Comments on: Sharing is caring

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:30:18 +0000

We’ve yet to share e-books, since I use my Kindle mostly for work reading, but now that you mention it, she did get a Kindle for Christmas. Hmmm…

The book I was talking about is Nova Ren Suma’s IMAGINARY GIRLS (which happens to be represented by Michael). It’s a gorgeous, atmospheric, literary, and paranormal YA novel with the bond between two sisters at its core. You should share it with your sister as well!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:26:21 +0000

Just as with books, we have overlapping but not the same taste. Maybe less so with movies than TV and books, I guess.

By: Katie Carroll

Katie Carroll — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:12:36 +0000

I also share books with my sister! I’m lucky enough that she lives within walking distance. I could practically throw a book to her house. I was so excited when she finally got a Nook for Christmas, so now we share e-books too.

I’m curious to know the title of the book about sisterly love you mention in the post. Please share if you don’t mind.

By: Tami Veldura

Tami Veldura — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:00:27 +0000

There’s a group of 4 of us, myself included, that share books. We all met in college and now whenever any one of us reads a book we recommend it (or don’t) to the others. With 4 different people vetting books we go through a LOT of text VERY quickly.

By: Gilbert J. Avila

Gilbert J. Avila — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:59:11 +0000

I have a personal tradition. When I meet someone–usually a young person–I like to “feed their heads.” Their parents tell me that I am a good influence on them. I like to stimulate their intellects. I’m pleased to state that many have gone on to college. I’ve fed my daughter’s head and I’m continuing to do so with my granddaughter. My granddaughter will inherit a respectable library when I’m gone. (And I’ve been a reader for most of my 62 years.)

By: Kay Elam

Kay Elam — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:18:27 +0000

I have a sorority sister I see two or three times a year. When we get together, we swap shopping bags full of paperbacks. It reminds me of trading comic books when I was a child. I wonder, however, how e-readers will change this tradition with my friend. I love the “feel” of books, but the convenience and size of e-readers make them attractive, especially when traveling.

Have a good weekend.

By: Giora

Giora — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:44:53 +0000

The special bond between you and your sister, enjoying reading the same books, is a blessing. I wonder if you also like the same movies and TV shows. At least I know now that if Katey will like my book, then you will like it too. Hence, I’ll send query to Katey …:) Best wishes from Canada.

By: Catherine Whitney

Catherine Whitney — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:39:27 +0000

This is sweet, Lauren. I could relate, because I am the same way–in particular, with my Mom, who is 85. Every birthday, Christmas and Mother’s Day, I send her a box of my favorite books, and we discuss them. She’s currently involved in a book club at her senior center, and some of the books they’ve chosen are those I’ve sent her. I consider it payback. I developed my love of books from my mother and HER mother. I still remember the thrill of birthdays when I would receive not one, but TEN Nancy Drew books. I can now appreciate the instinct that one book in a beloved series is never enough. My mother also passed along her first editions of all the Wizard of Oz books, which I still have. And my grandmother introduced me to Agatha Christie when I was in my twenties. My parents and grandparents were not highly educated “literary” people. But there were always lots of books around.