tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post4719452176082822667..comments2023-12-27T17:26:35.546+00:00Comments on A Smaller and Simpler Life: A Rummage Through My Bookshelves ... Books, Books and More BooksSue http://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-32029614006265804332022-09-04T20:11:43.950+01:002022-09-04T20:11:43.950+01:00I'm going to enlarge all your photo's and ...I'm going to enlarge all your photo's and have a good look at all these titles. Thanks!Mikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934749803635386558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-31918046828401157902022-09-04T16:33:38.488+01:002022-09-04T16:33:38.488+01:00I have to whisper all this as DH is sitting right ...I have to whisper all this as DH is sitting right beside me, lol, When I think about and realize all the different places I have books in this house the number is about 1,500 or there abouts. Good grief!! It doesn't seem that many when they're spread around in many different rooms. I do get rid of books after I've read them now, I didn't used to. God help us if we have to move, and down size at some point. Right now I could get rid of a lot of craft, quilting, knitting, sewing and recipe books and never miss them. That would make a slight dint😊. I wish we had something like your Ziffit(?) here. I do take lots of books to the big annual book sales, I just have to stop buying🙁😊 Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10866037113557348210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-53384848320806175582022-09-04T10:46:30.251+01:002022-09-04T10:46:30.251+01:00It's nice to give some books away but it's...It's nice to give some books away but it's also good to hang on to the real favourites isn't it. I have a lot still waiting to be read, including JoJo Moyes'.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-8856808654209437662022-09-04T10:45:22.405+01:002022-09-04T10:45:22.405+01:00A lovely coincidence ... those Bosh boys get every...A lovely coincidence ... those Bosh boys get everywhere!! :-)Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-67563798118451497562022-09-03T19:34:19.823+01:002022-09-03T19:34:19.823+01:00You have some very interesting, and readable books...You have some very interesting, and readable books. I have given such a lot away this year, and hate to part with some of them. I like anything that JoJo Moyes has written.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-51015721512866262182022-09-03T17:29:25.611+01:002022-09-03T17:29:25.611+01:00In my Bookmark list of blogs, I have your blog rig...In my Bookmark list of blogs, I have your blog right under Yorkshire Puddings blog and his son is one of the authors of your Bosh book. What a coincidence!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-77286594286579052692022-09-02T17:04:06.906+01:002022-09-02T17:04:06.906+01:00I am so pleased, phew, you are so welcome and Mum ...I am so pleased, phew, you are so welcome and Mum is chuffed to bits that her cards are travelling the country, visiting peoples homes.xChrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15265885693374549426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-5648121093147924002022-09-02T15:41:48.326+01:002022-09-02T15:41:48.326+01:00Well, it was tidy before but even tidier once I ha...Well, it was tidy before but even tidier once I had re-organised everything and given the shelves a good clean. :-) <br /><br />I'm sure Sue will spot this post in her own time, hopefully it will inspire her to share her shelves with us, we've not seen her collection of books since she moved.<br /><br />Only 27 books ... gosh!! You have permission to buy one bookie treat a month until Christmas ... and then you can ask for some more for presents. ;-) I wouldn't survive with just 27 books, I could perhaps whittle it down to a hundred, but it would be a tough job!!Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-82892763889231238262022-09-02T15:38:16.578+01:002022-09-02T15:38:16.578+01:00You've reminded me that I gave a lot of books ...You've reminded me that I gave a lot of books away during and just after lockdown. It was nice to be able to put a box on the wall near the flat whenever the weather was dry enough to do that. I did take a few from someone else who was doing the same too.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-84739857844515033312022-09-02T15:36:35.819+01:002022-09-02T15:36:35.819+01:00You're naming a few of my absolute favourite t...You're naming a few of my absolute favourite there, it's nice to have books that you can re-read and fall in love with all over again isn't it.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-83137323241516384542022-09-02T15:35:49.677+01:002022-09-02T15:35:49.677+01:00Yes, I've been known to buy duplicates in the ...Yes, I've been known to buy duplicates in the past. :-) Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-26272385423515029982022-09-02T15:34:54.582+01:002022-09-02T15:34:54.582+01:00Talking of cards, thank you so much ... and many t...Talking of cards, thank you so much ... and many thanks to your Mum ... for the lovely cards you sent to me. There was no extra postage to pay, partly I think to do with the fact that I recently praised our local sorting office which is just up the road giving them a massive shout out on Facebook for something they did for me, and they done lots of other nice things since. <br /><br />I think I have all of Nigel Slater's books, he's a lovely writer as well as cook. Yes, I loved 'Toast' too and have it on DVD, it's been watched a few times.<br /><br />Thanks again. xxSue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-2060470605555682852022-09-02T14:52:04.161+01:002022-09-02T14:52:04.161+01:00Wow a lovely book collection and so NEAT! I think...Wow a lovely book collection and so NEAT! I think you have possibly made a certain other Sue a very happy lady today! ;)<br /><br />I've just counted my few remaining books and I have just 27 including my school prayer book and bible. Over 100 on my kindle but it's not the same at all! Do you think I deserve a bookie treat now that we are settled? ;)Pensive Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753467730053378848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-45074348737913246432022-09-02T14:17:53.598+01:002022-09-02T14:17:53.598+01:00What a treat to have a trip around your bookshelve...What a treat to have a trip around your bookshelves. During the first lockdown in 2020, I gave away around 200 books free on the local fb page. I tend to read all fiction books on kindle now but keep my non fiction books in a bookcase in the study. CatrionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-38526306180933126272022-09-02T13:54:04.842+01:002022-09-02T13:54:04.842+01:00I loved looking through your bookshelves. What a t...I loved looking through your bookshelves. What a treat! Lots of my favourites in there - Homesick, Moneyless man, Garden in the hills, Nella Last...I could go on & on but won't.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937973683555515741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-91997319935512022912022-09-02T11:30:19.621+01:002022-09-02T11:30:19.621+01:00I enjoyed browsing your bookshelves. I have or on...I enjoyed browsing your bookshelves. I have or once had many of the same books as yourself. I keep a record of the books I have read on Pinterest which helps me avoid buying doubles😁Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686744139490983033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501869780961229827.post-58594375212076285582022-09-02T08:52:50.157+01:002022-09-02T08:52:50.157+01:00I love to look through my books every so often esp...I love to look through my books every so often especially as hidden amongst the pages of them are cards both made by and given to me by my children over the years, it's always a lovely thing to come across them but it also means I have to give them a good shake before sending to a charity shop. You have more Nigel Slater books than I, he is also so lovely to watch on the television, I covet his kitchen and garden and find him so relaxing to watch and listen too and so enjoyed " Toast", I often look through recipe books for bedtime reading , Atlas's too, I find them fascinating. The world would be a sad place without books.Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15265885693374549426noreply@blogger.com