tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post2829991130000839145..comments2024-03-10T07:14:33.790-03:00Comments on Procrastinating Donkey: Books and More Booksjenny_ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-30407501189518137512016-10-16T00:34:32.784-03:002016-10-16T00:34:32.784-03:00Yes, that's how it feels when you find a good ...Yes, that's how it feels when you find a good book, isn't it!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-48318501061965124042016-10-15T18:37:57.982-03:002016-10-15T18:37:57.982-03:00your own books are your old friends..how can one g...your own books are your old friends..how can one get rid of them!?gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-45059842867194560992016-10-14T21:54:21.457-03:002016-10-14T21:54:21.457-03:00I think one of the biggest gifts parents can give ...I think one of the biggest gifts parents can give their kids is exposure to lots and lots of books and encouragement to read them. Being a good reader makes so many other life skills easier to master. I'm glad your kids love reading.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-53734215238695214682016-10-14T21:53:04.077-03:002016-10-14T21:53:04.077-03:00I think some libraries are more awesome than other...I think some libraries are more awesome than others, though! Maybe I should check ours again sometime. Things may have changed.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-85116934258986203772016-10-14T21:51:00.081-03:002016-10-14T21:51:00.081-03:00Wow - that's a lot of reading. I think that th...Wow - that's a lot of reading. I think that the internet and the reading habit are definitely intertwined in a bit of a complex way.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-36193965808140081242016-10-14T19:52:40.307-03:002016-10-14T19:52:40.307-03:00Looks like you are going to be busy for a little b...Looks like you are going to be busy for a little bit. We have taken the kids to the library for a few years now and it's nice to see that they have a love of reading. Enjoy your books. Mr. Shifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061232966394052314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-69710200415490033072016-10-14T18:23:53.607-03:002016-10-14T18:23:53.607-03:00Get thee to the library! No, just kidding. Honestl...Get thee to the library! No, just kidding. Honestly, before I went to work in the library I wasn't a big library user either. I was an avid reader, but like you I often bought my books second-hand. Only after going to work in the library did I rediscover how awesome they are!<br /><br />I find it hard to make time to sit down with a book these days. I think the Internet does hard-wire our brains to demand more rapid-fire stimula.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-10591887377629102692016-10-14T16:07:44.710-03:002016-10-14T16:07:44.710-03:00I mostly read online, but my living situation used... I mostly read online, but my living situation used to be sketchy enough that I would sometimes go through periods of no internet access. I am disabled. Without internet, I devour books. From May until early July of 2013 I read 35 books. <br /> After the power was turned off last November, I'm not sure how many books I read before we made our escape in February, but it was probably over 100. And some of those I read twice, like Jenny Lawson's books and Daniel Quinn's.<br /> I had to go through and cull some of them before this last move, about three milk crates worth, but then there are about two more (on shelves, not in crates) of recent acquisitions.<br /> When I got a small inheritance last year, the book stores got the first chunk of it...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-89903426341081506472016-10-14T15:05:28.063-03:002016-10-14T15:05:28.063-03:00Yes; so many reasons to read. I don't like to ...Yes; so many reasons to read. I don't like to think of you berating yourself for using reading for comfort. The times we need comfort are the times we most need to accept that aspect of reading. The other aspects will follow when our need is less. I am reading for entertainment and comfort right now. Wallow with me, EC :) jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-35070618847385584212016-10-14T14:47:37.947-03:002016-10-14T14:47:37.947-03:00Reading is probably the biggest (and bestest) gift...Reading is probably the biggest (and bestest) gift my family gave me. I read every day. Good days, bad days, busy days. Not always (but often) a lot, but I read. I reread too. And the house is overstuffed and I am currently in the middle of a cull. And beating myself up because at the moment (for a variety of reasons) I am not stretching my reading enough. I read for education, for entertainment, for comfort. And at the moment comfort reading is the most common.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-15329750976610114202016-10-14T13:32:53.290-03:002016-10-14T13:32:53.290-03:00I don't have an e-reader and hadn't though...I don't have an e-reader and hadn't thought about e-books - that would be such a temptation. A title and synopsis page would be a great help. Maybe you could make your fortune with that idea, Chicken!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-53559193009336928472016-10-14T09:08:58.937-03:002016-10-14T09:08:58.937-03:00I know exactly what you mean-the same thing has ha...I know exactly what you mean-the same thing has happened to me. I think my kindle addiction is not helping. On-line is like a 24/7 used book sale and I'm constantly buying $1.99 e-bargains. The problem is, I start to read one. Then another, Then another. Then another. And pretty soon, I open up my kindle and start reading, having no idea which book I'm reading or how far in I am, or what the book is about. I wish a little book title and synopsis page would pop up everytime I open my kindle/e-book, to remind me of what I'm reading. Because when that happens, it makes me want to start over at the beginning. Of a new book.Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.com