Booking Through Thursday: Libraries

Booking Through Thursday: Libraries
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Whether you usually read off of your own book pile or from the library shelves NOW, chances are you started off with trips to the library. (There’s no way my parents could otherwise have kept up with my book habit when I was 10.) So … What is your earliest memory of a library? Who took you? Do you have you any funny/odd memories of the library?

The earliest age I can remember going to the library is about age 5. My mother and grandmother took my brother (age 2) and I to the local library. I remember being in awe of all the books there! I wanted to stay there forever and read them all. Our town library was rather small and it did not take me long to read through the books there. Eventually mom had to take me to the “big city” library so that I would have something to read LOL.

BTT: Gold Medal Reading

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Deb asks…”Do you or have you ever read books about the Olympics? About sports in general?
Fictional ones? Or non-fiction? Or both? Do you consider yourself a sports fan? Because, of course, if you’re a rabid fan and read about sports constantly, there’s a logic there; if you hate sports and never read anything sports-related, that, too … but you don’t have to love sports to enjoy a good sports story. (Or a good sports movie, for that matter. Feel free to expand this into a discussion about “Friday Night Lights” or “The Natural” or whatever…)

My response: I have read a few sports books over the years but none that really stand out in my mind. I am not a die hard sports fan, but my favorite sports are football, baseball, World of Outlaws and NASCAR.

Does Taledaga Nights or Days of Thunder count as a good sport movie?

Booking Through Thursday: Other Worlds

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Questions Suggested by Miko

Are there any particular worlds in books where you’d like to live? One of my favorite books is “Gone With The Wind”. I would have loved to live back in that time…beautiful clothes, grand homes and men with manners. I also like places such as those found in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”, or “Harry Potter”.

Or where you certainly would NOT want to live? I would not like to live in a Star Trek kind of world. I don’t really get into all of that.

What about authors? If you were a character, who would you trust to write your life? I would trust many authors…Stephen King, Dan Brown, Sophie Kinsella, Dean Koontz and more.

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Booking Through Thursday – Endings

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What are your favorite final sentences from books? Is there a book that you liked specially because of its last sentence? Or a book, perhaps that you didn’t like but still remember simply because of the last line?

One line that stands out is my mind is “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” That line was stated by Rhett Butler in the book “Gone With The Wind”. However, it was not the last line of the book. The very last line is uttered by Scarlett O’Hara – “After all, tomorrow is another day.”

Booking Through Thursday: First Lines

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Suggested by: Nithin

Here’s another idea about memorable first lines from books.

What are your favorite first sentences from books? Is there a book that you liked specially because of its first sentence? Or a book, perhaps that you didn’t like but still remember simply because of the first line?

I cannot think of any book that I have liked or not liked just from the first sentence of that book. I guess there has not been any memorable first lines for me. I need to read deeper into a book for the book to take meaning.

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Booking Through Thursday: Vacation Spots

Booking Through Thursday: Vacation Spots
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Do you buy books while on vacation/holiday? Do you have favorite bookstores that you only get to visit while away on a trip?

I usually take a few books with me when I go on vacation/holiday or even just a day trip. Or I will take a variety crossword puzzle book with me. I have purchased books before while on vacation from the gas stations along the way, but I don’t make a point of stopping just to purchase a book.

Booking Through Thursday: Doomsday

Booking Through Thursday: Doomsday
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Deb says…”One of my favorite bookstores burned down last weekend, and while I only got to visit there while I was on vacation, it made me stop and think. What would you do if, all of a sudden, your favorite source of books was unavailable?
Whether it’s a local book shop, your town library, or an internet shop … what would you do if, suddenly, they were out of business? Devastatingly, and with no warning? Where would you go for books instead? What would you do? If it was a local business you would try to help out the owners? Would you just calmly start buying from some other store? Visit the library in the next town instead? Would it be devastating? Or just a blip in your reading habit?”

My Response: The local bookstore recently became a Pawn Shop, and it still has books but it is not the same. I would not be devastated if the book store, library or internet shop burned down because there are always other places to go for books. Even Wal Mart sells books (not that great in quality but at least they have books). I would look online for books, go to a different town and look for other stores to purchase from. I would be sad if my favorite place was gone but not to the point that I would stop reading

Booking Through Thursday: Holidays

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It’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S., so let’s keep today’s question simple–What are you reading? Anything special? Any particularly juicy summer reading?

I am currently (trying) to read “The Good Guy” by Dean Koontz. Work has been rather busy so that by the time I get home I just want to sit on the couch and do nothing. I plan on reading the new Odd Thomas book soon and a few others. I just have to get motivated to do so

Booking Through Thursday: Definition

Booking Through Thursday: Definition
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What, in your opinion, is the definition of a “reader.” A person who indiscriminately reads everything in sight? A person who reads BOOKS? A person who reads, period, no matter what it is? … Or, more specific? Like the specific person who’s reading something you wrote?

Anyone can be a “reader”…it does not matter if they read books, magazines, newspapers or something in a blog. People need to be a “reader” to get through life, whether it be reading a stop sign at the corner or a book on how to repair your sink.

Booking Through Thursday: Flavor

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Think about your favorite authors, your favorite books . . . what is it about them that makes you love them above all the other authors you’ve read? The stories? The characters? The way they appear to relish the taste of words on the tongue? The way they’re unafraid to show the nitty-gritty of life? How they sweep you off to a new, distant place? What is it about those books and authors that makes them resonate with you in ways that other, perfectly good books and authors do not?

I love Stephen King for the horror/thrill I experience from reading some of his books. Some of his books I read because of the actual characters. I have other authors that I like to read because their stories and characters draw me in and make me feel as if I am actually a part of the book. I enjoy being “taken” to far away places, fantasy land or even new countries.