Comments on: Have You Lost Touch With Your Avid Inner Reader?

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:31:24 +0000

In reply to barbdelong. You're not getting old! But it's a bummer when the eyesight dims, isn't it?

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:30:41 +0000

In reply to scribelady. LOL. You are a brave soul to continue loaning out books, ScribeLady. I am slowly turning in books on my shelf to the library with books that I check out. If it's "an accident," they'll take those great books and bind them to give them new life. I just bought the Chronicles of Narnia AND Little Women for my girlie. She's ready for them, but we're still finishing Harry Potter. Book 7, and it's getting crazy now. :-)

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:27:59 +0000

In reply to Jeanne Kern. Jeanne, you remember that moment of learning to read? What a treasure that is. The books came together for me with Go Spot Go. And I remember the words, "See Jane run." on the page. I don't know what book they were in, but I remember being excited that I could READ.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:25:56 +0000

In reply to Laura Drake. LOL. I can just imagine you, skipping down the hall. :-) A great book is a majestic thing of beauty, isn't it?

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:26:48 +0000

In reply to Laura Drake. I like to think of cows appreciating poetry. It's like a Far Side cartoon.

By: Fae Rowen

Fae Rowen — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:16:20 +0000

In reply to Eldred Bird. I was a little later with the subscription. Money was tight and I was tight with what I had! But I saved those magazines for decades!

By: Justine Covington

Justine Covington — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:58:16 +0000

In reply to Laura Drake. Haha! Me too!!

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:45:24 +0000

I love this post so much, I want to hug it! This one especially struck me: "4. Some of your best childhood friends lived inside of books." Yep, Nancy (Drew) and Laura (Ingalls) were two of my favorite friends growing up. Thanks for reminding us of our love of reading, Jenny!

By: barbdelong

barbdelong — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:52:00 +0000

Great post, Jen! I read everything, too, and all the time. Must get new glasses/contact lenses. Getting old. 🙂

By: scribelady

scribelady — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:02:14 +0000

At least five of the descriptions sound familiar to me--especially flashlight reading, and books as best friends. If I lend a book to someone, I do it knowing that I am taking a chance of never seeing the book again, or getting it back in worse condition than when I loaned it. But I do loan some out, anyway.

Right now I am reading Book Seven of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle, for the first time, and enjoying it. I'm lost in Narnia, and that's OK.