Something about the quote “Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you’re working. Tell them… Read more
One of the great things about books is that you can choose a book to fit your mood. You are not limited to what’s on TV or what is playing at the theater. “Anyway — because we are readers, we don’t have to wait for some communications executive to decide what we should think about next — and how we… Read more
Another absolute truth. Not only are they great resources for books, you can get movies and music and use the computers. I go to a knitting group at my local library, when I’m in town. Lots of libraries have reading groups, classes and movie nights. A library can be the center of cultural life for a family that can’t afford… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my words are from Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard, a really interesting book… Read more
I have had fun trolling the internet, looking for pics. This is the perfect time of year to find folks lounging in the park with a book, so maybe I’ll even have some original photos. For today, kind of a classic, and one that made me smile: Read more
This would be a fabulous place for a child to grow up! I love being surrounded by books (see last week’s Quotable) and as “I am a product […of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in… Read more
Ian Nash is having a remarkably bad day. He has been kicked out of his PhD program, which means no degree, no job, no income. As if that isn’t bad enough, when he stops at a local coffee shop to drown his sorrows (and maybe pick up a job application), he’s taken hostage by bank robbers. What else could go… Read more
This is so true! There is something soothing about being surrounded by books. “Sometimes it’s a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven’t even had their spines cracked. ‘Why do you buy books you don’t even read?’ our daughter asks us. That’s like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company,… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, I’m reading Blood Drama by… Read more
A little poetry for a Sunday morning… “WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or… Read more