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Rome753
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries | Christopher Simon Sykes, Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm
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While I've collected most of my books due to loving history and information, I must admit, there's several I've gotten due to nostalgia.

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Catsandbooks
Among My Books | James Russell Lowell
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#Two4Tuesday
1. My reading goal is 48 books. The last few years I've set it at that and it allows for wiggle room.
Hosting challenges #FoodandLit and #RiseUpReads

2. I don't have a specific book, but I've enjoyed reading the books I already own so I want to continue that

Texreader ♥️♥️♥️ and btw, I loved the Christmas card!! So adorable! 3mo
Catsandbooks @Texreader Thank you! 🐶❤️ 3mo
TheSpineView Thanks for playing and Happy New Year 3mo
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Julsmarshall
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Pickpick

This was a great one to read at the end of the year to learn about voices I may not be familiar with and set me up for a really diverse reading year in 2025! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #diversebooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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HeatherBookNerd
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Pickpick

Such a fun gathering with my #NashvilleLittens! One of my favorite holiday traditions. 🎄🎅🏼 Thanks to Amber for my extravagant and lovely gifts!

CarolynM How lovely to see all your smiling faces🥰 3mo
Suet624 Wonderful!! 3mo
Ruthiella Love it! 😊 3mo
Centique What a wonderful gathering! 3mo
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vivastory
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I love this idea. My 5 are somewhat obvious ones, but I can't help it. I love them. Make your list & share!
*“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they elected the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.“
*“All this happened, more or less.“
*“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
*“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.“
*(#5 in the comments)

vivastory “The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years-if it ever did end-began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.“
#firstlines @monalyisha
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vivastory Bell Jar 7mo
vivastory Slaughterhouse 5 7mo
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vivastory 1984 7mo
vivastory Neuromancer 7mo
vivastory IT 7mo
monalyisha Such classics! ✨ 7mo
BarbaraBB Great choices and a great idea by @monalyisha ! I‘ll share mine tomorrow when I am home again 7mo
vivastory @BarbaraBB Looking forward to yr selections! 7mo
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Rome753
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries | Christopher Simon Sykes, Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm
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Quote from a one-nan show called "Bibliomania" by Roger Rosenblatt. The quote was in a coffee table book on libraries.

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CSeydel
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Adding my #LastTenBooks to the discussion. I couldn‘t finish King Lear when we read it in my college Shakespeare class, so I watched the movie adaptation over Christmas break 😬
I don‘t know that I‘ve ever lost or couldn‘t find a book that I own? My house is … small.

Thanks for posting! Fun.

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vivastory
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I found the following circulating on a few book blogs & thought it would be fun to post here. #LastTenBooks I'd love to see your answers, too!
1)Last Book I Gave Up On:
Michael Wilson's “Girl In The Video.“ This is what I wrote in my reading journal: Just couldn't care anymore. Even if I had only 10 more pages. I could have lied & said that I finished it. This was lurking in the kindle graveyard & as King said, “sometimes dead is better.“
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vivastory 2)Last Book I Re-Reread:
Gaiman's Fragile Things (A favorite this year that I had originally read Oct. 2018)
3)Last Book I Bought:
Richard Swan's “The Justice Of Kings.“ (Bk 1 of a fantasy trilogy that I have heard high praises from booktubers that I trust)
4)Last Book I Said I Read But I Didn't:
I don't believe in guilty pleasures, so this one doesn't really apply
5)Last Book I Wrote In The Margins Of:
James Baldwin's “Price Of The Ticket“

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vivastory 6)Last Book I Had Signed:
I just received an order from B&N for Johnson's “Let's Go Play At The Adams“ signed by Grady Hendrix w/ a note “Enjoy the trauma“ Lol
7)Last Book I Lost
I have been in a mood for thrillers this week & while looking I could not find Raybourn's “Killers Of A Certain Age“
8) Last Book I Had To Replace
A few months ago I checked out a graphic novel that for the life of me I could not find when it was due, so I replaced it
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vivastory 9) Last Book I Argued Over:
I don't really argue over books. I see that different books serve various purposes for different readers at stages in their lives.
10)Last Book I Couldn't Find:
Y'all, I have been meaning to get a better organizational method in my library for awhile now but it will be a project that would make Marie Kondo cry. I think the last book I couldn't find was “Killers Of A Certain Age“ bc I'm not giving it up for lost lol
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LeahBergen I love what Hendrix signed! 😆 9mo
vivastory @LeahBergen It was a nice surprise. I had no idea that it would be signed. 9mo
RaeLovesToRead Awesome! I am 100% answering these questions!!! 9mo
sarahbarnes Sometimes dead is better 😁 9mo
Branwen This is fantastic! I'm definitely going to do this too! Thanks for posting! 💜 Also I snorted at the fact that your reorganization project will bring Marie Kondo to tears! 😂 9mo
vivastory @Branwen Looking forward to yr answers! 9mo
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Rome753
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries | Christopher Simon Sykes, Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm
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In the spirit of Kramer's "coffee table book about coffee tables," here's a "library book about libraries."

