I am very excited to be starring this weekend in Danielle's Lost in the Stacks feature on A Work in Progress. Here you will get to see my bookshelves and read about a few of the books that hold special meaning for me.
Danielle's is one of the book sites I followed for a year before I stepped out and started Belle, Book, and Candle on January 1, 2012. Danielle and I also exchanged snail-mail postcards as part of this year's Month of Letters Challenge held in February.
I am posting here some additional photographs showing my bookshelves in situ. Closer shots of my shelves are on Danielle's site.
If this is your first visit to Belle, Book, and Candle, please stop by again.
What a lovely space you have--it looks so light in your home yet also comfy, too. And I was wondering about the little figurine that I spotted on your shelf--am so glad to have a close up of it. Thanks so much for sharing your books!
ReplyDeleteThanks Danielle. I had fun answering your questions. I am glad you asked me to be part of your Lost in the Stacks feature.
DeleteI just found your blog via A Work in Progress. As I was looking at your beautiful shelves I noticed the Beverly Nichols books and thought, "I've got to check this blog out! I am still looking back through your posts, but see that we have quite a bit in common:
ReplyDelete1. My first job was also a library page, but in our Central Library downtown in the History & Travel Dept.
2. I really like Beverly Nichols and have found a few of his books used
3.Thirkell's Wild Strawberries is one of my favorite books and def. my favorite of hers. Very jealous of your beautiful pink book, altho I do have a pretty paperback.
4.David Grayson sounds lovely and I downloaded four of his books to my Kindle app on ipad (hope they are readable!)
5.Our mothers were born 2 years apart, so I'm guessing that we are close in age
6.I loved the first few Flavia de Luce books, but after a few, one I abandoned (#4 maybe?) and never went back again.
Thanks for sharing your shelves, I have a new book blog to follow now. (I do not blog myself.)
--Laura
Hi Laura and welcome. We do have a lot in common it seems!
Delete1. My library page job paid a whopping 50 cents an hour!
2. My prized Beverley Nichols book is 'Twenty-five' which I found at a used book shop off of Charing Cross Road in London in 2002. I paid two pounds for it. You can see it in the photo of a couple of books in the my secretary desk (second to last photo).
3. I was delighted to find that copy of 'Wild Strawberries'. What a fun book it is.
4. I hope you enjoy Mr. Grayson. I find that my breathing slows down when I read his words. So soothing.
5. We women of a certain age need to stick together!
6. I don't know what happened to Flavia. I enjoyed the first couple in the series but was so disappointed in the last one.
I post an entry every day so there is always something new here. I hope you will drop in often.
What a lovely home. I adore those chairs in the top photo. Wish I had room for a table and chairs.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jo. I bought those two upholstered chairs at a consignment shop a couple of years ago. I passed them by and then couldn't get them out of my mind so went back the next day and purchased them. I have never regretted it! That 'table' is really my desk. I love how it disappears in the room. The chair that I use is one that was in my father's family. I have a photo of my grandfather sitting in it. It fits perfectly at the desk and I am so glad to have it.
DeleteApart from the joy of seeing others' books, it has introduced me to others' blogs, so Hello from me in the south of the UK! What a lovely selection of books you have and what a pretty room they are in. I like the way items other than books are also on your shelves - sadly, I have too many books (yes, you can have too many, I think, but even though I've recently weeded them and 179 have gone, there is still not any room for more on shelves!) so no space for things other than books.
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Hi Margaret P. and welcome to Belle, Book, and Candle. I would really prefer to have shelves lining every wall! I have had to restrain myself and try to keep books contained in the three main bookcases. I know I can move some of the decorative items and get more room when I need to. It is a challenge to keep things tidy!
DeleteYour house and your books are fantastic. I have some of those same Beverely Nichols books and am currently reading No Place Like Home, at the recommendation of Pining for the West.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to meet Richard Harris when he was in Boston in Camelot. You're so lucky to have done it! Was he nice? I had such a crush on him when I was a teenager. Do you think it's a coincidence that my husband looks very much like him?!
Hi Joan. Thanks for your kind words about the house. I am not familiar with Mr. Nichols's No Place Like Home but will add it to my list and be on the lookout for a copy. He is a wonderful writer! I also have a copy of "Twenty-five" by him. It is quite gossipy.
DeleteRichard Harris was a delight. And so handsome. And charming. I had an 'in' with one of the stagehands which is how I got backstage to meet him. There were a couple of other folks who had some connection with his hometown or his school...I can't quite remember. They sort of monopolized the conversation which was OK as I was too awestruck to say much.
I was the first to see him come out from his dressing room after changing, and he grabbed my hand, looked into my eyes and said, "I had no idea you were waiting for me." I swooned. He spent quite a bit of time chatting with us. I was thrilled to meet him!
You and Danielle; two of my very favorite spots to spend time at. I'll hop over in a bit and take a look, Belle. I love that doll above and know I will enjoy the post. Thank you so much for sharing it with all.
ReplyDeleteHi Penny. I believe that funny little book quote comes from Louisa Mae Alcott. The figure was given to me by a good friend who knows me only too well.
DeleteI also came from A Work in Progress, I haven't been here before but it's nice to "meet" you.
ReplyDeleteYour home is gorgeous. The photos have something very lovely and soothing.
Hi Caroline. Nice to 'meet' you too. I so enjoy my home. It is a shotgun house (so called because you could stand at the front door, shoot, and the bullet would go out straight out the back door). When I remodeled I opened up and connected the two front rooms which gave me so much more light in both spaces. I hope you will come back for another visit!
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