What did you get to read for the new year?
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Personally, I'm a library, bookstore junkie. Especially ones contained in older, well-educated buildings. I love a place that smells ancient and feels capable of housing the pages of something unknown and historical, like the catacombs Gandalf visits to gain knowledge in the Lord of the Rings.
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These feelings carry over from when I was a child and often visited our city library. It was built in 1880 and was one of the town's oldest buildings. I can still remember the dank, musty smell of the place.
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Although I like Barnes and Noble and Borders, I have yet to feel the closeness and friendly feeling I come across in a smaller neighborhood bookstore. I have a favorite used books place in downtown Boise that is practically wall-papered with books from the floors to the ceiling.
That is my kind of place. I hope you have one too.
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I recently visited our city library and brought home The Book Thief and The Confederacy of Dunces for the month of January.
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What are you reading this month?
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I am reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I am just flying through it (at least for me I am) because it is such a page turner. I am staying up way too late reading it. I am excited to write a review on it.
I remember that old library. My only recollections of the place are being in the dark basement looking for books and the old musty smell.
The Friday Night Knitting Club.
I am the Messanger
A song for Summer
Confederacy of Dunces
I feel like a snob--just this weekend I was thinking about how I don't like the smell of old, paperback books. I don't mind old hardback books though as long as they are in pretty good condition. What a weirdo I am.
Right now I'm reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and I'm loving it and hoping the main character will grow some backbone soon.
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