Comments on: Book ends http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Wed, 23 May 2012 14:07:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: omegamom http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2219 omegamom Wed, 23 May 2007 03:27:45 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2219 I think I'll be addressing all these comments in tomorrow's post...It's nice to know I'm surrounded by book lovers--though it's certainly no surprise! After all, people who read (and write) blogs are highly probable to be literate folk, given that blogs are sort of an essayist's wetdream. I think I’ll be addressing all these comments in tomorrow’s post…It’s nice to know I’m surrounded by book lovers–though it’s certainly no surprise! After all, people who read (and write) blogs are highly probable to be literate folk, given that blogs are sort of an essayist’s wetdream.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2214 Miss Cellania Wed, 23 May 2007 02:10:58 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2214 I was going to say that I am OK with disposable books... I give away most of what I read. In fact, I just got rid of a big bunch of them. Then I looked around and realized I still have six bookcases, and they are mostly full! I was going to say that I am OK with disposable books… I give away most of what I read. In fact, I just got rid of a big bunch of them. Then I looked around and realized I still have six bookcases, and they are mostly full!

]]> By: Margaret http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2198 Margaret Mon, 21 May 2007 23:59:55 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2198 Oh, yes, books are sacred!!! I probably have half the number you do, but I never thought of adding them to our net worth for adoption purposes. Good idea. Oh, yes, books are sacred!!! I probably have half the number you do, but I never thought of adding them to our net worth for adoption purposes. Good idea.

]]> By: Mrs Figby http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2186 Mrs Figby Mon, 21 May 2007 17:03:11 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2186 We're book people too. As are our children. Lloyd Alexander is one of Zen's all time favorite authors. He'll be sad to hear that he passed away. We’re book people too. As are our children.

Lloyd Alexander is one of Zen’s all time favorite authors. He’ll be sad to hear that he passed away.

]]> By: lizard http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2185 lizard Mon, 21 May 2007 15:31:35 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2185 When we were waiting and waiting and waiting for the adoption to happen, people would ask "have you strated shopping for the baby?" and for ages and ages I'd say "no.... well, except for books." We would head to Powell's and always ended out in the kids' section (where we spent a pleasurable couple of hours just yesterday). We were the only people there without kids half the time. I do occasionally pack some books up and sell them to the used bookstores, and I loan them out gladly.... of course, I also sometimes go back and buy back the same titles I sold because I want to read them again. We joke that I fell in love with DH because he owned an OED. Well, that wasn't the only reason. I also recommend the Prydain cycle to eveyrone I know with kids the right age. I have loved them for years. Had a friend whose family named a dog after one character, even. So sorry to hear that Lloyd Alexander has died. When we were waiting and waiting and waiting for the adoption to happen, people would ask “have you strated shopping for the baby?” and for ages and ages I’d say “no…. well, except for books.”

We would head to Powell’s and always ended out in the kids’ section (where we spent a pleasurable couple of hours just yesterday). We were the only people there without kids half the time.

I do occasionally pack some books up and sell them to the used bookstores, and I loan them out gladly…. of course, I also sometimes go back and buy back the same titles I sold because I want to read them again.

We joke that I fell in love with DH because he owned an OED. Well, that wasn’t the only reason.

I also recommend the Prydain cycle to eveyrone I know with kids the right age. I have loved them for years. Had a friend whose family named a dog after one character, even. So sorry to hear that Lloyd Alexander has died.

]]> By: Journeywoman http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2170 Journeywoman Mon, 21 May 2007 03:03:30 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2170 Oh yeah. I am a bookslut. I work in Publishing and there are these wonderful things called "take shelves." I often go and grab books from the take shelves. FREE BOOKS!!! I have huge shevesl filled of books that I have yet to read. I love books. Love Love Love. Oh yeah.

