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Nashville: A Community Without a Bookstore?

Phyl — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:57:46 +0000

The smaller independent bookstores might just have the wherewithal to go on and thrive, while the bloated chains do not. What do you think? [...]

Beloved, battered books

Phyl — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:24:17 +0000

Books with character: Not wrecked, but just rough enough around the edges to show that they're been treasured possessions for a long, long time. [...]

Home Library Mission Statement – Great Idea!

Phyl — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:40:16 +0000

Have a look at the Home Library Mission Statement of Boston Bibliophile. It’s where she states what she believes the purpose of her personal library to be, and the ways she intends to treat it, to accomplish that purpose.

Now, I think sometimes we pigeon hole things a bit too much, and if we’re not [...]

Why e-Readers will always be my Second Choice

Phyl — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:17:51 +0000

Sony ereader

I feel like just pointing at this blog post (Why We Need Books) from Heidi Turner, over at The Happy Freelancer blog, and saying, “What she said!” She makes some great arguments for why the real paper book should always stay in existence, no matter how electronic everything goes. They can exist [...]

Why Do We Read?

Phyl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:02:25 +0000

Do we really want to spend our whole reading lives being the equivalent of babies that just lie back and get fed mush with a spoon? [...]

The Game of Kings – I’m all Verklempt

Phyl — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:21:29 +0000

If I could read this series on my deathbed, I would die happy. [...]

Guy Gavriel Kay and my reading history

Phyl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:53:46 +0000

The only way I could describe how The Fionavar Tapestry made me feel was to say that I felt like my veins were filled with light. Twenty five years later, I can still pick up that trilogy and feel the same way. [...]

First Lines Meme

Phyl — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:38:54 +0000

Another fun summarizing meme, that I first saw last year from Melanie at Indextrious Reader and now have seen there and with Kiirstin at A Book a Week as well. Post the first line from each month of the past year.

I’ll post the first three months of this year, which took place at That [...]

Books Read in 2009

Phyl — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:25:59 +0000

I saw yesterday that Melanie at Indextrious Reader has posted a summary of her 2009 reading, in her post, Best of the Year, 2009. I really like that idea, so I’m doing one of my own. Alas, I’ve managed to finish about a third of the number of books Melanie has (I used to be [...]

My 2009 reading

Phyl — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:14:53 +0000

I don’t read very quickly any more, for some reason, so I didn’t get to read 100 books in 2009, as some people have done. Still, I really enjoyed what I did get read, and in looking over my list (yes, I write them all down), I see a very definite trend.

I discovered mysteries [...]