners: Can we agree that the fad of displaying books with the titles to the wall is dumb?

Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.

·Anchorage, United States
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