Recent content by truly violet

I don't have a large to be read pile, as I don't get to the book stores as often as I used to. when I do go I get a few books, but I usually read them all at once....along with some I am rereading. I decide what is next either by the season or the mood I'm in. currently I am really longing to...

I read this quite a few years ago, I remember that I actually felt as if I had entered that weird altered not quite human world that intersected with the world of the unseen. I swear I felt hypnotized by this book, and it took a long time to shake that feeling off. My copy was damage to the...

there are certain books I will reread such as 'A Christmas Carole' I also have reread Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "A Midwife's Tale" , as well as Good Omens, Practical Magic, Lost country life, white's 'once and future king' there are quite a few history books and historical biographies I have...

I actually collect different editions of this book. and normally pick it up towards the holidays, if not immediately after. I love the atmosphere of the book, ( but I like Dickens in general normally) There is another book of Dickens short holiday ghost stories that I will skim through...

I reread this every so often, I find it pretty funny. I usually reread this and Practical Magic back to back when I decide I need some whimsy vi

I read a lot of non fiction, my favorites areas are history, historical biographies, art, cultural anthropolgy ( how did folks actually live, not just the nobility, but normal folk) craft/art/how to books, some science, ( that area is somewhat diverse) the paranormal, historical costuming...

we have books in every single room, and indeed are looking for a new house with more wall space for these books. ( oh and a barn, as I soon will have sheep and would like goats and chickens as well...... ) however I have been collecting for over 40 years.... so I suppose that is to be...

oh my...... I couldn't possibly list all the craft books, they are easily about 1/4 of my library. ( and my library fills our entire house, we are actually thinking of moving partly because we need more book room) knitting silk embroidery doll making toy making quilting bookbinding sewing...

always multiple books. I am formally reading 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell' I have a couple of knitting books I am also reading, as well as a few other odds and ends books. I also keep a book in the van, which I am part way through for the 4th time. ( car reading is something you can pick up...

oh my goodness I have indeed found my long lost family ( and they are a bunch of smart A**es........ ) I hijack threads all the time btw, ...... romp around a bit with them.... a good time is had by all, and eventually return them, answered and with a full tank of gas vi

welcome to another violet vi

I think 'well read' in this day and age would be more a balance of reading, Possibly grounded in the classics or at least some of the classics. Selections from the Greeks up to today. Also at least a nodding acquaintance with some of the different topics throughout fiction as well as non...

If the book isn't there, then at 3am, when you can't sleep and JUST must re-read a line that is driving you nuts... what will you do? Or, if you need to prove a point in a discussion, if the book isn't there, that would be the end of the discussion. Not to mention how comforting it is on a...

since I have posted twice. I'm violet, middle aged book lover in PA. vi

an insatiable quest for knowledge, the more I read the more I need to know. vi