Have you read anything by the author Rumer Godden?
I just picked up a book "This House of Brede" by Ms. Godden..
Did she write a child's book called "The Doll's House"? Her name sounds vaguely familiar to me and I can't recall why.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Bargain Books
I am kind of picky about which books come home to my personal library.
Reading new books or authors for free from the local library helps me save my cash for the ones that I really want.
The only exception is if I'm at a fundraiser where the books are really cheap - there is one held once a month in Pipestone, MN where most of the books $0.50 up to a dollar or two. For that price whatever looks interesting comes home. If I like it it stays - if not I donate it back the next month. There is another great one at the Minnesota Arboretum. Two years ago my sister and I attended that one and I came home with a whole stack for the cost of one hardcover. It was great!!!
Do you have some favorite book sales?
Reading new books or authors for free from the local library helps me save my cash for the ones that I really want.
The only exception is if I'm at a fundraiser where the books are really cheap - there is one held once a month in Pipestone, MN where most of the books $0.50 up to a dollar or two. For that price whatever looks interesting comes home. If I like it it stays - if not I donate it back the next month. There is another great one at the Minnesota Arboretum. Two years ago my sister and I attended that one and I came home with a whole stack for the cost of one hardcover. It was great!!!
Do you have some favorite book sales?
Friday, September 3, 2010
Library vs. Bookstore
I am taking an informal non-scientific poll. No study will be published. It is just for my own curiosity.
Do you get the majority of your books::
A. at the library
B. at a bookstore
C. order on-line ie, Amazon or Borders
D. download them
Please leave me a comment with your answer. Thanks!
I have several reasons for using the library for most of my books.
1. It is free!
2. It gives me a deadline to meet.
3. I have limited space.
Do you get the majority of your books::
A. at the library
B. at a bookstore
C. order on-line ie, Amazon or Borders
D. download them
Please leave me a comment with your answer. Thanks!
I have several reasons for using the library for most of my books.
1. It is free!
2. It gives me a deadline to meet.
3. I have limited space.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
A Wonderful Thing!
My favorite blogger is opening a bookstore. How cool! Check out Lanier's Books for some great reading and Christmas presents. (Christmas is only four months away!)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
2010 - Year of Bridal Showers & Weddings
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Here is the current count-down:
- 7 bridal showers
- 5 weddings at the church (I attended one over the weekend.)
- 3 weddings in other churches
- 3 more bridal showers in August
- 2 distant relatives are married and 1 is engaged to be married.
- 1 neighbor (my brother's best friend) is getting married.
I wonder what the total amount of money spent on these 15 weddings would add up to...
How much debt did they incur?
How many starving children could have been fed?
I'm not trying to be cynical or anti-wedding. I am very much for marriage but do you ever think about how much is spent on just one day in the grand scheme of things? I'm trying to put it in perspective for my own sake. I can get caught up in the whirlwind of wedding excitement like most girls.
This is what is on my mind today.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
I Am a First-Born...
There is nothing I can do about this fact.
I am a first-born and all that comes with it...Type A, perfectionist, list-maker, planner to the smallest detail, everything lined up, "t"'s crossed and "i"'s dotted..
I live with a creative, "good enough", free-spirit fourth-born sister who I love and can't stand all in the course of two minutes. (is it supposed to be who or whom? I can't remember.) That is beside the point.
She is gone this week and I was opening up our house for some guests. So being the first-born person I am - I cleaned from top to bottom. Washed the sheets, scrubbed floors, dusted all the crown-molding and mop boards, making a to-do list, etc.
You get the picture.
As I was spending an inordinate amount of time making sure the sheets and blankets were even on both sides of the beds- it hit me.
"Look at yourself. You're fussing over how long the sheets are on each side. Your sister would have just thrown them on, made sure it was kind of even and called it good. Here you are going crazy because it is 1/2 inch off. No one will notice." And I chuckled.
I think that is the first time I have actually laughed at my idiosyncrasies. Usually it is other people who come along side and tell me to "stop stressing out!"
Maybe my sis is rubbing off.
To show myself that I could be just as easy-going ---I threw the sheets on my own bed and tucked them in.
(I only checked to make sure they were mostly even ... twice.) LOL!
Thank you, Lord, that you love me in spite of myself
I am a first-born and all that comes with it...Type A, perfectionist, list-maker, planner to the smallest detail, everything lined up, "t"'s crossed and "i"'s dotted..
I live with a creative, "good enough", free-spirit fourth-born sister who I love and can't stand all in the course of two minutes. (is it supposed to be who or whom? I can't remember.) That is beside the point.
She is gone this week and I was opening up our house for some guests. So being the first-born person I am - I cleaned from top to bottom. Washed the sheets, scrubbed floors, dusted all the crown-molding and mop boards, making a to-do list, etc.
You get the picture.
As I was spending an inordinate amount of time making sure the sheets and blankets were even on both sides of the beds- it hit me.
"Look at yourself. You're fussing over how long the sheets are on each side. Your sister would have just thrown them on, made sure it was kind of even and called it good. Here you are going crazy because it is 1/2 inch off. No one will notice." And I chuckled.
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Maybe my sis is rubbing off.
To show myself that I could be just as easy-going ---I threw the sheets on my own bed and tucked them in.
(I only checked to make sure they were mostly even ... twice.) LOL!
Thank you, Lord, that you love me in spite of myself
Have You Seen the Rest of My Book? It's Missing.
There is a pet peeve...well one of several...that really bugs me. Like a stone in my shoe - it doesn't bother anyone else usually. Just me.
I recently purchased "The Count of Monte Cristo" from a well-known bookstore. Blissfully, I brought it home and started reading it.
During the read...it nagged at me. Some bit of story is missing since the first time I read my brother's copy. The characters have lost some depth; some descriptions are less colorful; a sub-plot seems flat.
That's when I flipped to the title page and saw the dreaded word!
ABRIDGED
These should be banned from all self-respecting bookstores. If stores must sell them - then clearly mark them as such with big red letters across the cover of the book so buyers know ahead of time. Not sneakily and quietly placed inside on the title page where nobody looks!
Why would I want to pay good money for a book and only get part? That is like getting a piece of cake without the frosting...it still tastes good but it would be even better with the frosting.
Now I have a watered down book. It's a good story and if you've never read the complete novel you won't miss the cut-out parts. But I miss them...the count becomes too tame. He loses some of the single-minded revenge that builds up through the book. Some of the irony is gone.
As my friend Pooh says, "Oh bother".
What is your opinion? Abridged or not abridged?
I recently purchased "The Count of Monte Cristo" from a well-known bookstore. Blissfully, I brought it home and started reading it.
During the read...it nagged at me. Some bit of story is missing since the first time I read my brother's copy. The characters have lost some depth; some descriptions are less colorful; a sub-plot seems flat.
That's when I flipped to the title page and saw the dreaded word!
ABRIDGED
These should be banned from all self-respecting bookstores. If stores must sell them - then clearly mark them as such with big red letters across the cover of the book so buyers know ahead of time. Not sneakily and quietly placed inside on the title page where nobody looks!
Why would I want to pay good money for a book and only get part? That is like getting a piece of cake without the frosting...it still tastes good but it would be even better with the frosting.
Now I have a watered down book. It's a good story and if you've never read the complete novel you won't miss the cut-out parts. But I miss them...the count becomes too tame. He loses some of the single-minded revenge that builds up through the book. Some of the irony is gone.
As my friend Pooh says, "Oh bother".
What is your opinion? Abridged or not abridged?
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