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Comments (1)GARDEN DESIGN HIstory, Princples, Elements, Practice byDouglas*Frey*Johnson*Littlefield et all hardbound c. 1984 1st ed. 224 total pages including index..good condition. INDOOR TREES: by Jack Kramer c. 1975 1st. ed hardbound 163 total pages including index. Very good condition. THE BOOK OF HOUSE PLANTS by T. Rochford & r. Gorer c. 1961 hardbound, 301 pages including index. excellent condition. BRINGING THE OUTDOORS IN: by H. Peter Loewer Oversized Softcover c. 1976 168 pages including index....See MoreDo You Like Art Books? Do You Have or Display "Coffee Table" Book
Comments (32)Outside, I enjoy those books too--- my late FIL went to school with Ferrol Sams and we love his novels. I hadn't realized he wrote essays as well. "When attending art shows, I swear off coffee table books but I am weak." We share that weakness, lol. Seems I am "always" never going to buy another huge book... Beagles, that room is fantastic, and I do see your pile of books peeking out from under that chair to the left :-) I'm with you on the kindle, but every now and then I like to hold a real book. Even though I find myself pushing the edge of the page instead of turning it (hanging head). No screen can reproduce the heft and color of those prints in large books, there is something about a good quality art print that is somehow more convincing than an image on a screen. Sloe gin, over the past decade or so I've seen many people putting lovely shelving in their dining rooms to combine functions or simply bring books into a room that doesn't often see them. I love that look, of a literary dining room! And your basket sounds eminently practical, we use our shagreen boxes and ceramic bowls for the same purpose--- the "stuff" has got to be corralled somehow. I have seen that Circus book, Robo, and the Atomic Ranch book also, they are both marvelous! It's clear that our collective enjoyment of these tomes is at least partly for the esthetic quality of the books themselves in addition to the content. I suppose that's what makes them "useful" decor :-) In some cases they might function purely as decor, as the leather books you've used, tinam. Have you seen the book purses that are so popular in some circles? Kate Spade has or had a few, and there's quite a cottage industry on Etsy making real old books into small handbags. They aren't a tenth big enough for me, but I love looking at them!...See MoreBooks we've read "just to be nice"
Comments (28)A few days ago I mentioned to a friend who has been my guest that I intended to read All the Light We Cannot See. "Oh, oh," she said, "you have to read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah." She brought up Amazon on her device and let me read the synopsis and reviews. It gets five stars from 85% of the over 20,000 reviewers. All the Light also has over 20,000 reviewers with 72% giving it five stars. I listened to my friend rave about Hannah's book for several minutes, so I told her I might give it a try. It was a polite brush-off because, frankly, I was skeptical. Imagine my chagrin when my friend presented me with a brand new copy of The Nightingale as a thank you gift. I appreciated her thoughtfulness, really I did. She departed and I put the book on a shelf, giving it no further thought, I'm afraid, until my friend emailed me to ask if I had started it yet. She is anxious to know what I think. Well, I girded my loins and began. Oh dear, I was right to be wary. This book and other novels similar to it with the WWII French Resistance as a backdrop and excuse for a plot are doing to this time period and worthy subject what a few years back novelists were doing to the Tudor time period -- overusing the heck out of it. Blah! The Nightingale is essentially a romance novel, but it's not a particularly good one in spite of what the ravers say -- my opinion, of course. If the reader is young, I could probably forgive her for naïve enthusiasm. The Resistance probably does seem wildly romantic to a novice. Are the Amazon reviewers mostly youthful? I suspect so. But my friend is my age and I'm scratching my head and don't know how to respond to her. Perhaps the only thing to do is what Martin said above: maybe sometimes a polite lie will suffice. ;-(...See MoreCan we talk about digital book resources?
Comments (20)Yes, I do use Overdrive to download to my Kindle, but because I read so voraciously, I don't always find what I'm looking for there. Hoopla and Cloudlibrary expand the number of books I have access to -I just haven't been able to figure out how to read them on my Kindle. But I'm really excited to dive into Bumblebeez' suggestion of Calibre -that sounds like it might be just the ticket. I used to have Kindle Unlimited but didn't feel it was as worthy as Scribd, and didn't want to pay for two subscriptions. I'm definitely going to look more into Audible though. Thanks so much to everyone who weighed in!...See Moremsmeow
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