Posted in Sunday Salon, book love on July 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’ve settled into summer quite nicely, dear friends, and summer has been so kind to us this week. The weather has been picture perfect, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of being outdoors. I’m having breakfast with the birds this morning, here on the back porch, as they raise their chorus of avian anthems to the day. [...]
Posted in book love on June 27, 2008 | 12 Comments »
“Ouch!” my poor husband yelped, stubbing his toe on yet another bookstack. He looked at the floor, and then at me, rather disgusted I’m afraid. “Must you just leave them about all over the floor?” he asked.
The irony of it is, I’d just moved that particular stack about five minutes before he came into the [...]
Posted in book love on June 13, 2008 | 12 Comments »
My husband has become a ravenous reader. I’m not quite sure how it happened, either, because for the majority of our lives together, he’s never read more than the occasional action novel. I could buy him a book for his birthday in October, and one for Father’s Day in June, and he could live off [...]
Posted in Giveaways, book love on May 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s a typical summer day in southwest Florida, the sun playing keep away from those dark thunderclouds which roll overheard every so often. You learn never to leave the house unless you’re prepared for a deluge, because one can happen at any moment!
To escape the threat of being soaked, I’ve opted to stay in today, [...]
Posted in book love on May 16, 2008 | 13 Comments »
ahhh…silence.
after ninety minutes in the Saab dealer service department “customer lounge,” i’m deliriously thankful to be home where the only sound is the clicking of my keyboard.
there were four other people in this small waiting room, three women about my age, and two gentlemen. the room itself was quite small as these places go - [...]
Posted in Weekly Geeks, book love on May 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Although my mother wasn’t much of a reader, she honored my lifelong passion for the printed word, and took great pride in the early manifestations of my bookishness. I was never denied a book, and whether it was obtained from the library or local department store, books were the things I most coveted throughout my childhood (along [...]
Posted in book love, booking through thursday on March 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
This weeks Booking Through Thursday asks…
While acknowleding that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover v. softcover? Trade paperback v. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc…
the ravenous reader has a deep appreciation for the tactile qualities of her books, and she loves the [...]
Posted in book love, booking through thursday on February 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
This week’s question at Booking Through Thursday:
All other things (like price and storage space) being equal, given a choice in a perfect world, would you rather have paperbacks in your library? Or hardcovers? And why?
At the risk of being considered shallow in my love of books, I confess the tactile element of bookish-ness is very [...]
Posted in book love on February 18, 2008 | 21 Comments »
“i’d love to read (fill in the book title)…could i borrow it when you’re finished?”
hmm.
that depends.
will you be taking the book on your cruise to the bahamas?
will you be moving to Australia between now and the time you get around to reading it?
will you in turn loan it to “just this one good friend who [...]
Posted in book love on February 15, 2008 | 8 Comments »
no, silly, not that first time (blushes)…the first time i went to the library! after all, it is library lovers month, you know.
oh - you didn’t know? well, go here to read more about it.
now, back to my first time at the library. picture me, a tiny three year old holding tightly to my mother’s hand, [...]
