Comments on: Book meme from jordaaner (amongst others)

By: m_wire

m_wire — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 09:53:28 +0000

In reply to Thomas.

something very strange is happening to me...

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:06:23 +0000

In reply to m_wire.

Do you ever get that feeling of déja vu? You made an almost identical comment to this almost exactly a year ago...

Hello again!

By: m_wire

m_wire — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 09:57:27 +0000

Hey, someone else who lists Simon Hoggart in their interests!!! Hello :)

By: mosskat55

mosskat55 — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:58:46 +0000

I loved that! What an eclectic collection - which is real life. I wish that I'd been able to keep all my books. We lived abroad for quite a long time, moving from country to country, and books were expensive to transport, so we tended to just leave them behind.
Also, they take up a lot of space, so periodically we have had to have a clear-out (which always pains me). My first clear memory of a scent was the smell of the newspaper shop in Doha, Qatar, where I lived when I was a little girl (it also sold books). There's a WH Smith newsagent/bookstore, in Loughton, Essex, England, that has EXACTLY the same smell! I just love it.

By: veeb

veeb — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:12:11 +0000

That is just the way they were - no selections or conclusions, just books as they are found and used on the shelves. I certainly don't worry about which way up books are - not as if the words are going to fall out is it?

The rules - grab digicam, point and shoot. No arranging, just do it.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:02:46 +0000

In reply to veeb.

I couldn't agree more. I did try to get this kind of thing started, but it just didn't take off - funny that...?!!

As to your shelf, I particularly like the inclusion of the Moomins, but I do think you could put some of your older books the correct way up! ;)

By: veeb

veeb — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:47:08 +0000

I still think this is a more fun way of doing it though.

By: rachel2205

rachel2205 — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:36:02 +0000

In reply to mosskat55.

Well, the top 100 are the BBC's Big Read.

By: mosskat55

mosskat55 — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 18:58:55 +0000

Yup, I had this meme as well on my LJ. It's a bit of a funny one, don't you think? I've no idea where it all started, but I suspect that someone just wrote down what was in their bookcase, because we see the same authors coming up again and again (e.g. Terry Pratchett). Anyway, it's interesting to see what we've all read (or not). Sometimes surprising, too.
I wonder if you would like The Once and Future King. It was one of my favourite childhood books. It's hard to think of it as one book, though, because each part is so different. Walt Disney's "Sword in the Stone" was based on the first book of the novel, which is very childish, full of parody and humour. The following sections have a very different tone. Give it a go!