August 11, 2008
The aim of this website is simple: to share my love reading, recommend books to others, and provide gift ideas for the book lovers in your life. This site came about simply to share the wonder and joy that books bring into our lives.
Upon entering a bookstore, I let out a little content sigh…I am home.
The shops of my choice have books to the ceiling, ladders and a selection of antique leather bound volumes so beautiful that they can only be described as art. Finding these shops is not an easy task in and of itself, but I long for the days browsing them once found.
BUT, my heart truely skips a beat when across the shop I see a glimmer of gold gilded pages; the sheen, effort, and love that goes into producing such art humbles me, and I love to run my finger up the edge of the pages. Even mass produced books with gilded pages give me the same, albeit smaller rush of emotion.
I am an equal opportunity book lover as i do have many mass produced paperbacks, which I consider junk food for the brain. They are the perfect escape after a long day. Through books I can try on lives as I would shoes, and travel to far off lands. I can be wealthy, poor, migrant or native.
So thus this blog and website are borne, to document my obsession, wishes, and love of gilded pages.
My undying thanks to my mother, who read me more stories then I could count, and to my teachers, for the gift of reading.
September 1, 2008
This post is for anyone who reads it, as an idea to broaden our reading horizons, but to also challenge my darling husband to an ambitious date night challenge:
The idea is simple
One of us chooses a book we want to share with someone we love, it can be any genre or topic, just a book that is what you think you would enjoy reading. Here’s the challenge; find the book, buy two copies, one for yourself and one for your partner in reading and read the book together yet separately over the course of a month. I happen to read in bed when everyone is asleep.
Then, plan an evening or a day long date that centers around the theme of the book. Even if it’s hard to come by, books all have some tie in….Italian food, sailboats, machined parts, historic places. Creating a themed date is not expensive, it just requires creativity, so perhaps all of us could absorb the words we intake into our lives through each book more thoroughly this way and bring them to life, even in a small way.
Does the book have espionage as a theme ? Tour a local military history museum.
Does it take place in 1850’s England? High tea, full dress, and finger sandwiches.
A simplistic idea and far from perfect, but wouldn’t it make us savor each book more, and pay attention more closely to the story?
So, in the comments section, accept or pass on my challenge dear husband. (For my readers, he gets off easy on this, his books cost $10-20 more per copy then what I read)
What do you say dearest? Literature dates for two?
I hereby challenge not just my spouse, but all of us to share the joy or reading with loved ones.
August 29, 2007
You are warned. It’s book smut, big beautiful books and libraries…..you can almost feel the leather……
Ahem, excuse me. I need to go assure my books I haven’t cheated on them
http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/hot_library_smut/
May 28, 2007
I have started collecting books about books,( I mentioned this before) which of course is a self perpetuating vicious cycle that makes me lust over other books…and the cycle continues.
Within these pages are destinations, or for true bibliophiles, meccas.
May 8, 2007
I know I am a book addict. I embrace it, accept it, feed it and wallow in my book addiction. I have ordered my books by EXACT height and subject on my bookcases, and then decided it should be divided by antique and modern versions, so of course I had to start over again.
Now, this addiction takes on yet another level when you find yourself buying books on how others display their prized books.
Just yesterday I was watching a movie about a book collector while shopping for 1850’s volumes online, while thumbing through this book. I cannot decide if that’s insanity, immersion, or just dedication.
I can however heartily recommend this beautifully photographed book that displays quite adequately the libraries of owners across the globe.
I found myself jealous of many collections, shaking my head at a few others that seemed to not display their books with reverence, and feeling inspired to continue building my own library.
Just skip the resources section at the back of the book, or you’ll find yourself at the airport, on the way to far off libraries and gorgeous stores. After all, only they will understand your addiction to the written word….right?
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