This is one of the creepiest books I have read in quite some time.I have no idea how rate this books because I didn't dislike it, but I didn't love it either

 

who is really died lydia or kristie?

 

“Everything you say is absolutely right — the death of those we love is so much worse than our own death, and yes all love is a form of suicide, you destroy yourself, you surrender yourself, you kill something in yourself, willingly, if you really love.”

 

Arsenic with Austen: A Mystery by Katherine Bolger Hyde

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I enjoyed the motif of classic literature running through this cozy mystery, and any person who loves books as much as I do feels like a friend. This was a good book and a well-plotted mystery, other than a bit of a pacing issue. The villain is a real nasty one (considering). I'd definitely continue to read this series.

Overall rating: 3.5/5.0 stars

Reviewed for Affaire de Coeur Magazine. http://affairedecoeur.com.



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this is a collection of samples of books from authors. I would've given it a one but there were some I wanted to read and well the other have (mostly two stories) but the rest I didn't want to read.

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries

By: Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, and Christopher Simon Sykes

Published By: Carol Southern Books

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries

This is basically a coffee table book filled with great photography, featuring outstanding home libraries. Most of the libraries featured are of the rich and famous.

The book contains how-to chapters on organizing your library, collecting, design, bookbinding, etc. These chapters were written by Estelle Ellis and Caroline Seebohm. Additionally, many of the owners of the libraries featured are interviewed, by them.

The photography was done by Christopher Simon Sykes. Sykes did a fantastic job in showing the reader books, bookshelves, and libraries. These photographs provide many ideas which can be use to design ones own home library.

I would like to be able to transform my 14X14 library, into a more sophisticated design.

Currently, I try to keep a place where is can sit and read with comfort. No television or telephone, (but I do have a ½ bathroom). I have many books stored in my office, bedroom, and basement. I don’t have room to enlarge.

While the book is a little dated, I have increased my knowledge on home libraries and now know in which direction I want to go. I will keep the book on the coffee table for reference.

O, that Biedermeier daybed with the stacks of books within fingers' reach, Niall, you're my kind of guy!What I learned . . . Book lovers and their architects often fail to plan for EXPANSION. That's why I do thin the herd occasionally. . .