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Category Archives: Thoughts

Guest Review: B&N’s Nook

Jason is a near and dear friend.  He was the best man in our wedding.  We love him.  He is also a constant source of techy-jealousy in our house.  When he got an iPhone before Shaun, Shaun was inconsolable for days.  Seriously. This time, a little ol’ e-reader that is the device prompting envy.  I [...]

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
-The Lorax, Dr. Seuss

Bookish Thoughts: Great Book-Related Quote

You guys know I love me some Stephen King.  I am reading Hearts in Atlantis right now and in the first little chapter came across this gem:
” ‘There are books full of great writing that don’t have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, Bobby.  Don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. [...]

Bookish Thoughts: Hidden Door Bookshelf

This would be an absolute dream come true:

I just picture opening this and it leading to our cozy little library room.  Wouldn’t that be amazing?
There are directions on Instructables about how to DIY this.  Five easy steps and all this can be yours.
I don’t think that our landlords are going to be pleased….

Beautiful Blogger Award

For the first time in my blog’s young life, she has been given an award!  And like any good, worthy award this is not for her smarts or how fast she can run, or her great singing voice. Nope.  All she had to do was sit around and be pretty.  Yup, the Miss America of [...]

Bookish Thoughts: Bathtub Bookshelf

I feel like I remember seeing this awhile back, but just recently stumbled upon it again.
My first thought is: What?! All the books will get wet. Then I remember that my husband has a towering stack of books in the bathroom anyway, just much more precariously placed than they would be here. I also am [...]

Moment of Silence

J.D. Salinger died today.
So sad.

Bookish Thoughts: BookBook

I emailed my husband this morning and told him that he could finally order his coveted macbook… if only he got this to go with it:

Isn’t that awesome? I’m totally in love.
I even love that they call it “bookbook”… like macbook…only bookbook. Get it? Awesome.
Unfortunately for my husband and myself, a macbook [...]

I’m a Twitter-er now!

I don’t know if that’s right? I am still a little lost on all the Twitter lingo and have never fully understood how it all works, but to overcome my Twitter-phobia, I signed up for an account yesterday.  I plan to put blog updates and just fun, personal stuff on there too.
Here is the link [...]

Bookish Thoughts: Frame Shelves

Are these not amazing?

They are frames. They are shelves. They are beautiful.
I organize my books by color, so I can just picture a green frame, a red frame, a blue frame and so on.  Amazing.
They are kind of pricey, but I’m pretty crafty.  These can’t be that hard to make.
Now my little creative juices are [...]