tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179173949540144435.post8567997789403865814..comments2012-04-10T11:56:09.264+10:00Comments on One step forward each day: Courtly or carnal lover of books?Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01966580170828842100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179173949540144435.post-30181075829229383442010-05-20T09:55:57.569+10:002010-05-20T09:55:57.569+10:00Thanks Gae - I realised about Golden books AFTER m...Thanks Gae - I realised about Golden books AFTER my son had ripped up some old ones we bought. I have to buy some new one for him to rip and save the second hand ones for the future. My aunt bought me a beautiful second-hand copy of Marcellino Bread and Wine and I have covered it and it remains high on the shelf where little hands can't reach it. I will read it to them when they are older though.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966580170828842100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179173949540144435.post-72279211743846894222010-05-20T09:53:04.148+10:002010-05-20T09:53:04.148+10:00Hi liz, Thanks for your comments! Definitely a kin...Hi liz, Thanks for your comments! Definitely a kindred spirit. I love to re-read my favourite books and reading your comment, I am torn between the two options. Anne Fadiman writes of the joy of discovering your side annotations of 20 years ago - like going back in time. I couldn't underline I Bible I don't think! I LOVE your blog and I look forward to reading it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966580170828842100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179173949540144435.post-63729891561079938662010-05-19T22:16:30.475+10:002010-05-19T22:16:30.475+10:00Sarah,
We're definitely carnal lovers of book...Sarah,<br /><br />We're definitely carnal lovers of books around here, although my son leans more towards the courtly end of things than the rest of us. My granddaughter (LW of Writing Living Epistles) is definitely a book eater (my kids weren't nearly as much into devouring the physical books as she has been, although she is improving slightly). A Bible, a breviary, a missal gets treated with more respect, but I do underline in Bibles. Perhaps if what we had were leather covered volumes of ancient age we'd be more respectful of the actual physical book. However, as it is no matter how well treated books tend to not have incredibly long lives in this era, so we simply enjoy them to the hilt while we have them. I must admit, however, that I still haven't brought out my long sought after copy of The Cow and the Silo to read to LW just yet. I'm waiting until the urge to eat corners and rip pages has passed.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127202199834183627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179173949540144435.post-91272506132576299622010-05-19T17:18:12.363+10:002010-05-19T17:18:12.363+10:00Dear Sarah,
I hope you achieve all you want to fro...Dear Sarah,<br />I hope you achieve all you want to from this blog.<br />I loved reading this about books.<br />I would say we are middling of the road. It sometimes depends on the book, and dare I say what we paid for it and how rare it s.<br />My Tasaha Tudor books and some others like this. I guard more jealously than say a Golden book. But some golden books are out of print and these are more special too.<br />Love to have you visit (again) and hear from you too.<br />God Bless<br />GaeGaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505329167788856051noreply@blogger.com