tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post4177227309519243362..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Looking at a Good BookDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-58045653389904923442011-02-04T08:42:49.699-05:002011-02-04T08:42:49.699-05:00Ooooo. Not sure if I should thank you for this...e...Ooooo. Not sure if I should thank you for this...except that I successfully resisted the temptation to pick up a couple. (Did, however, send the link to my husband.)Sarah Reinhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682511477646768745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-80636439819005528762011-02-03T11:16:28.258-05:002011-02-03T11:16:28.258-05:00Love the cover designs!
Good luck with the glue--s...Love the cover designs!<br />Good luck with the glue--some of our Harry Potters started falling apart after surprisingly little use. I think I used Aileen's Tacky to put them back together. <br /><br />I, too, once had a positively wonderful illustrated Little Women I received as a girl. Alas, one of our dogs ate it.CMinorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305306030099439903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-42527692745362067842011-02-02T21:52:42.461-05:002011-02-02T21:52:42.461-05:00I remember so vividly finding the copy of Little W...I remember so vividly finding the copy of Little Women/Good Wive/Little Men that my mother had left on my bedroom shelf: a red cloth binding embossed with gold lettering, beautiful endpapers, lovely illustrations. The book itself was such a thing of beauty, I felt like I'd discovered a rare treasure.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-83528251903385265752011-02-02T21:44:13.635-05:002011-02-02T21:44:13.635-05:00I indulged in a new book purchase today, and had t...I indulged in a new book purchase today, and had that giddy "I have a secret!" feeling the whole way home on the subway. Even the weight of the book in the bag was enjoyable. <br /><br />Our general approach with newer books is to find out about them on Amazon, then click open our library web site and see if they're available yet. That doesn't always work well for faith-related reading (we live in a liberal, mainly agnostic city). Our best buys on classics have been at estate sales, used book stores, and library sales. <br /><br />My husband has a couple of shelves of Library of America books; those are nicely made, but mainly collections.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668252458131596362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-64518419504501939962011-02-02T12:13:59.761-05:002011-02-02T12:13:59.761-05:00"both as a legacy and for the experience of r..."both as a legacy and for the experience of reading them."<br /><br />Very nicely put! We've picked up a few Heritage Club books at library book sales, and they're just gorgeous.<br /><br />We also have a number of <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics/about.html" rel="nofollow">Everyman Editions</a> which are quite substantial. We don't tend to buy a book unless we're sure we want to keep it and re-read it, so we prefer hardcovers that can stand up to some use. <br /><br />I don't mind getting used library editions with the library binding (if they're not too destroyed) because those books hold up to just about <i>anything</i>.mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-21115200439712979992011-02-02T11:46:21.120-05:002011-02-02T11:46:21.120-05:00My grandfather for a while was a Heritage Club sub...My grandfather for a while was a <a href="http://www.bookthink.com/0075/75her1.htm" rel="nofollow">Heritage Club subscriber</a>. He eventually stopped because he got tired of having to move all the books. But the Heritage editions, all of which are nice hardcover books with good binding, good paper, good typography and illustration, passed to me, and it's very nice having them, both as a legacy and for the experience of reading them.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com