Books, books, and more books. We live surrounded by books. We could try to cull books from the boxes, or even the shelves. We have pulled some books for donation or to sell back to a used bookstore, but we rarely part with more than a handful of books. The…
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Some readers, especially passionate fans of particular authors and series, revel in complaining about adaptations of their beloved works. Not us. We appreciate that an adaptation might lead to re-readings by the fans and new readings by a few in the audience. Susan rereads Jane Austen, often right after we…
Statistically speaking, we read a lot. Our children read a lot. We are a book-loving house of readers. We used to visit the local library and support its book sale during the summer. We had let our daughters browse the book fairs at school, too. Once of twice a month,…
I read a lot of books about the evolution of textual production: books about the making of books. Though I own far more books on typography and lettering, books are where typography goes to work. Currently, I’m reading Keith Houston’s The Book. I want to order Houston’s Shady Characters to read, too. I…
We recently moved into a new house and it was a reminder that we want (I’d argue we need) library-style, built-in bookcases complete with the rolling ladder system. Boxes of books were among the heaviest, and therefore most expensive, possessions to relocate halfway across the continent. Supposedly, we had 85 boxes…
I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before, but instead of wasting the daily commute time on radio stations, I finally got a library card and began checking books on CD out of the local library. So far I’ve checked out non-fiction books that I own, but have…