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Book Memory Associations
Books are special for so many reasons. Not least is the fact books have so many positive memory associations for us.
I still have my Reader’s Digest Collection of Fairytales which my father bought for me many, many years ago. I think he saved up cigarette coupons to get the books. You could back then!
You went into what was a effectively a catalogue shop (a bit like Argos) and redeemed the coupons. One irony here is I know I did get a recorder thanks to those coupons thanks to Dad’s smoking habit, which I am glad he gave up much later on.
Anyway, I still treasure those fairytale books. The spines are taped up because I read them so much when I was younger.
Then there are the books I inherited from my mum. There are the books I bought for myself to start my own collection off.
There are the books I’ve written or contributed to and there are plenty of books on my shelves written by friends. I love them all!
There are books I associate with reading at certain times of the year. There are those I dip back into occasionally but I am just glad to know they’re on my shelves somewhere.
For me, a home isn’t a home without books in it. They are a great comfort.
So which books have great associations for you? Which books could you not bear to part with under any circumstances?
I still have my Reader’s Digest Collection of Fairytales which my father bought for me many, many years ago. I think he saved up cigarette coupons to get the books. You could back then!
You went into what was a effectively a catalogue shop (a bit like Argos) and redeemed the coupons. One irony here is I know I did get a recorder thanks to those coupons thanks to Dad’s smoking habit, which I am glad he gave up much later on.
Anyway, I still treasure those fairytale books. The spines are taped up because I read them so much when I was younger.
Then there are the books I inherited from my mum. There are the books I bought for myself to start my own collection off.
There are the books I’ve written or contributed to and there are plenty of books on my shelves written by friends. I love them all!
There are books I associate with reading at certain times of the year. There are those I dip back into occasionally but I am just glad to know they’re on my shelves somewhere.
For me, a home isn’t a home without books in it. They are a great comfort.
So which books have great associations for you? Which books could you not bear to part with under any circumstances?
