Comments on: Some bookshelves

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:37:30 +0000

Debabrata,
Thanks for visiting. I agree, I don’t have a Kindle because I love the feel and smell of books and – I know it’s a bit of a cliche but for me a house isn’t a home if it has no books in it. My favourite shops are second-hand bookshops, sadly there aren’t many of them left now.

Katrina

By: Debabrata Sarker

Debabrata Sarker — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:21:57 +0000

Loved the pictures of the bookselves… i think old books are better than the new ones .. they way they look when they age, the yellow pages and the smell of old books … i too dream of having such selves some day… maybe have my own personal library ….. you are really lucky to have inherited such beautiful leatherbound books …. people these days have forgotten what it is like to sit with a book in a nice cozy corner … good to see there are still some left

By: piningforthewest

piningforthewest — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:09:34 +0000

Karen, Thanks so much for thinking of me for the award. Unfortunately I don’t have enough people to pass it on to, so I hope you don’t mind me ducking out of it. I had the same problem when Jane sent me a different one a while back – plus I’m not that keen on chain letter type things- I know I’m weird! I’m happy that you get some enjoyment from ‘Pining’ though, as I certainly do enjoy Books and Chocolate. I love that name.
When you get to the UK don’t forget an umbrella, it’s chucking it down again!

By: piningforthewest

piningforthewest — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:03:12 +0000

I’ve been lucky to have a lot of old books passed on to me from grandparents and parents. I know that some people hate books which have been inscribed, but I quite like it. It’s a wee window into the past life of that book.
My copy of Closely Observed Trains has a sad one:

Toby – A present from Prague. I missed you so much I never want to be away from you that long again. I love you. Lenka
and it’s surrounded by lots of xxxxxx kisses.

As I bought the book from a used bookshop – Toby can’t have been so keen on Lenka, she’s obviously an ex of a different sort now!

By: Karenlibrarian

Karenlibrarian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:01:17 +0000

I almost forgot — I’ve given you a Versatile Blogger award. Thanks for all the great reviews and the beautiful photos. So jealous, I’m dying to go to the UK.

By: Karenlibrarian

Karenlibrarian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:51:55 +0000

Those books are so beautiful I’d almost be afraid to read them! I’ve also started collecting old books, but I only have a few so far. My favorite is a 1912 copy of Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, inscribed, “Christmas 1913, from the Palmers.”

By: piningforthewest

piningforthewest — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:41:34 +0000

I really like reading the same books which grandparents read too, very sentimental. Sometimes the small print is a bit off-putting though.

I know that you read A.J. Cronin books, you might be interested in the post which came before the bookshelf post. The photographs are of Dumbarton, where he grew up. The Rock in the background is the one which is mentioned by him in Wikipedia.

By: Rose City Reader

Rose City Reader — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:52:43 +0000

Wonderful! Those shelves are beautiful — beautiful to look at and so inciting!

I have a lot of those same types of old books with the intricate, pretty covers. I used to be better about reading them. Now I tend to pass them over. You remind me why I should read them and not just let them sit.

It is particularly cool that some were your grandmother’s.