tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post8999685338344753997..comments2023-03-25T12:09:13.824+00:00Comments on grumblog: On readingGraeme K Talboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-88853879452296099502007-09-14T23:29:00.000+01:002007-09-14T23:29:00.000+01:00I couldn't help nodding emphatically to myself whi...I couldn't help nodding emphatically to myself whilst reading your post. I gave up on my local library when they took out all my old favourite classics, to be replaced by cardboard writing, that leaves you as hungry for the written word at the end, as you had at the begining of reading them.<BR/>I'm envious of my younger self for all the beauties I read and, like you, started to re-read them all Ouch Potatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342564916734604495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-66485776081243597502007-08-11T20:18:00.000+01:002007-08-11T20:18:00.000+01:00Exactly.Exactly.Papoosuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923812820274535363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-33491603766642564362007-08-11T15:41:00.000+01:002007-08-11T15:41:00.000+01:00And without being able to browse physical books - ...And without being able to browse physical books - enjoy the sensation of handling them and seeing how well produced they are as well whether the content is appealing - we lose the chance discoveries and the sensual pleasure of books.Graeme K Talboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-50300229382701604372007-08-11T09:21:00.000+01:002007-08-11T09:21:00.000+01:00Yes. And another thing that really annoys me is th...Yes. And another thing that really annoys me is that in bookshops/supermarkets etc we get what we are given, not what we want. There is no choice unless we go looking for it. GRRRRRRRPapoosuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923812820274535363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-63197557937457121672007-08-11T07:46:00.000+01:002007-08-11T07:46:00.000+01:00Hi Graeme. This also seems to be happening where ...Hi Graeme. This also seems to be happening where I am in Fife. If they haven't got it, then that's that. Extremely irritating to say the least. I have no spare cash to buy any book that takes my fancy and it just seems to me that the less money you have, the less is available to you in all areas. I could go on but I won't.....!Papoosuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923812820274535363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-25385132144942779032007-08-10T15:15:00.000+01:002007-08-10T15:15:00.000+01:00Thanks. I don't see any sense in such cuts as they...Thanks. I don't see any sense in such cuts as they are self-fulfilling. Fewer books so people use the library less, so the library needs fewer books. Madness.Graeme K Talboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-40236426719636291272007-08-10T13:23:00.000+01:002007-08-10T13:23:00.000+01:00That stinks about your library. I'm not much of a...That stinks about your library. I'm not much of a library gal these days, but I take my daughter every day and if we couldn't request books, she'd be lost.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I haven't been here sooner. Welcome to the Novel Race. =oDB.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.com