My first review of PaperBack Swap went up in March, just a couple months after I registered on the site. Now it’s been another six months, and I wanted to do another review — I hope you find it helpful if you’re considering signing up. Keeping the balance In my March review I mentioned that…
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Review: PaperBack Swap
As promised in my 2013 Bookish Goals post I’ve spent the last couple of months trying out PaperBack Swap. Now that I’ve had a chance to both send and receive books I’d like to offer a review of the service for those who are looking for new ways to economically source books. What is PaperBack…
Thoughts on “Styled” Bookcases
Late last year I ran across an article entitled “How to Achieve a Well Styled Bookcase.” The author had some good suggestions, and some even better photos, but the only thing I could think as I read was, “Why not ‘style’ them with, I dunno, books?” Growing up, the main decor of my house was…
Review: The Reading Promise
When Alice Ozma was in elementary school, she and her father—a school librarian—made a pact to read aloud together every night. This pact (known as “The Streak”) lasts through illnesses, rehearsals, traffic jams, and dates, and only ends when Alice leaves for college — an insane 3,218 days later. The Reading Promise: My Father and…
Musing Mondays: Culling vs. Surrendering
(Musing Mondays is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading. Just click on the image to share your answer to this week’s musing!) This week’s musing is: “There’s a discussion on NPR about the simple fact that there’s no way you can read, see, and experience all the things that are available to be experienced….