tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952025162221058229.post401035034745480125..comments2023-09-25T05:14:36.735-04:00Comments on Anything But Beige: The Comfort of Real BooksBarbara Beigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366173684776600667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952025162221058229.post-39738291554557927302011-05-04T01:02:19.665-04:002011-05-04T01:02:19.665-04:00I've always wanted a library as large as my be...I've always wanted a library as large as my bedroom, every wall filled with shelves, filled with books, with a desk covered in books, and a couch, a chair, a chaise lounge surrounded by piles of books (without the smell of mildew and mold - ughh). Instead, I make do with my modest library and office book shelves and books cached in the bathroom, and under the bed, and behind the leather chair, behind the seats of both the cars, hidden in most bags in the house, and the island in the kitchen, a few in each of the guest bedrooms and a couple in a friend's car trunk (grrr) not to mention the paperbacks in my heavy winter coats and the bins still out the garage and the storage unit filled with books that if I don't pay them soon they'll burn. Somehow I make do...Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001699594767969308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952025162221058229.post-72375346324569637042011-05-03T21:37:35.756-04:002011-05-03T21:37:35.756-04:00I agree. I've read E-books and I can deal wit...I agree. I've read E-books and I can deal with them... and better for the environment for sure. But I can't see taking an e-book reader to the beach... one of the joys of a paperback is that one doesn't care if one loses it or spills a cocktail on it! Anyway...fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00781724083146070808noreply@blogger.com