Category: Bookish Things
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I was never a huge fan of audiobooks, or audio CDs I guess they would’ve been when I was younger, cluttering shelves in the Chapters nearest to myself. I didn’t have a need for them, or a want to listen to them. I was willfully, and youthfully ignorant and insensitive. Yet one of my fondest…
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Hello all my followers, both new and old! I hope you’re enjoying some wonderful weather if you’re getting it, and if you’re not I hope you get it soon. Here in (certain parts of) Ontario, Canada we are experiencing some summer! But apparently that will be changing soon. Boohoo. Anyway I just thought I would…
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I am turning 30 years old this year, and it has taken me about 24 years to realize that what I read should not matter to anyone else. And, even more unfortunately, that what other people read should not matter to me. Because in the end reading is about immersing yourself in a world that…
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Sometimes in life I struggle. We all do. Sometimes those struggles swallow you up and drag you to what I call “the pits”, modeled after a sandy wasteland that used to exist near my childhood home. You try and struggle through the sand, make your way to the top, and on the way your reading…
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What is reading all about? What motivates me to do it? What motivates YOU to do it? What do we get from it? For me reading has been many things. It has been a struggle, as I took forever to learn and resented the fact. It has been a solace, when I realized a written…
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I am Ashley and I have a huge book buying problem. I recently downloaded the Delicious Library, and using points bought a little bluetooth scanner because I am a total nerd who wants to catalogue all the things. I decided to give it a go, and using this program catalogued the books on my shelves…
