Friday, November 11, 2011

living with books

"All that manind has done, thought, gained or been:
it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books."
Thomas Carlyle














It's hard to imagine a life or home
without books.
Over the years we've collected a few...
some new, but most from tag sales,
flea markets, and library sales.
This week I was thrilled to find
book plates, by one of my favorite artists,
each with a beautiful moth specimen.
I know what I'll be doing this weekend...

Hope your weekend is a good one,
and if you have a favorite book to recommend
please do leave a comment :)

26 comments:

  1. heatherlynnie4:48 PM

    I am in the middle of "The Help," and it's great! But I love old books best - I have quite a collection of them, just as you do. I love to just look at them, some with velvet or leather binding, and imagine when they were scarce, and therefore treasured. I'm always awed when I think about all the different hands that may have turned the pages of a 100-year-old book. And, unlike Nook or Kindle, you can always read a book without worrying about running out of battery power!

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  2. Carriemau244:53 PM

    I recently rediscovered your blog and am so glad I did!

    Our house looks very similar to yours! I also love reading other peoples favorite books. Here are a few of my favorite books in the last couple years are:

    The Orchard by Jeffrey Stepakof
    Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

    Any Amish fiction book by Marta Perry

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  3. Katy A5:33 PM

    I really do love soo many books...I can't even imagine listing them all the recommend to you! :o) One, though, is Home-Making by JR Miller! :)

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  4. Kerichojoy9:50 PM

    You've hit on one of my favourite things. I always have too many too store. I like how you've arranged yours.

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  5. Michelle10:05 PM

    Hi Deb, visit often, but dont' always have time to comment, but today I wanted to tell you I just I fnished an awsome book "One thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp.  BTW, I use the sweet bag you made me all the time I have my small current projects in it.

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  6. Beautiful Books...we are heirloom collectors as well in our family. Very important and probably more important than ever to keep these treasures around to pass down through the generations.

    Lana

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  7. Lifeinredshoes2:50 PM

    Thank you for the great ideas, I also have lots of books that I love. I was thinking along the lines of built in bookcases, but the cost is prohibitive!

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  8. Nhsarab9:39 PM

    One of my most favorite books besides GONE WITH THE WIND is A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

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  9. cucadeb10:03 AM

    I love to read old farm books and books about the pioneer life....I get lots of them from the used book storeat the library!!

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  10. One of my very favourites is "The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" by Edith Holden.

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  11. Love the bookplates!  I've "hauled" books from the South to the Midwest and then to the Pacific Northwest.  I couldn't imagine my life without my "library"!

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  12. kathleen6:54 PM

    Recently I read A Winter Sea by Susannah Kearsley which was very good.  My favorite of all time is Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett...I've read it every few years...and I just saw today that the mini-series is going to be rebroadcast soon (of course, not as good as the book).

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  13. Thank you Kathleen-I'm going to make a list of all these great suggestions and see what my library has available.



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  14. I have a copy of that and I love it too!



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  15. Letters of a Woman Homesteader was good-have you read that yet?



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  16. I will add that to my reading list-thank you!



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  17. Oh, I would love some built-ins as well.



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  18. Thanks Lana-I agree!



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  19. So glad you like that bag Michelle. I've heard much good about Ann's book but haven't read it yet-I will have to add it to my reading list. Thanks for the visit.



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  20. Thanks Katy, I will have to check that one out.



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  21. Thanks for the visit Carrie-I will add those titles to my reading list.


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  22. I saw the movie version of The Help, but do want to read the book. Sometimes I think I would like a Nook or Kindle, but I really do love having the book itself in hand.



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  23. Carrie, so glad you stopped by.  Thanks for the book suggestions!

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  24. Karenlambert3:09 PM

    Loved Pillars. Everybody is telling me World Without End and Land of Giants is good also.

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  25. rustyandredone10:57 AM

    Hi there-new follower to your blog! I love books, also & probably have way too many!

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