Tag: books
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I’ve Turned a Lot of Pages
A lot of pages were turned during the month of January. A miserable virus and lots of dark, foggy days and long, cold nights, made that possible. What follows is a list and brief review of the eight books I completed last month. Please understand, I read broadly. I do not necessarily recommend to you […]
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Rereading Good Books
On the rereading of good books, and especially for Brenda: “I savor remembered details, greet favorite scenes or sections with pleasure, wonder why I turned up the corner (my bad habit for marking special pages) or recall the reasons why a pencil line or exclamation mark was left. There is coziness, friendliness and reassurance in […]
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Celebrate Groundhog Day!
This particular holiday features a special guest named Phil, Punxsutawney Phil! February 2 is Groundhog Day! It’s a cute little tradition, dating back centuries, that started with folks observing animals trying to determine when spring would arrive. Tradition has it, if the groundhog can see his shadow on February 2, we will have six more […]
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It’s Just Around the Corner
The 4th of July is right around the corner, just one month away. I spent a few minutes today pulling our favorite Independence Day books from the shelf in anticipation of our pre-holiday reading. Here are our favorites: The Fourth of July Story, by Alice Dalgliesh. We read this one at least once every year. […]
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Is Your Tank Full or Empty? – Why I Think Reading is Important for Every Woman!
I love reading. I always have. For some reason, my parents never felt the need to buy many books for our home, though I’m sure it would not have been a financial burden for them to have done so. Neither one of them were really readers. Oh, we had a few books around, and I […]
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New or Used? Hardback or Paperback? – Library Builders
As I’ve been building our Heritage Library these last few years, I’ve struggled with the best way to stretch our very sparse book buying dollars. Experience might tell us that buying paperback books would stretch our dollars further. Carried to the next level, buying used paperbacks would probably be the least expensive way to fill […]
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Super Tuesday! – Library Builders
Do you live in a Super Tuesday state? We do! While I very much appreciate the freedom we have in this country to vote our conscience for our elected officials, as well as for other ballot measures, I have not enjoyed the half dozen or so recorded messages I’ve said, “hello” to today alone! Our […]
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Snow! – Library Builders
My family does not live in a snowy climate. In fact, though I’ve lived within about 20 miles of where I currently live my entire life (of half a century or so), I can remember having snow that “stuck” only twice. My children, therefore, are really not acquainted with snow, or what living in a […]
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Christmas Read Alouds – Library Builders
We have quite a few Christmas books in our Heritage Library. Some are for the very young, and some are for the grown ups. At least half, though, are great read alouds for the family. We really don’t have nearly as many books for this particular holiday as I’d like to have, but every year I add a […]
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Dani’s List of Books for Children 7 – 11 Years Old – Library Builders
Rather than rely on my puny memory for a list of books that a young girl would enjoy, I asked Dani to make me a list of books she remembered loving at about that age range As it turns out, though I asked for a list for girls, Dani’s list is appropriate for girls AND […]