Tiny Pleasures #360: Good Presents
Underpants and books - the perfect Christmas presents. I am a happy woman with a comfy bum and pile of interesting reading.
Tiny Pleasures #293: New Project Success
It was so much fun taking my Book Bar out for the first time this weekend to the Queenscliffe Literary Festival. I rolled around the streets reading book exerpts to people (and the occasional song). It's so exciting when I make a new project and it works beautifully. I met the loveliest people, had great
Tiny Pleasures #265: Choosing A New Book
Time for a new book on the bedside table. What to choose from the hundreds on my shelves and in stacks around the house? Which world shall I pop into via the portal of the page?
Tiny Pleasures #182: Time To Read Novels
When I went to uni to do my Arts Degree, I had to institute a ban on reading novels during semester. Once I start a novel, reading it is all I want to do until finished. To this day I am wary of starting of novel, for fear I will get swept up in its
Tiny Pleasures #27: Saving Books
As a reader it breaks my heart to think of books going in the bin. There are people who throw a book out after reading (my jaw dropped when I heard this) and others who send boxes of books to the dump when cleaning out a deceased relative's house. But, there are those who seek
Tiny Pleasures #12: Short Stories
I love short stories. I love it that they're short. Short and sweet. No extraneous words. Swift introductions and loose endings that leave acres of room for the imagination to play. Style aside, I love it that they're short - offering all the pleasure of a good story without being sucked into the vortex of
Tiny Pleasures #5: Very Old Books
What a treat to find the original manuscript of something centuries old at the tap of a button. I've been learning an old French drinking song - Chanson à Boire - and discovered today that it was published in 1615 by Gabriel Bataille. A little more digging down the rabbit hole of the internet and
Happiness as Anarchy #362: Books
Books have been a constant joy in my life. From the moment I could turn pages they fascinated me and by the time I could transform squiggles on the page into words and sentences and stories, books had become a non-negotiable part of my life. I have many, many of books in my house and
Happiness as Anarchy #336: Surprise books
Out of the blue this week I have been gifted two books by lovely friends. Both books look fascinating and are on topics close to my heart - Buenos Aires and French women. Thank you Libby and Suad. The only difficult thing is to decide which one shall I read first.
Happiness as Anarchy #242: Library Books
I love borrowing a real, hardcopy book from the library. I like the feel of a book in my hands and the flexibility to read almost anywhere. Physically going to the library to find and borrow the book is also a pleasure. One stumbles across all kinds of fascinating books as the eye roves the