as her husband is in the hospital and
I mentioned that there were so many books
in this home.
She commented "I never noticed that many"
so I am copying this post for her.
She does not read
and maybe she does not notice books.
with the images
as there are several more
plus a lot of cookbooks.
Maybe this is not a lot of books
but I think it is and I am not getting
rid of any of them
and a plus
is they are like special friends
filled with memories
and I love them all.....
Now I don't feel so bad, as we have LOTS of books too. Some I will be getting rid of though, but some I just can't part with. Mark loved to read all kinds of different subjects, and I do to.
ReplyDeleteBooks are a comfort.
FlowerLady
It appears to me to be a lot of books, LOL. But then, it is your home, your life and your books, so.....carry on.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should have ordered two bookcases....one for me and one for you :)
ReplyDeleteBalisha
Your stacks and cases are a welcome sight. My keepers are pretty well organized with their own bookcases. It’s the books in motion creating the clutter . . . a small pile to send to a daughter, the two stacks from the library and two more stacks from the used bookshop ~ read to return and to be read. That makes four stacks. Then there was the yard sale last Saturday and a handful I didn’t bring in and found, like treasure, in the car just yesterday. Magazines come in by my chair and go out by tote bag.
ReplyDeleteMy sister-in-law has the most wonderful library with shelves to the ceiling and a rolling ladder. I covet it. Yet, to sit down at her house you have to move books. Too many books? Never!
A gift of a book is a heartfelt one, especially when it is a book we've cherished.
ReplyDeleteI love viewing other people's bookshelves. I have a collection to match yours and I agree-they are all special friends. Book buying is my vice. I will never live long enough to read all my books, but I love all of them.
ReplyDeleteI love your bookshelves and your piles of books. I can't imagine a home without books.
ReplyDeleteLorraine, Judy, Balisha, Lynn, Pienosole, Mitz and Sharon, thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeleteNo more bookcases :) There is another one on the loft. The books around my chair are ones I have not read, reading in part and not read :) Like I shared I like them all. When I buy a book and do not like it - I immediately pass on the local library.
Meant to say - some I pick up occasionally - like the poems.
ReplyDeleteOthers reading and I sometimes go from book to book - reading several at a time and the rest are waiting to be read. I type to fast
and do not take the time to edit :(
LOL oh LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteEvery surface of my house too, bookshelves in hallways, in guest rooms, stashes under benches, on stools.
And did I mention the 3,000 films? NO? Better not then.
XO
WWW
My granddaughter crossed stitched a bookmark for me with this quote:
ReplyDelete"My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read".
Abraham Lincoln
I've actually taken time this winter to read two books! Did I see your Bible on top of one stack? Good reading.
WWW, we are many miles apart but much alkie - I do not have but a few films :)
ReplyDeleteCharlotte, 5 bibles on that bookcase. Living Bible. Amplified and 3 King James. One of them a bible that was given me when I was 6 years old . The Living and 1 King James so marked - what got me through life over 30 years ago...
A home just wouldn't seem like a home without books. You do have your books arranged neatly in such attractive ways.
ReplyDeleteMary, thank you. No thought to arranging them and thank you for thinking they look neat.
ReplyDeleteI have to be surrounded by books...
Oh, this post made me smile! It could have been ME writing it. The pictures look like any/every room in our house!
ReplyDeleteRebbeca, thank you so much for visiting. I checked some of your entries. You have a lot of interesting images :)
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