Unless the bookshelf has no backing and can be flipped around, putting them in backwards is, indeed, dumb. It is the home ...

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The excruciatingly correct Judith Martin, who writes the syndicated "Miss Manners" etiquette advice column (and has penned a number of books, besides) has been a favorite of mine... The excruciatingly ...