tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post9162170476957106370..comments2018-04-26T18:55:51.070+01:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Books and PeopleGraham Edwardshttps://plus.google.com/108749692977057386526noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-26162292942455656242017-04-06T08:33:32.865+01:002017-04-06T08:33:32.865+01:00Thank you Virginia. I&#39;d love to say that one d...Thank you Virginia. I&#39;d love to say that one day I might just pop in but I think it unlikely I shall ever be over that side of the world.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4398752888367322442017-04-06T08:32:07.889+01:002017-04-06T08:32:07.889+01:00Monica I think that I might know that it was a Sca...Monica I think that I might know that it was a Scandinavian language.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-585693702550462542017-04-04T00:43:57.334+01:002017-04-04T00:43:57.334+01:00You&#39;re welcome to peruse my bookcase anytime G...You&#39;re welcome to peruse my bookcase anytime GB.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-51943731966026074992017-03-27T23:32:26.072+01:002017-03-27T23:32:26.072+01:00The short story is that we have no room. In genera...The short story is that we have no room. In general I am not a hoarder but I have difficulty getting rid of fabrics whether it be pieces that have never been made into anything or finished items that I have a particular attachment tokyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-53907720022110403232017-03-27T08:38:51.616+01:002017-03-27T08:38:51.616+01:00Well we&#39;re at one on that one CJ.Well we&#39;re at one on that one CJ.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-89421634381497770742017-03-27T08:37:52.719+01:002017-03-27T08:37:52.719+01:00Thank you Kylie. I&#39;m glad you enjoyed the post...Thank you Kylie. I&#39;m glad you enjoyed the post. Dare I ask why you parted with your books or are you just not a hoarder?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-46459107337478522382017-03-27T03:50:34.969+01:002017-03-27T03:50:34.969+01:00Looking at people&#39;s bookcases is a favourite o...Looking at people&#39;s bookcases is a favourite occupation of mine and most thinking people are happy when you ask them because it means you&#39;re taking an interest in them and their tastes.John Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-24253394603666709142017-03-25T04:36:50.394+00:002017-03-25T04:36:50.394+00:00You would be welcome to look at my bookshelves but...You would be welcome to look at my bookshelves but I doubt you would learn a lot because most of my books have been given away.<br />I read recently that one should be wary of anyone whose TV is bigger than their bookcase and through no choice of mine, I think I fail that test. I can also say that t here is probably more than a grain of truth in it.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this postkyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-83226408543987092052017-03-23T16:45:43.616+00:002017-03-23T16:45:43.616+00:00But you know that already, Graham! ;) A more chall...But you know that already, Graham! ;) A more challenging question: if you didn&#39;t know that the books were mine, would you know that the language was Swedish?DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4053867505698083102017-03-20T16:53:29.639+00:002017-03-20T16:53:29.639+00:00Mark I tried memory training years ago in my 20s s...Mark I tried memory training years ago in my 20s starting with Mum&#39;s books on Pelmanism: all to no avail. I learned to accept that I have an appalling memory.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37873467354897809382017-03-20T15:12:43.375+00:002017-03-20T15:12:43.375+00:00In all fairness it&#39;s been six years but I&#39;...In all fairness it&#39;s been six years but I&#39;m having a <a href="http://galenote.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/books-1.html" rel="nofollow">strong sense of deja vu</a>, oh and <a href="http://galenote.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/what-do-my-books-tell-you.html" rel="nofollow">from last year as well</a>. Maybe we should add a book of memory exercises to a shelf somewhere :)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29483969998946536442017-03-20T12:30:14.768+00:002017-03-20T12:30:14.768+00:00Humph YP!Humph YP!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1415423857201125342017-03-20T12:28:48.574+00:002017-03-20T12:28:48.574+00:00Well, he was from the north west. Perhaps that exp...Well, he was from the north west. Perhaps that explains it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-23571111943194664232017-03-20T09:25:01.015+00:002017-03-20T09:25:01.015+00:00Thank you Liz. I don&#39;t buy anywhere near as ma...Thank you Liz. I don&#39;t buy anywhere near as many books now as I used to and, to be honest, I don&#39;t read as many either. Many of my books on my visible bookshelves (I have far more on bookshelves in the loft) are reference books. Nowadays, ironically, it is often much easier just to Google what one wants to know. Friends do come and &#39;raid&#39; my shelves (even braving the loft to do so) for reading material.