I know we need rain, but still....

[citrinesunset]

I got so cold and wet today waiting in the rain for the bus to come. Even the combined forces of my hooded coat and umbrella couldn't save me. I should have worn my truly water-proof raincoat, but oh well.

Worse, even though I tried to make sure my backpack was zipped up and my umbrella covered it, some water still got inside and got one of my books pretty wet. I'm hoping it'll try out okay. I might try to put the fan on it.

Comments

[iamshadow]

If it's really sodden, put some paper towel in between the pages, and replace it every so often. Also, fan the pages out now and again so that they don't stick together while drying. You have to be more vigilant about this if it's a shiny, coloured print/photograph book than with regular old paper. Shiny books can weld to each other like cement, and sometimes the only way to separate the pages once they've dried that way is to re-wet them.

[citrinesunset]

Thanks for the advice! Didn't know that about shiny/colored paper. Luckily, only two of my books got wet, and neither of them were soaked. I ended up using a hair dryer on them. The one with colored print seems okay--a little bit of water damage on the edges, but the pages don't seem to be sticking together. Unfortunately, the other one, a paperback, is pretty wrinkled and warped now. And the glue on the binding seems to be coming apart. I may replace it. It was only few dollars, so it's not the end of the world. I hate it when books get ruined, though.