Christmas
Bookish Gifts – NOVA this week
Observations
from my weekly wanderings, usually in Northern Virginia (NOVA).
We bookish
sorts certainly make Christmas gift giving easy on our loved ones, no?
I always
have a list of upcoming TBR, and even though I read mostly eBooks, I like to
own the tree book.
This year I received...
But the
MOST exciting book gift this year was an individually signed copy of
Deliverance by James Dickey. It’s also a very nice leather bound copy by the Franklin Library, but of course, the autograph is the real appeal.
Not a
book, but related to my love of books, and in particular to my favorite
books/author, I got several vintage Lord of the Rings posters. These are the
actual posters that I bought in my youth when I and first fell in love with
LOTR. I had given them up for lost, but son found them this year at my
parents house, and then had them professionally framed.
This is a 1970 1st Trade Printing Map of Middle Earth by Pauline Baynes
And this 1988 poster by J. Cauty
And
definitely not a book or even book related – just marvelously entertaining, I
also got one of these: https://www.facebook.com/casescene/videos/1787104894634259/
You really have to watch the video; it's amazing.
You really have to watch the video; it's amazing.
I didn't know you mostly did e-books. Do you take notes while you read?
ReplyDeleteHow sweet! Your son framing your posters. It's so hard to get my husband to understand how I LOVE books (from my wishlist) for gifts. He thinks it takes away the surprise value, but it's actually a major surprise b/c I never know what he will choose to get me. He's done it a few times now; he's slowly learning.
Yeah, my eReader (nook tablet), allows me to highlight, bookmark and make notes at any point/page. So it works well for that. I read a lot on cardio equipment at the gym and an eReader works much better than a tree book.
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