Paperback Massacre

Thinking up some autumnal ideas for my brides and came across a great tutorial on you tube on how to make a pumpkin from an old paperback. 

Now, some of my friends will class this as high as murder - cutting up a book in the name of art, 

but the way I see it is, if it's lost its cover or a few pages then it's no use anyway...

What do you think? 

Will there be a paperback massacre this halloween?!!