Some context: I'm a copywriter by day, creative writer any spare moment, and a bookworm 24/7/365. I'm also a human being with an infinite number of other aspects to my life. Plus, I'm coming off of a year that literally almost killed me. So my perspective is different than other sites or authors or bloggers… Continue reading new year’s resolutions for writers
Category: Reading
8 rules for lending books
Lending our books out is emotional. We love our books. Part of us worry about our precious books. We wonder if we’ll ever see them again (the books, not our friends). The other part of us is busy trying to give the worrying part of us moral support for the tumult felt deep within our… Continue reading 8 rules for lending books
Traveling; what to take, what to take…
At least twice a year, I get to fly across the country for business. I enjoy these trips, but it never fails that each time, I have the same struggle suffered by bookworms since the invention of travel. What to take to read? For at least three weeks before the trip, the discussion in my… Continue reading Traveling; what to take, what to take…
Book Buying Ban 2017
Some make New Year’s resolutions; others have New Year’s resolutions thrust upon them. I fall under Column B. I am under a book buying ban until further notice. With good reason. Last week, I re-discovered goodreads.com. I’d apparently created a goodreads account July 2013, but had never gotten around to actually using it for some… Continue reading Book Buying Ban 2017
Book Purge 2016
I knew I have a lot of books. Hard not to notice when I have five full bookcases, plus three knee-high stacks that live on the floor and a short stack on my nightstand. And the miscellaneous collections tucked in my nightstand, my workbag, my purse and in the back of my car. Still, I… Continue reading Book Purge 2016
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