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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you “The Book Loft.” Located in the German Heritage district of Columbus, Ohio, it is the largest independent bookseller in the United States.
32 rooms of books. Long, narrow corridors lined top to bottom with shelves upon shelves of books. So many tiny rooms, winding staircases, and niches that you’d get lost if they didn’t actually have maps posted every ten feet.
This, my friends, is one of the coolest places I’ve ever been to.
The Summer Kitchen by Lisa Wingate Rating: * * * * Summary: The Summer Kitchen is a heart-warming novel about a woman lost in her own life, but trying to make a difference in others’ lives. One of her sons has just recently left, her youngest son is not making the grades he should be and her husband is M.I.A. When she finds a little girl who cannot afford to eat, she finds the courage to do anything to help the girl and escape her own life. Review: A wonderful book for readers young and old. Wingate does a great job of making the main character relatable to anyone who may pick up the novel as she faces complications in her life that are not uncommon in society. This novel also reminded me of The Help by Kathryn Stockett in the sense of community that Wingate creates whereas Stockett makes it always prevalent. This is a novel I suggest you add to your “must read” list.
I Knew You’d Be Lovely by Alethea Black
Rating: * * *
Summary: I Knew You’d Be Lovely is a short story collection by the new emerging author, Alethea Black. The stories follow characters, on their journeys through life. Many, if not all of the stories, hold the inspirational motto that everything will get better, despite the events that have occurred. Anything can be overcome - a lost relationship, a lost job or a lost life.
Review: I picked up the book because I see short story collections as the perfect way to cleanse the reading palate after making your way through a novel that you didn’t want to let go of, and this did just that. A refreshing book full of fun stories that are easy to read. Black utilizes her story-telling ability and runs with it, releasing the reader into her head and the character’s minds. My only complaint is the lack of originality in the morals and plot lines. It’s a good starting point, now Black needs to run with ideas a bit more outside of the romantic range.
Are You a Literature Abuser?
131- I have read fiction when I was depressed, or to cheer myself up.
- I have gone on reading binges of an entire book or more in a day.
- I read rapidly, often ‘gulping’ chapters.
- I have sometimes read early in the morning or before work.
- I have hidden books in different places to sneak a chapter without being seen.
- Sometimes I avoid friends or family obligations in order to read novels.
- Sometimes I re-write film or television dialog as the characters speak.
- I am unable to enjoy myself with others unless there is a book nearby.
- At a party, I will often slip off unnoticed to read.
- Reading has made me seek haunts and companions which I would otherwise avoid.
- I have neglected personal hygiene or household chores until I have finished a novel.
- I have spent money meant for necessities on books instead.
- I have attempted to check out more library books than permitted.
- Most of my friends are heavy fiction readers.
- I have sometimes passed out from a night of heavy reading.
- I have suffered ‘blackouts’ or memory loss from a bout of reading.
- I have wept, become angry or irrational because of something I read.
- I have sometimes wished I did not read so much.
- Sometimes I think my reading is out of control.
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"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
Carl Sagan (via estincelle)
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