I am a bookslut. I work in Publishing and there are these wonderful things called “take shelves.” I often go and grab books from the take shelves. FREE BOOKS!!! I have huge shevesl filled of books that I have yet to read. I love books. Love Love Love.

]]> By: kris http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2166 kris Mon, 21 May 2007 02:03:06 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2166 i re-read many books and have read some since jr high (think almost 40 yrs ago) like 'to kill a mockingbird'. i bet i have read that book at least 20 times. i used to read 'the shining' every may because that is about when the story in the book started. i have read 'gone with the wind' at least 3 times, maybe more. who can read a book you love just once!? i re-read many books and have read some since jr high (think almost 40 yrs ago) like ‘to kill a mockingbird’. i bet i have read that book at least 20 times. i used to read ‘the shining’ every may because that is about when the story in the book started. i have read ‘gone with the wind’ at least 3 times, maybe more. who can read a book you love just once!?

]]> By: figlet http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2165 figlet Mon, 21 May 2007 01:48:15 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2165 I can't really be friends with someone who doesn't have books in their home. (Unless, of course they lost their collection in a fire or other calamity, in which case I'd be inclined to help them fill some empty shelves.) J could probably count the number of books I've ever given away. I can tell you the name of the person who borrowed and never returned The Diary of Anais Nin: Volume 1. And the one who absconded with my Nora Joyce biography. It's funny, isn't it. Houses without books feel really weird to me. I can’t really be friends with someone who doesn’t have books in their home. (Unless, of course they lost their collection in a fire or other calamity, in which case I’d be inclined to help them fill some empty shelves.) J could probably count the number of books I’ve ever given away. I can tell you the name of the person who borrowed and never returned The Diary of Anais Nin: Volume 1. And the one who absconded with my Nora Joyce biography. It’s funny, isn’t it. Houses without books feel really weird to me.

]]> By: DS-L http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2164 DS-L Sun, 20 May 2007 22:58:41 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2164 Ha - we are trying to move and just filled ten boxes with books from ONE bookshelf and have not cracked the more than 2,000 kids books upstairs in my kids' rooms. When I asked them to pare down their books they were incapable "I love them all Mama!" DS-L Ha - we are trying to move and just filled ten boxes with books from ONE bookshelf and have not cracked the more than 2,000 kids books upstairs in my kids’ rooms. When I asked them to pare down their books they were incapable “I love them all Mama!”
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]]> By: ceedee http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2163 ceedee Sun, 20 May 2007 22:19:28 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/05/20/book-ends/#comment-2163 Fellow book freak here. Though right about now I'm wishing my husband and I weren't QUITE so enamored with books. In a month or two we are gonna have to pack them all up, all whateverthousand we have, just to move to our new abode about a mile away. We have them on bookshelves, stacked on the floor, on nightstands, in closets on shelves, in drawers, freaking everywhere. My sister-in-law, on the other hand, is one of those strange book fearing creatures. One time when we were visiting I realized that virtually the only non-children's books in the house weren't really books at all. It was this hunk of ceramic or resin or something, made up to look like a few books standing together. Very, very weird. They recently moved to a new house, and I think she probably used that opportunity to get rid of both the fake book hunk and her younger daughter's collection of children's books, most of which I gave her. Harumph. Fellow book freak here. Though right about now I’m wishing my husband and I weren’t QUITE so enamored with books. In a month or two we are gonna have to pack them all up, all whateverthousand we have, just to move to our new abode about a mile away. We have them on bookshelves, stacked on the floor, on nightstands, in closets on shelves, in drawers, freaking everywhere.

My sister-in-law, on the other hand, is one of those strange book fearing creatures. One time when we were visiting I realized that virtually the only non-children’s books in the house weren’t really books at all. It was this hunk of ceramic or resin or something, made up to look like a few books standing together. Very, very weird. They recently moved to a new house, and I think she probably used that opportunity to get rid of both the fake book hunk and her younger daughter’s collection of children’s books, most of which I gave her. Harumph.

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