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-58584363307180608862017-03-20T00:55:10.516+00:002017-03-20T00:55:10.516+00:00I definitely wouldn&#39;t be offended if you perus...I definitely wouldn&#39;t be offended if you perused my bookshelves. I absolutely LOVE books and I can&#39;t bear to get rid of them, unless I really disliked the book. Every bookshelf I have (and there are many) is full of books. In fact, anytime I am in a book shop, I have a compulsion to buy at least one... usually more! Our adult children always know where to come if they don&#39;t have any new reading material.<br />I love your thought provoking/conversation starting posts! I love your photography posts to (but you already knew that). :)Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541748309832254889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71350936097546187092017-03-19T16:55:08.494+00:002017-03-19T16:55:08.494+00:00Oh dear Meike you were absolutely correct. I did a...Oh dear Meike you were absolutely correct. I did an almost identical post (<a href="http://galenote.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/what-do-my-books-tell-you.html" rel="nofollow">What Do My Books Tell You</a>) last May. It&#39;s quite interesting in that it anticipated the Kindle question too. I had completely forgotten.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35474517712728928022017-03-19T16:26:15.774+00:002017-03-19T16:26:15.774+00:00Jill I sometimes look for a book I know that I hav...Jill I sometimes look for a book I <i>know</i> that I have only to find that it&#39;s gone in one of my culls. I then spend ages wondering how I could ever have let it go.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38925101537950381722017-03-19T16:16:26.392+00:002017-03-19T16:16:26.392+00:00Meike I agree absolutely. It didn&#39;t even occu...Meike I agree absolutely. It didn&#39;t even occur to me someone with whom I was friendly might not be happy. Which makes it even more odd that I should have asked if he minded. I think I was just being over polite.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-72494339075126455712017-03-19T16:14:10.211+00:002017-03-19T16:14:10.211+00:00I think I&#39;d deduce, Monica, that you were flue...I think I&#39;d deduce, Monica, that you were fluent in Swedish. I suspect that it&#39;s not a language people tend keep books in unless they are fluent.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80458286824166476472017-03-19T15:21:55.407+00:002017-03-19T15:21:55.407+00:00I can not dispose of my books either. It would be ...I can not dispose of my books either. It would be the same as lopping off a friendship! We moved house twice during the last five years, each time into smaller homes and I was forced to do some eliminating (duplicates and ones I had really not liked) ... very traumatic. I miss them still. I donated most to library sales and was sorely tempted to go and buy them back.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62236188606380562042017-03-19T12:09:02.163+00:002017-03-19T12:09:02.163+00:00Not your colleague, but a friend, I have just real...Not your colleague, but a friend, I have just realised. As a friend, he had even less reasons for being upset.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-24344107937387440952017-03-19T12:07:29.854+00:002017-03-19T12:07:29.854+00:00Well, you were at your colleague&#39;s house and a...Well, you were at your colleague&#39;s house and allowed into a room with book shelves - so the books were openly displayed, not hidden somewhere. I would understand the man being upset if you had been rummaging around in the room, opening cabinet doors and desk drawers, but you had not. What is on a shelf is visible to anyone, just like pictures hung on a wall. If he did not want you to see his books, he should have kept you waiting somewhere else, in the hallway maybe.<br />I do that, too, look at people&#39;s book shelves. If I remember correctly, we were on about that a few years ago on my blog, either by a post or in comments to a post.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60965752792601770982017-03-19T09:53:04.350+00:002017-03-19T09:53:04.350+00:00Graham, you&#39;d be welcome to browse my bookshel...Graham, you&#39;d be welcome to browse my bookshelves anytime. I think I&#39;d enjoy watching you trying to make sense of the Swedish titles... ;) On a more serious note, I like looking at people&#39;s bookshelves myself, and I don&#39;t usually mind people inspecting mine. The &#39;Kindle factor&#39; applies for me too, though... And also a growing collection of downloaded Audible audio books, also only visible on my phone or computer. Which might give the false impression (judging from just my bookshelves) that I stopped reading years ago, even if in fact I did not!DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90839999135875754272017-03-19T08:57:44.840+00:002017-03-19T08:57:44.840+00:00Nancy I admire your willpower in getting rid of bo...Nancy I admire your willpower in getting rid of books. I certainly agree with you about books on display in &#39;public&#39; rooms. That&#39;s probably why I never expected the response I got and why the incident has stuck with me so vividly these last 40 years.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-81853706413559311452017-03-19T08:54:17.951+00:002017-03-19T08:54:17.951+00:00The difference between what a person is like and w...The difference between what a person is like and what a person is interested in would be a good topic for discussion Red.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com
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