I wanted to share a link of beautiful and unique bookstores from around the world. Enjoy!
Category Archives: Reading
What Kind of Bookmarks Do You Use?
I am interested in what you use as a bookmark. I have a basic one from the library and I use it until it wears out. The bookmarks I use don’t have any special qualities or significance. They are simply functional.
I read one book at a time. Some of you read several books at once, so you will need a lot of markers. Do you use certain ones for specific purposes? Do you get them from the library or cheap ones from bookstores or do you actually go out and buy them?
Should be interesting to read your responses.
Teaching Children to Love Reading
I wanted to share an excellent article with you that will help you instill a love for reading in your children. Personally, books were a constant companion of my childhood. I can’t remember not reading. I have loved it passionately for as long as I can remember.
What thoughts do you have about the following article?
Reading helps us in every area of our lives. It helps us become successful in school and later in our careers and it helps us grow as individuals by either teaching us new information or by allowing us to step into someone else’s shoes. Reading can also help us become more compassionate and empathetic, as well as give us pure enjoyment and relaxation.
Instilling a love of reading in your child is one of the best gifts you can give them in their life. Here are 11 ways to do just that.
Have to Keep Reading…
Great novels are jealous lovers that consume you & won’t let you go. You read in the car, bathroom, the park and the office — everywhere you can snatch a moment to spend with them. Bleary-eyed, you march on, hand in hand, until the end.
Then, you miss them when they are gone, knowing you still have the memories to sustain you on long days when the pain of separation becomes unbearable.
That is, until another one bats its eyes and pulls you into its spell…
Interview with Richard Mansel
I have been interviewing writers, novelists and bloggers. I thought, why would I ask them to do what I am not willing to do? So, I am combining some questions from several of their interviews and interviewing myself.
My purpose is to share my thoughts on writing, so my readers can become more familiar with me. Hopefully, along the way, the readers of this interview will learn some things to help them grow as a writer.
It was a very interesting exercise that I recommend.
1. How did you get started as a writer?
In the fourth grade, I began writing short stories and sharing them with friends. When the sixth grade came along, Mrs. Pierce, allowed me to read my stories to the class. The students requested their favorites and I read them with immense pride.
I continued to write through the years, but I was less serious. When I began preaching, my writing became more important. I wrote religious articles and had some published. One day I submitted an article to Forthright Magazine and they published it and then another. I was asked to be a columnist and over 300 articles later, I am very honored to be a columnist and Managing Editor.
I am humbled that my articles have appeared in several publications, newspapers and websites. I have been privileged to produce chapters in ten books and to be the author of The Most Important Question, a book on the plan and purpose of salvation.
All of this and more, hearkens back to a teacher allowing a shy, gangly boy to read his stories to his class. If only she knew.
Writer’s Thoughts 8/5/10
“A writer’s voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer’s voice is the stroke of an artist’s brush—is the thumbprint of her whole person—her idea, wit, humor, passions, rhythms” [Patricia Lee Gauch].
“A good title should be like a good metaphor. It should intrigue without being too baffling or too obvious” [Walker Percy].
“Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day” [Ray Bradbury].
“I rewrote the ending of Farewell to Arms 39 times before I was satisfied” [Ernest Hemingway].
Excellent analysis of Dostoevsky’s, “The Gambler.” In doing so, teaches some good lessons about plot development.
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