tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post8565193483074124464..comments2023-10-14T08:25:56.742-06:00Comments on Living Beautifully: I Love BookstoresConniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07836857167023454619noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post-65411777013308297932013-02-22T20:36:13.198-07:002013-02-22T20:36:13.198-07:00Ooohhhh.....Connie,you really have those pink tea ...Ooohhhh.....Connie,you really have those pink tea towels?? I adore them! They are so sweet!<br />I read too!<br />Ames at Girl raised in the South turned me on to Janet Evanovich when she wrote a post about Florida and the folks who live there! I went thru the entire Jan Karon series in a few short months as well as Debbie Macomber! Love Nicholas Sparks and often enjoy autobiographies and history too! I often take the advice of those who read around me and have read some wonderful books! <br />During this years Super Bowl my middle daughter asked if she could bring a book at the Super Bowl party my oldest daughter, two doors down, held! LOL! What can I say, the girl loves reading!<br />A good bloggy friend told me to read "The Girls From Ames" and it was a real treat! Then she sent me a book called "Mean Girls At Work" when I was having a tough time at my job! Myra is a real doll!<br />The biggest book store here is the Tattered Cover. It is a massive book store but you could spend the day there and they would never bug you to buy or leave! They also host lots of authors with book signings! I shop amazon.com too! I find lots of great hard covered books at my local Goodwill for $1.99 each and soft cover and children' books for 99 cents! I also find tons of good buys at the local A.R.C. which supports people with disabilities. I bought a book, for the great grand baby and ended up keeping it for me! HaHa! It was a Christmas book and I relaized it was signed by the author. She just passed away in 2012 and so I thought I might as well hang on to it!<br />I have been known to repurchase books my hubby has given away! In fact last summer our middle caught him loading books into the car and she wailed "Daaaaaaaaad....how can you give away our childhood? The set of junior classic books was a mainstay! She promptly removed them from the car to her overcrowded book shelves! LOL! We owned all the Dr. Seuss books when the kids were small and he took them to the consignment shop! I was furious and reordered the entire set! The kids can fight it out over who gets what! HaHa!<br />well I better hush and let you get on with your life! Have a beautiful weekend! Blessings, AnneAnnesphamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09355786666073982088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post-71814869443331755472013-02-18T15:41:09.328-07:002013-02-18T15:41:09.328-07:00Hi Connie, I have missed you but I am back. I love...Hi Connie, I have missed you but I am back. I love your ottoman and the fabric is so sweet. Very romantic. Your romantic pics are lovely as well. The Mexican flowers pic is beautiful. I am ready for winter to go away and enjoy flowers here.<br /><br />I am an avid reader and so was my mom. The libraries in her town were read out by her too. She had to keep going farther to find a new one. I'm serious. My kids gave me a Kindle for Christmas a year ago and I have just recently started to read from it. I much prefer a book. We also love Janet Evanovich. We have read or listened to her books on tape and I think we have read or heard every one. <br /><br />The store you shared is amazing. We too visit all the local bookstores and we reserve books by Patterson and many of the authors you mentioned at the library. We do have a wonderful library here for such a small town.<br /><br />Happy reading Connie,<br />xo, Jeanne<br />Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496069719875179788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post-39893465841554839572013-02-17T19:41:44.615-07:002013-02-17T19:41:44.615-07:00I love reading! I am always in the middle of a go...I love reading! I am always in the middle of a good book. Always! I now have a nook too and wow, the amount of free books you can get! It has introduced me to new authors that I am not familiar with. I love both nook books and regular books. I just love to read. At this point, I have so many books on my nook to read that I can no longer complain about not having enough to read. I also love the used bookstore in my area too.<br /><br />HeatherHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184342717608985185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post-81969256638297565532013-02-17T16:46:02.637-07:002013-02-17T16:46:02.637-07:00My husband and I are BOTH avid readers. But I only...My husband and I are BOTH avid readers. But I only read nonfiction. I would LOVE to have a nice little family owned bookstore here but we only have Barnes and Noble. I hang out there often! I think I could LIVE there! And I pick up lots of books at garage sales. Right now I need to get rid of some books. I have no more room! have a great week!<br />sandy :)sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955726953146797249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post-27239469351297630622013-02-17T08:05:06.550-07:002013-02-17T08:05:06.550-07:00You are so lucky that you have those bookstores ne...You are so lucky that you have those bookstores nearby, my friend! I wish we had more used bookstores around here.<br /><br />xoxo<br />ClaudiaClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691249261693845371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975543655113692584.post-32142180852463083722013-02-17T03:06:19.779-07:002013-02-17T03:06:19.779-07:00You like so many of my favourite authors, Connie.
...You like so many of my favourite authors, Connie.<br />Sadly one of our used book shops has closed down due to high city tax costs, and dwindling sales.<br />We have a mobile library in the village once a fortnight and they will order books, which is good. Our main library has no parking near it so not easy if you have lots of books to carry.....but they do have a nice cafe.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.com