Ever dreamed of going to a yard sale and finding a rare treasure worth a lot of money? Ben Marks explores the world of rare books on the Collectors Weekly website. ~ * ~ Needle-in-a-haystack stories are the caffeine of collecting. Who hasn’t heard a tale of someone finding a rare toy at a garage … Read more
Hello, with the holidays here I thought I would share Wired.com’s list. A lot of these can actually be found for cheap or even free. So make a night of it, grab some homemade popcorn or even dinner and spend some quality time together! Warning, it is a slideshow. ~ * ~ In case you … Read more
Huckleberry Finn is one of those books that keeps on landing on the banned book lists. At first it was protested because of the friendship between a white boy and a black boy. It was too progressive. Now it gets banned for the opposite reason. It is too old fashioned and uses terms that were … Read more
The Last Unicorn is now available as an eBook! If you have not read this wonderful book yet, you really should. If you have, there is a deluxe version with bonus features. It is apparently an Amazon exclusive. From the site: This deluxe edition presents THE LAST UNICORN in its definitive author-approved 2007 text, along … Read more
I feel like Stephan from Saturday Night Live, this article has everything! Boston, video games, libraries. I love it when my favorite worlds collide! Erin Blakemore lets us know what the connections are in today’s snippet from Smithsonian. ~ * ~ At first blush, “library” and “Fallout 4” don’t seem like they should belong in the … Read more
In the not too distant past having a library meant you had taste and culture, as only those with means could afford books. To keep track of such portable possessions one would have customize bookplates created with thier name on them. As books became more accessible, the bookplate did as well. Bookplates evolved to artwork with … Read more