Along the same lines as last week…

Old favorites, books from our childhood. Do you remember yours? I have traditional favorites I suppose. Dr. Suess, Cat in the Hat and all that. There was also The Giving Tree, any book about animals that I could find (hey, I still have my battered copy of a Mammals field guild, LOL), Nancy Drew, I even had a few of The Baby Sitters club.

There comes a time when every parent starts cleaning out their kids “stuff.” You know, years after the “kid” becomes and adult and moves out. I secretly think parents just want all of their space back. Which they should, but I digress. This has been a pattern for a few years. Every so often my old “stuff” finds its way to my house.

Am I the only one who enjoys looking through all that old junk? I talked about memory lane last week. I think your “kid junk” is the holy grail of memory lane.

And I’ll admit that sometimes I’m happy to look at my old junk and quickly get rid of it. I’m only a book packrat, remember?

Who knew Bloomingdales has such cute flip flops. While I’m not traditionally fan of gold (unless it’s adorning my fingers or ears) I think I like this pattern enough for go for it.

Like Angela, I’m a book packrat. And as ya’ll can guess, I’m proud of that fact…except when I can’t find a favorite. I’ve got closets full of books you know. And while I don’t have any of the wonderous collections that Angela talks about in her post, I like to think of all my books as one wonderful collection. Mine. Books that have brought me hours (and if you tally them up, I’m sure it’s a few years worth.) of joy and bliss.

One of my “summer projects” (you have those, right?) was to organize one of my closets. Yeah…that went well. I sat down in the middle of a book crowded floor and had myself a nice read. To me, there is no better trip down memory lane that sitting amongst my book collection.

This post from Raelene over on Redlines and Deadlines really cracked me up. I know several epublished authors who fit into the “I write ebooks but I don’t have an ebook reader” camp. It’s probably more common than I’d imagine.

And after years of complaints about the lack of a descent e-book reader we now find ourselves with several options.

The Kindle. The Sony. Iphone. And a slew of other “smart phones.”

And with Barnes and Noble buying Fictionwise, I’d say this is definitely an exciting time for E.