I don’t know what really happened. My supposed to be blog post published itself without any write-up. Funny, I just have to delete and put it to trash.
I just remember, today is the 12th death anniversary of St. Pope John Paul 11. He died last April 02, 2005. I have blogged about him in the past more than I care to admit. He is my favorite figure in the Catholic church.
My goodness, I lost most of my uploaded e-books on my tab. My device storage is almost full. My tab won’t take additional photos although I deleted most on my Viber app. There are so many pre-loaded apps on the phone that you cannot erase including Facebook. The SD card loaded here hasn’t been loaded yet so my son transferred all my e-books to it but along the way, some of them won’t copy and import. I lost my down loaded classic books of all things. Those that remained were mostly historical fiction and some short stories and poems. Even my memoir books were lost in the process. I have to go online again and buy or maybe get to those free books online. Maybe when I am not that busy, I would find those books again. I really wonder what happened, now I have lots of free space on my tab, both on the device and SD card. Aldiko e-reader is not that nice on the SD card. It shows the title but I cannot arrange the books in alphabetical order, both author and book titles. I wonder why.
Books are that important to me. I cannot live without them. Although I have so many volumes accumulated on our shelves since typhoon Ondoy back in 2009, I still crave for more. My son tells me I am a book addict. When you find it a joy to hoard, (yes the word is HOARD) books that maybe a book addiction. I haven’t read all of them yet. There are still too many on my TBR list. There are authors that I like. Richard Paul Evans is one. I even have an album on the quotes lifted from his books that I copied and pasted from Facebook. Rosamunde Pilcher and Diana Gabaldon are nice historical reads. Robert Fulghum is a favorite too. I love his practical approach on life depicted in his writings. Tuesdays with Morrie and The Little Prince are on my shelves so with Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I find them inspiring and the messages they evoke are timeless.
April is just beginning and I just finished 43% of my reading challenge on Goodreads. Hopefully, I’ll finish earlier than December 31st.
Are you a reader? What are your favorite books?
I love Little Prince! And Tuesdays with Morrie. Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is my favorite Richard Bach book.
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I’ve read a few books of Richard Bach but not the one you mentioned although I’ve heard of it before. I love Illusions too and One. Thank you so much your lovely comment.
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Yes, it is called Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah…. same book.
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Is that the one? Well, I’ve read it before 🙂 I already forgot the story. I still have the books here
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Oh I’ll have to look for you on Goodreads-I’m doing that this year although I’m a bit behind…I have loads of books too…so does my son. Am hoping he will take his to university when he goes and then I have room for more! 🙂
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Wanting more books Samantha? It does really seem we couldn’t have enough space for books. Happy reading, hope you’ll be updated on it.
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Sorry to read of your tech problems. I like all three of your inspirational reads – I have them all.
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Hi Derrick, a bit of a problem actually. So glad to know that you’ve read those books too. Aren’t they just lovely read?
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Did you find out why you lost the books from your tablet? That sounds like it might have a fault. Storage is a problem on smaller devices of course, but it should not just dump things previously loaded.
I bought two second-hand books last month, after reading good reviews on blogs. I haven’t even started to read them, just added them to the shelf of books to be read. I have a similar book addiction, but not as large as yours, Arlene.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They won’t load Pete. I guess I have to import some all over again. Even the books I’ve read before are still marked unread.
I am rereading some books from long ago., they’re book of poems mostly. Are second hand books available there too? Here we have Booksale, a reliable bookstore to find new and old volumes.
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I mainly buy them from Amazon, under the ‘Buy new or used’ option. Most are very cheap, but I have to pay postage charges. It still works out as a bargain. We have some second-hand bookshops in bigger cities, but they are disappearing fast.
I guess that your processor is overloaded, and cannot cope with the stored volume of data.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I don’t know, I still have about half of the total capacity free. I am hoping would go back to normal soon. Thanks Pete 🙂
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In that case, I would try to return it. Trouble is, if they reset it, you could lose everything. Could you copy it all to a flash drive, via the USB connection? I don’t know that much about computing, but I am sure that someone could help you.
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There are those that I can see the book covers but they are all empty inside. Maybe when I’ve read all the books I have there, I would have to re-install Aldiko book reader.
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Arlene, I have been a reader all my life. I learn so much from books of all kinds, from fiction to my favorite how-to volumes. I enjoy knowing there are others who have many books too. I buy quite a few at the library sales…I can get paperbacks for .50 and hardbacks for 1.00. I have a whole shelf of them just waiting to be read. Now to find the time….
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That’s really nice. I am envious you buy cheap books there. Booksale is a second hare bookstore but sometimes the books are still too pricey.
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I read everything and have since I was little. If I am alone, I read while I eat. Right now I am reading about India since I am following a couple of Indian bloggers.
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So glad to know you are a reader too.
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I guess i’m a book hoarder. I told my husband a few days ago that I am never buying another book; I’m just going to borrow books from the public library. He just laughed at me because he knows the truth. 🙂
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Haha, book hoarders, both of us. Couldn’t resist a new title.
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Shantaram, midnight children, the sell out and all the books in the world
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Thank you!
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Hi, Arlene. I still miss John Paul II. I always felt safe, knowing he was leading our church. I can pray to him now, but it’s still sad.
I love The Little Prince and I quite like Jonathan. But my favorite book of all time is The Lord of the Rings (written by a fellow Catholic). 🙂
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My son has a set of The Lord of the rings but I haven’t read it yet Cathleen. One of these days….Thanks a lot. Pope John Paul II is my favorite but I don’t much about the lives of the other popes and saints.
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Hi! Newbie here at wordpress. Try to read Mitch Albom’s book. They are so inspiring☺
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Which book of him do you mean? I read almost all of his publications.
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My favorite is Tuesday’s with Morrie☺. Can you recommend inspiring books also?thank you in advance po
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I read that several years ago. I have lots of book reviews here actually, just type books on the search page. of this blog. Thanks for the visit.
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