tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post2509572238120920754..comments2022-07-07T07:43:45.934-04:00Comments on nap without guilt: I’m Sharon, and I’m a Bookaholicsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845104545957402306noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-64350338407386508392009-07-26T21:31:56.186-04:002009-07-26T21:31:56.186-04:00Willow, I never did reply to your compliment about...Willow, I never did reply to your compliment about the statue, which I thought was unfortunately placed too close to the kleenex box in my photo. But thanks! We love her too. Katie May, I love your name, and thanks for stopping by--hope you come back.Sharonhttp://www.napwithoutguilt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-91514155702669504602009-07-26T12:41:32.147-04:002009-07-26T12:41:32.147-04:00Sharon, I've just come to your blog from a lin...Sharon, I've just come to your blog from a link at John Bailey's and am enjoying it very much. Have to chuckle at your remark about your long relationship having less of a chance if one of you wasn't a reader. I live with a man who starts at the back of novels when rarely he picks one up, then flips through from back to front and thinks he's read the book. He reads sale flyers meticulously. He reads newspaper and magazine articles in the bathroom. He will spend an hour noodling through the phone book and chuckling at funny or unusual last names. I read books of all kinds -- bios, mysteries, fiction, non-fiction, whatever I fancy, as well as newspaper and magazine articles. When I read books, I often read five at a time (you know, if there isn't one that has me mesmerized). When we first moved in together, my spouse told me "That is not the way to read books. You should finish one before going on to the next." He was an expert, he apparently thought. Well, we are still together some years later, but our reading styles are far apart. I don't have very many books compared to most people who read as voraciously as I do, but he still tells me I have too many. Sometimes our different attitudes toward books are definitely a fly in the love ointment! So I got a kick out of your statement.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-19292562579823769232009-07-01T00:31:24.079-04:002009-07-01T00:31:24.079-04:00This used to be us, we had books and books and boo...This used to be us, we had books and books and books. As we moved and then as we downsized, I decided to let the county library "store" our books for us- which in many ways is rather sad.<br /><br />Speaking of old friends, I have read Jane Eyre and The Good Earth once every few years since I was 8 years old. It's amazing to read these classics at different points in your life, and notice what stands out to you this time.Becanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-19948535334780481172009-06-30T13:47:28.463-04:002009-06-30T13:47:28.463-04:00Me, too! I always enjoy hearing what people are re...Me, too! I always enjoy hearing what people are reading. And, although I like your stack of books, I adore that wonderful statue/figure keeping watch over them on your table.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-57246155570672937052009-06-29T12:28:38.337-04:002009-06-29T12:28:38.337-04:00What are the other four characters? This may be t...What are the other four characters? This may be the basis for my next post. Everybody be thinking about your top 5 (10)?Sharonhttp://www.napwithoutguilt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-61844018964179004132009-06-29T08:25:16.043-04:002009-06-29T08:25:16.043-04:00Well, we have run out of both bookshelf and tablet...Well, we have run out of both bookshelf and tabletop and basket space and are now resorting to precarious stacks right on the floor, which are fairly stable if you put the larger books on the bottom. And if you're quick about it, you can pull a book from the middle of the stack without upsetting it. I enjoy the challenge, but hope Tom will soon build more shelves.<br /><br />Olive Kitteridge is in my top five of most memorable book characters ever. I just finished the book a couple of weeks ago, but my mind keeps going back to Olive.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575140898505901920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-37300128937744744552009-06-28T20:18:23.051-04:002009-06-28T20:18:23.051-04:00In your case, Tara, no. It couldn't be worse....In your case, Tara, no. It couldn't be worse. Retired One, you are right on. Di, I love the dog's crate serving as a reading table!Sharonhttp://www.napwithoutguilt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-24568900185318240202009-06-28T17:51:02.909-04:002009-06-28T17:51:02.909-04:00Sounds like our house. We don't have the wall...Sounds like our house. We don't have the wall space upstairs in this new place to accomodate our ever-expanding library, so we have a mishmash of shelves along the wall in the basement to house the majority of our books and vinyl LPs (do you suffer from that addiction, too?). The study is jam-packed with my husband's books; the bedroom is littered with both of our bedside reading past, present, and future; and even the dog's crate in the sunroom serves as a table for stacks of my husband's evening reading material. Mine is piled up on the couch...<br /><br />And I haven't even mentioned the CDs.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361160196846070354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-4111904480921485742009-06-28T10:23:11.224-04:002009-06-28T10:23:11.224-04:00I have the same problem...want to read and my eyes...I have the same problem...want to read and my eyes tire out before I can read for hours like I used to...now I blog, too which keeps me from reading.<br />Ah, shucks...youth is wasted on the young. haThe Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-69617558778432070462009-06-28T04:39:11.471-04:002009-06-28T04:39:11.471-04:00"Hello, Sharon," from the BA meeting.
Y..."Hello, Sharon," from the BA meeting.<br /><br />Yeah, I think there's something to this genetic component of addiction, writes Tara, who is sitting in her apartment that was chosen for its wall space (to accommodate shelves) and has since had it's bedroom turned into an office library, complete with free-standing shelves from a closing Borders, and where the bed is in the dining nook because the bedroom library space was far too valuable.<br /><br />Oh, and a bag of audiobooks from the latest library sale is in the trunk of my car.<br /><br />Yeah, it's genetic. Or contagious. It could be worse (right?)Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974558276486614398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747811654977962943.post-91331552526455849542009-06-28T04:37:09.974-04:002009-06-28T04:37:09.974-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974558276486614398noreply@blogger.com