I keep forgetting that I wanted to participate in Booking Through Thursday. catching up on Sassenach’s blog today reminded me that I should! Here’s this week’s writing prompt: All other things being equal–do you prefer used books? Or new books? (The physical speciman, that is, not the title.) Does your preference differentiate between a standard kind of used book, and a pristine, leather-bound copy? This is a hard question because I love both for different reasons. New books are very special indeed. There is something wonderful about cracking open a book that is brand new and breaking the binding in. However, I do love used books. There are stories attached to them. Meta-stories, if you will. For example, the book I just finished reading,…