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Book Shelf Joys
One of the great pleasures of being a writer as well as a reader is getting to buy books brought out by your writing friends and having them sign them for you.
I have plenty of those on a special shelf and it gives me great joy whenever I walk past it. I look at the books on there and happy memories come flooding back, (for instance of times spent with said writing friends at the Swanwick Writers’ Summer School).
Another shelf bringing me joy holds the books I inherited from my late mother (hardback copies of Dickens amongst many others).
As for the shelves that give me a distinct case of the giggles, well those hold the works of P.G, Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett.
Then there is the shelf containing hardback works by Agatha Christie, the first set of books I collected as an adult.
Books have meaning well beyond the stories they contain - and I love that too.
Having said that, the ebook very much has its place here. I’m rediscovering the joys of finding out just what is on my Kindle and am currently reading Churchill’s Wizards, a fascinating non-fiction book.
So which book shelves have special meaning for you? It is the meaning that makes the shelf special.
I have plenty of those on a special shelf and it gives me great joy whenever I walk past it. I look at the books on there and happy memories come flooding back, (for instance of times spent with said writing friends at the Swanwick Writers’ Summer School).
Another shelf bringing me joy holds the books I inherited from my late mother (hardback copies of Dickens amongst many others).
As for the shelves that give me a distinct case of the giggles, well those hold the works of P.G, Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett.
Then there is the shelf containing hardback works by Agatha Christie, the first set of books I collected as an adult.
Books have meaning well beyond the stories they contain - and I love that too.
Having said that, the ebook very much has its place here. I’m rediscovering the joys of finding out just what is on my Kindle and am currently reading Churchill’s Wizards, a fascinating non-fiction book.
So which book shelves have special meaning for you? It is the meaning that makes the shelf special.
Books with Meaning To You
All books have meaning.
For me, I have a few categories here. There are the books written by and signed for me by author friends. I love seeing those books on my shelves, Then there are the books left to me by my late mother. Then there are books I saved up to buy when I was much younger and which I still have.
Then there are books such as The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey which opened up my eyes to the idea there is a whole story behind Richard III that needs further investigating. Do not take Shakespeare as gospel!
Then there are the books which make me gasp as I take in their full scale and scope - The Lord of the Rings is the obvious one.
Them there are my childhood fairytale books - The Reader’s Digest books here were my first introduction to the wonderful (and often scary) world of the fairytale. They remain a great influence on me as a writer too.
Then there are the shelves with my collections of books by P.G.Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett - the laughter shelves if you like.
So which books have special meaning to you and why?
For me, I have a few categories here. There are the books written by and signed for me by author friends. I love seeing those books on my shelves, Then there are the books left to me by my late mother. Then there are books I saved up to buy when I was much younger and which I still have.
Then there are books such as The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey which opened up my eyes to the idea there is a whole story behind Richard III that needs further investigating. Do not take Shakespeare as gospel!
Then there are the books which make me gasp as I take in their full scale and scope - The Lord of the Rings is the obvious one.
Them there are my childhood fairytale books - The Reader’s Digest books here were my first introduction to the wonderful (and often scary) world of the fairytale. They remain a great influence on me as a writer too.
Then there are the shelves with my collections of books by P.G.Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett - the laughter shelves if you like.
So which books have special meaning to you and why?
