And I still love reading about books.
There is that excitement you get to feel when you find a book about books, library or a bookstore for that matter. You are curious what other people read. Though I am excited to read it, I really don’t know what to expect since it is a first novel but first novels sometimes are really big on surprises. It’s The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson, an American author.
I am reminded of one of my favorite books, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. When the subject is about books, I am always curious how the story is presented. I enjoy those stories that describe how they feel about reading old books and those considered classics. Some readers are challenged by books which are not very popular and well read. Some stick to one particular genre or collect one particular author. I did that before, collecting books by authors the likes of Leon Uris, Robin Cook, Rosamunde Pilcher, Richard Paul Evans, Nicholas Evans (I miss his books), Richard North Patterson and Luanne Rice to name a few. I have lots of their books but most of them are paperbacks. The ones we have of James Patterson are mostly hardbound and. Richard Paul Evans’ books come in nice and smaller than average hardbound.
I get to read e-books in between especially at night since I won’t need a well-lighted room to read them. I am still in the middle of reading The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. He is one of most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century. The prints are so small in a thick book but I recently found an e-book copy of it. Hooray!
So many TBRs on my night table but I kept those new ones in a higher cabinet to protect them this rainy season.
Like you Arlene, I love my books but wish I had more time.
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I always make a time for reading Kavitha. I have a goal this year at Goodreads – 120 books.
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I struggle to read novels these days, my concentration seems fades away quickly, so now I read a lot of poetry books, maybe just 4 or 5 poems at a time, and then my eyes have had enough, however the enjoyment is there…. Keep reading Arlene, always a wondrous pleasure…. xx
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Have you ever came across Mary Oliver (my favorite poet) or David Whyte Ivor?
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Not Yet Arlene, thank you, I shall look them up
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I am sure you will like their works.
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Always a joy to read about your love of books, Arlene. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete! I always find those new authors that I love.
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happy reading, Arlene! 🙂 🙂
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Thank you Wilma!
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I didn’t realize you liked David Whyte too. We really do have similar reading tastes thousands of miles apart.
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Haha, birds of the same feather flock together so they say Elizabeth.
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I know but who knew how scattered the flock was!
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I totally agree, books about books fuel our passion for more, for seeking out different books. I love a different and unique perspective as it not only gives me titles I’d never heard about but also encourages me to see books that haven’t interested me in a different light.
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That is so true Ste J. We might have overlooked those titles in our quest for the more popular ones. I get to encounter those books I’ve read before, books I am curious about to read in the future and classic books I’ve heard of but haven’t read yet.
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I recently finished The Bookshop of Yesterdays and quite enjoyed it. I won’t give the story (or the mystery within the story) away, but it paralleled something occurring within my own family which made it even more interesting to me.
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I am enjoying it too. Hopefully, I’ll finish it today 🙂
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