All About Audiobooks

By Jan

on December 31st, 2018

All About Audiobooks Listening to a book read by someone else is quite a different experience than reading it yourself. I’ll tell you why I love audiobooks, why you should try one, and how to do it. UPDATED 2-2-19 A few years ago, my older brother, Dennis, died quite suddenly. I handled it well, I think, but internalized some…

Review: Literary Book Gifts

By Jan

on September 16th, 2018

Literary Book Gifts is a fun website to browse, especially for readers and lovers of books. You can order t-shirts and tote bags from a huge variety of reading, writing, and classic literature-related illustrations and titles. Shirts comes in a large number of colors and sizes, too. The women’s t-shirts, hoodies, and tank tops come in sizes XS to 3XL,…

Enter to Win a Year of Books!

By Jan

on May 5th, 2015

A great sweepstakes from Penguin Random House, who are merging their libraries. Enter to win five books a month (your choice) for an entire year! I’m so there! After all, I already need more shelves. #WhereBooksLive

Booking Through Thursday: Mood Reading

By Jan

on January 30th, 2012

From Booking Through Thursday, I found this question from December 1, 2011 that I’d like to explore: Do you find that your mood affects the things you read? Like, if you’re in a bad mood, do you tend to indulge in reading that will support it or do you try to read things that will cheer you up? Do you…

451 Challenge

By Jan

on February 12th, 2010

Oh, just what I need, another challenge! But this one looks so wonderful, I can’t pass it up. (That’s what I said about the others, too, of course.) The 451 Challenge originates from the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, and is hosted and managed by Elizabeth at the As Usual, We Need More Bookshelves blog (no relation :-). What…

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