tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post1149943887412806982..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Book notes on four July books; and a year long resolveNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-64858544618429771622012-08-10T11:57:59.035-04:002012-08-10T11:57:59.035-04:00I've been getting a lot through the state'...I've been getting a lot through the state's downloadable book program. And I have many free old books via Kindle and Nook. And I do use the ILL system - a lot!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29296109292419095352012-08-05T17:29:12.587-04:002012-08-05T17:29:12.587-04:00A lot of libraries are now offering ebooks to borr...A lot of libraries are now offering ebooks to borrow now, one thought. Also you can usually interlibrary loan books from surrounding libraries if your own library does not have a copy of something in - as well as ask whoever buys at the library (reference librarian, etc.) to purchase something if they don't have it. Lots of times they are open to suggestions. That said, I still purchase books all the time even though I am surrounded by them at work. Just recently we ran up to Southport, Conn. for our yearly pilgrimage to the Pequot Library used book sale which is huge and as usual we returned with several canvas bags worth of books. My big problem now is I seem to have slowed down in my ability to read. I don't quite understand it. I always was able to read very quickly and now, not so much anymore...so lots of books to get to at my snail's pace.Susan Moorheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744130110550636177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-32287247629498798962012-08-02T00:50:27.438-04:002012-08-02T00:50:27.438-04:00Do your libraries offer ebooks to borrow for a noo...Do your libraries offer ebooks to borrow for a nook or kindle?<br />I love the food comparison. Exactly. I stopped reading and writing for Weekend Cooking for that very reason. :<)<br />I expect my year limit will go on and on.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53723708726178785282012-08-02T00:48:08.177-04:002012-08-02T00:48:08.177-04:00I'll be fine. As I said above, my house is a v...I'll be fine. As I said above, my house is a virtual library in itself! :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19964101503159440422012-08-02T00:47:17.798-04:002012-08-02T00:47:17.798-04:00So neat that you have one, too. We should compare ...So neat that you have one, too. We should compare our lists! <br />Hey, Tom just saw the Moonrise Kingdom movie, and not only is there a Françoise Hardy song, but a young girl has an album!fNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14246305307523188722012-08-02T00:45:20.271-04:002012-08-02T00:45:20.271-04:00I think you'll like it. Maybe you could loan i...I think you'll like it. Maybe you could loan it to your mother. I think she'd like it, too. No review from me. <br />Claire Cook's books are bright and breezy and interesting. The characters are around your age.<br />I have always bought and borrowed, and I just read and era.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14317259989970980592012-08-02T00:43:44.887-04:002012-08-02T00:43:44.887-04:00I loved this first book just as I did the first ti...I loved this first book just as I did the first time I read it. Oh, I have such fond memories of my time within these pages.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-50973161965090645102012-08-02T00:42:18.454-04:002012-08-02T00:42:18.454-04:00Isn't it adorable! I miss the old library card...Isn't it adorable! I miss the old library cards.<br />I love that 'book-buying diet' - perfect!<br />And I did. So very sad. I feel like a friend has gone.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-78760137673543799332012-08-02T00:41:01.341-04:002012-08-02T00:41:01.341-04:00Kindred spirits, my dear! This year it has so happ...Kindred spirits, my dear! This year it has so happened that I've read a few books part way and quit. Some of them more than a hundred pages, and then I've gone 'ho hum' and dropped them.<br />You'll like TAND, I'm quite sure.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30968209810257037522012-08-02T00:39:24.172-04:002012-08-02T00:39:24.172-04:00I just loved reading this. Thank you! I'm so s...I just loved reading this. Thank you! I'm so set on this. It will be fine. My goodness, my house is a veritable library in itself. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43823029279075495832012-08-02T00:37:33.461-04:002012-08-02T00:37:33.461-04:00I thought this one was really very good. The chara...I thought this one was really very good. The characters are quite memorable. Their lives are so different from mine, but still I felt close to them. <br />I'm feeling the same way about the library. I have three I visit, in addition to the downloadable Nook books. I'll not lack for reading material. :<)<br />Thank you, and I'll pass it along to him. I keep saying 'ten and a half months!'Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53932565121869598722012-08-01T13:43:50.578-04:002012-08-01T13:43:50.578-04:00I do try to not buy books and borrow them when I c...I do try to not buy books and borrow them when I can from the library. Secondhand bookshops are good but it's so tempting to get more than I can read - I already have more than I can read!! So I'm going to join in with your resolve not to buy any books but for as long as I can, without setting a time limit. It's a bit like dieting - if I don't think about food or read recipes I'm not so tempted to eat too much - maybe I should cut down on the number of book blogs I read too as well as avoiding bookshops to keep me out of temptation's way. Oh, and e-books are just too much, especially when they are so cheap.Margaret @ BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42901854479050557952012-08-01T12:40:22.023-04:002012-08-01T12:40:22.023-04:00Despite the astronomical number of books in the Bu...Despite the astronomical number of books in the Burrow, I don't usually buy new books, but I can get carried away in a used bookshop if I'm not careful. I mean all those old book fumes! But thanks to being a die-hard library borrower, I'm able to keep the accumulation of books down to a reasonable level (according to my own perspective, of course).<br /><br />Good luck with your vow!spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23729196198351447162012-08-01T05:07:11.815-04:002012-08-01T05:07:11.815-04:00We all suffer from that book guilt, I think.