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vivastory
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Since the beginning of the year I have seen several videos from content creators speaking about how they want to read fewer books this year, Perhaps they feel they are Bibliobibuli. “The sort of people who read too much,“ created in 1957 by H. L. Mencken. To this I say hogwash. Or, if you prefer, codswallop. “language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense“ (Merriam Webster)
@cbee
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vivastory *sidenote (obviously if these creators wish to read less, then that is certainly their choice. It becomes a bit annoying when they start making sweeping generalizations on how reading habits can affect other readers)
#weirdwords
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CSeydel That‘s so interesting. I can understand wanting to read fewer books if you want to dig into longer books, or slower reads that take time to digest. I myself don‘t like the competitive aspect of reading a certain number of books per month, because I get too focused on hitting my target book count and I don‘t really absorb what I read. (edited) 12mo
BarbaraBB Great illustration 12mo
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LeahBergen The only time I‘ve thought about actually reading fewer books is when I was previously caught up in my Goodreads count. Not any more! I‘m getting back to my love of big, honking, immersive novels and just allowing myself to READ. 12mo
Cathythoughts Lovely picture ♥️ 12mo
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen That‘s inspiring talk Leah 😘 12mo
batsy That is mind-blowing to me; I've never thought of reading fewer books 🤯 I'm on board with your response 📚📚📚 12mo
quietlycuriouskate I refuse to approach my reading as if it were a feckin' diet! 12mo
Tamra My reading plans are always quite achievable; read what I like, when I like. 😁 12mo
AmyG Ha! Who wants to read LESS? 😳 12mo
CBee @LeahBergen I actually just decreased my GR goal for this exact reason. I was too caught up in that “goal” and it was derailing me from really immersing myself. Which is the point of reading! ♥️ 12mo
MaureenMc @LeahBergen @CBee Yes, wholeheartedly agree! 12mo
Megabooks Thanks for sharing, Scott! I am reading less this year but it‘s a function of writing more. But I‘d never presume to tell anyone else how much or what to read. However, their pronouncements probably boost their engagement. 🙄 12mo
Hooked_on_books How bizarre that someone would want to read less? I have a feeling I read far more books than these people and I certainly don‘t want to read less. 12mo
Aimeesue I confess that I want to read fewer BAD books, but that‘s as far as I‘ll go with that. But I suppose it depends on why someone‘s been keeping count. I can see how it could become a performative thing that doesn‘t really bring the bookjoy, particularly among content creators. 12mo
vivastory @CSeydel I can see that. I don't aim for a certain number per month, but if I'm reading a lot & enjoying it then I'm going to keep reading 12mo
vivastory @LeahBergen There's nothing quite like getting lost in a 500 page novel 12mo
vivastory @batsy 🙌 🤘 12mo
vivastory @quietlycuriouskate Lol, right?! There's already enough rules we have to follow in the world. Our reading lives should be the one place for freedom 12mo
vivastory @Tamra That's my motto & it has yet to fail me 🙂 12mo
vivastory @AmyG Right?! 12mo
vivastory @Megabooks I suspect you're right re: engagement I hope your writing is going well! 12mo
vivastory @Hooked_on_books I def think you read more than a lot of the big content creators. It just seems like a weird thing to put out into the book community lol Like if you were involved in the movie community would you release a video to tell people to not watch as many movies? It's just strange to me 12mo
vivastory @Aimeesue There are some content creators that I genuinely enjoy but there are some that you can tell where it is a performative thing for them. 12mo
vivastory @Aimeesue There are some content creators that I genuinely enjoy but there are some that you can tell where it is a performative thing for them. 12mo
CSeydel @CBee @LeahBergen Yes, exactly! 12mo
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