...so says Pingu...- a self-confessed book addict and book collector. She is quite the martinet when it comes to lending books. See what she has to say on the subject:
....Even when I very graciously, on very rare occasions, agree to lend someone a book; I, like a veritable pain in the neck, keep repeating my set of instructions on ‘How to Hold a Book While Reading.’
Yes, there are certain rules to be followed:
* The book must be covered in a temporary newspaper or brown paper cover.
* While reading the odd-numbered pages, one can/must hold...
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I'm sooo happy to have met a fellow book lover :)
Thanks a zillion Visitor for considering my post worthy of a link in Kathambamaalai and this post - I’m honoured :)
And for Barankin’s Fantasy World - I just can’t thank you enough!!! I luvvvvvv Russian writers and illustrators!
Have u heard of Nikolai Nosov? I’m sure you’ll love “Rat-a-tat-tat”. I first came across it in my school library and after renewing it five times was forced to return it. I never thought the book would be out-of-print. After a few years, I finally got a friend’s sis - a junior in my school, to borrow it and managed to take a colour xerox of the entire book! :D
It is sad that so many wonderful books are now out of print. I have been searching high and low for William Saroyan’s “My name is Aram” and E.V. Lucas and Ellery Queen for more than a decade now without success...
I do have the option of buying such books online from a used books store and having it shipped but it costs a fortune! An alternative would be to get a friend in the U.S to do the hunting and bring it over on his/her next visit :)
After a relentless search in second-hand book shops in Delhi and Madras, I finally found The Roman Hat Mystery… So I still have hope of finding the rest :)
Pingu used to carry more story books than text books to school other reading at the library during breaks me being her loyal follower..inseparable they/we are :) nonetheless she was the teacher's pet and the brightest kid(I was straight opposite ;))
i love books toooo much....infact i almost never lend a book....the best time to read a story book if you ask me is on the eve of your exam...its relaxing if you are4 a lillte nervous and also makes you confident...
the books get a good trashing from me it self....i like to have it a kinda my feeling on them....each one is close to my heart....at present i am reading shakespeare's full collection....managed to get it for 199 Rs @crossword...
Ich danke ihnen fur (I do not know how to add an umlaut) die comments!
unt du(unlike me)spreche sehr gut deutsch :)
Heh... like the soup nazi in Seinfeld... "No books forr yooo"
my bro is jus that much of a bookie!
i was amused, when i read the post! :)
long time.. how's you?
I absolutely hate lending books too...always give advice to my friends before I let them borrow a book:):)
visitor you have been given the thinking blog award by brownie...see it for more info...just tht i should say it before you come to know...:) a little pride should say ...:)
You have been tagged!
Book worms are unintentionally funny sometimes.:-)
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