My d...We all suffer from that book guilt, I think.<br /><br />My daughter bought me that same Books to Check Out notebook!callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359300308013419608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-58775841980138909842012-08-01T01:27:02.543-04:002012-08-01T01:27:02.543-04:00Hello Nan, I have just downloaded "That Affai...Hello Nan, I have just downloaded "That Affair Next Door" to my kindle - it is still there for free in the kindle shop, so, thank you very much for the recommendation! Is one of the reviews on the product page from you?<br />The one about house staging sounds like something I'd like to read, too. And house staging like a job I'd be really good at!<br />My sister is similar to you when it comes to buying books. She much rather buys them than borrow them from the library, but - here she is different to you - she usually reads them all :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-34622211466490880592012-08-01T01:19:05.693-04:002012-08-01T01:19:05.693-04:00Hello, I LOVE Amelia Peabody and have read the en...Hello, I LOVE Amelia Peabody and have read the entire series too -hmmm - maybe its time to re -readSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274481412344071315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-78102303781972736922012-07-31T20:18:22.390-04:002012-07-31T20:18:22.390-04:00What a nice little notebook to put you lists in, N...What a nice little notebook to put you lists in, Nan. I will be putting these latest reads of yours into mine. <br /><br />I've been on what I call a book-buying diet for a while now. It doesn't stop my from rooting around the $1 bins at Goodwill, the library, or anywhere else, but, I have curtailed my urge to buy what is new pretty well lately. <br /><br />On a sad note, have you heard that Maeve Binchy has passed away?lifeonthecutoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657395265006688388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-28992305722562444172012-07-31T18:51:06.704-04:002012-07-31T18:51:06.704-04:00Funny how every year we seem read at about the sam...Funny how every year we seem read at about the same rate, Nan. You're a couple of books ahead of me this year I note, but not by much. How odd. <br /><br />I like the sound of That Affair Next Door and will see if it's free for Kindle over here.<br /><br />I truly understand your not wanting to buy as many books. I try too, and have reasonable success. Like you I have loads of books here to read, plus I go to the library, so I honestly don't nedd to buy more. One or two do slip by though and I try not to feel too guilty about that. LOL.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43529953352977917422012-07-31T17:14:17.674-04:002012-07-31T17:14:17.674-04:00I can sympathise with the way you feel about buyin...I can sympathise with the way you feel about buying books. Since I was made redundant I don't have much cash to spare, so I try to limit my acquisitions and only buy from charity shops or second-hand stores (I always feel quite triumphant when I spot something that's on my Wish List), and occasionally I get a used book online if it's something I really, really want. My family gave me a Kindle for Christmas, so I download free books from Project Gutenburg, which is a wonderful resource for out of copyright books, especially classics. And, of course, there is my local library, where I am a regular visitor - I pop in every time I am in town! The worst thing is not being able to get titles as soon as they come out, so I'm always a step behind everyone else (I'm desperate to read Hilary Mantel's Bring Up The Bodies and some of the latest Booker contenders). However, sooner or later (usually later) I'm able to borrow them from the library, or find them in a charity shop. Good Luck with your future book buying!Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-91999724863214582802012-07-31T16:19:48.246-04:002012-07-31T16:19:48.246-04:00Glad you enjoyed the Claire Cook, Nan. She has yet...Glad you enjoyed the Claire Cook, Nan. She has yet to top Must Love Dogs and Multiple Choice for me, but I still look forward every spring to her new release.<br /><br />My husband has been retired since 2001, and I joined him in retirement this past year. Like you, I have only to look around me to see the countless number of books I just had to have the moment they came out. Now I have plenty of time not only to read them but also to dust them! The severe cut in my book buying budget is equaled--or surpassed--by my joy in using ILL and the ability to download eBooks from the library.<br /><br />Congratulations to Tom on his retirement announcement!Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456358514871810611noreply@blogger.com