'Nathan Burgoine's Blog, page 128
June 15, 2014
June 14, 2014
#BookADayUK - An Old Favourite
I've gotten much better at purging books in the last few years (read: since I got married to someone who likes to clear stuff out on roughly a yearly basis).
June 13, 2014
#BookADayUK - Makes Me Laugh
Oh, you're probably tired of hearing about the time an author got me kicked out of a pizza joint for laughing too much, aren't you? Well, too bad.
June 12, 2014
June 11, 2014
#BookADay - Secondhand Bookshop Gem
I almost never go to secondhand bookshops. I feel like that makes me sound rather snobbish, but it's not that at all. I work in a bookstore.
June 10, 2014
June 9, 2014
#BookADay - Film or TV Tie-In
Speaking of gifts gone wrong, it occurs to me I can tell the flip-side story about gift-giving, where my husband tried to get me a gift and it fell apart.
June 8, 2014
#BookADay - Have More Than One Copy
It happens. You forget you bought a book, and you buy one on impulse and get home and - oh. Look. There it is. Now I have two.
June 7, 2014
#BookADay - Forgot I Owned It
I have a really good memory. Especially for random details and minute trivia. It's rare I can't remember if I've bought a book, read a book, or owned a book. That said, my memory isn't perfect.
June 6, 2014
#BookADay - The One I Always Give as a Gift
This might sound a bit odd, but I don't really have a "go-to" book that I give as a gift, mostly because people are so different and as I get to know them, I try to give them books that match who
