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Your Favorite Book Could Win You $250 from Powell’s

What was the best book that you read in 2010? If you are a big reader, this might be a difficult decision, and you may need to narrow down your list to just one. Powell’s is looking for nominations for it’s annual Puddly Awards. Tell Powell’s your selection of best book of 2010, and you could win a $250.00 Powell’s gift card. This might be the perfect contest for a bibliophile to enter. It gives you good reason to think about all those wonderful books that you read in 2010. You may even be inspired to re-read your favorites ones! … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Personal Library: Intro

How can you make the best use of space, find books when you need them and reduce the bookshelf clutter? By organizing of course! Keep reading for some practical tips that will help you keep your personal library of books organized and in great shape. Anyone who knows me knows that I love books. I visit the library every three weeks, I peruse used books stores and books sales and I take advantage of PaperBackSwap on a regular basis. I try to keep everything organize, because I value my books, and because organization also makes my life a lot easier, … Continue reading →

Portland, OR: Put on Your Walking Shoes!

Portland is one of our favorite day trips. It’s about three hours from us, and worth the drive. It’s even better when we take the train and don’t have to worry about parking or traffic. The City of Roses is one of the cleanest cities in the United States. Part of that is because it’s nearly impossible to drive downtown. Almost everyone bikes, walks, or uses the free public transportation. That’s not a bad thing, but you should plan it into your day. Parking can be quite expensive, generally more than a dollar per hour. It’s best explored in 2 … Continue reading →

Places to Buy Really Cheap Books

I’m a bibliophile. No, this doesn’t mean I’m addicted to the Bible, although I believe in it. It means that I’m addicted to books. Hardback, paperback, adult, teen, children’s—I love them all. My goal is to someday have a room in my house that is lined with shelves on all sides and to have those shelves completely filled with books for the entire family. But those things can get expensive. Hardbacks sometimes go for around $30.00, depending on how thick they are, and your nicer coffee-table books are even more. How can we afford to keep ourselves and our families … Continue reading →

Introducing Myself: Coming Home

Home. There are so many things packed into that small word. Family, warmth, security, frustration, pride, bills, hope, work, creativity, love and a place to hang your hat. The home is the heart of a family, no matter whether it is a one room apartment or a 100,000 square foot castle. There are so many images, so many memories associates with the home, and that is why I am excited, awed and humbled by the opportunity to be one of the bloggers here on the Home Blog at Families.com. Sherry has been bring us some amazing articles, and I’ll be … Continue reading →

Author Review: Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert

I’d never heard of Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert until I prepared to write this author review, but I had certainly heard of Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, and Phillippa Carr. I knew they were all the same woman, but I didn’t know who that woman was until I looked it up. Eleanor Alice Burford was born in Kensington in 1906. She learned how to read at the age of four and devoured every book she could find. She had inherited her love of reading from her father, himself a bibliophile. She attended a business college and learned secretarial skills, being put … Continue reading →

More Contests to Enter

We’ve been on a contest kick at our house lately and thought we’d share the potential wealth. It’s been a long time since I’ve won anything as big as the 100,000 Tic-Tacs that were delivered to my door, but I’m still holding out hope. Good luck to each of you, and let me know what you win! Star Spangled Sweepstakes from Simple Scrapbooks Win a $50 prize package from EK Success by telling them which of the 50 US states is your favorite. There will be one prize per state. Ends August 31, 2007. Nutella Giveaway Win a free case … Continue reading →

“Seek Ye Out of the Best Books”

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As a confirmed bibliophile, I frequently find myself in search of books to devour. In fact, I was brought into the church through Gerald Lund’s LDS series, “The Work and the Glory.” Since I live on the east coast, that means my primary brick and mortar source for similar books is the LDS bookstore. However, my favorite bookstores have always been used bookstores, and I have a hard time paying full price for novels. Similarly, my fallback, the library, rarely carries these books. This puts me in a difficult position; how do I find good, uplifting books to read without … Continue reading →

25% off at Borders

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Are you a bibliophile? I am. Our rumpus room downstairs (20×30) is almost wall-to-wall bookshelves. It’s an addiction. I’ve read most of what’s down there. We have “quiet reading time” here at home for an hour during the school day. It’s a chance for me to catch up on my sanity (still working on that!) and gives the children a scheduled chance to read. My mom started this when we were kids, and I thought it was a great idea. Our librarians know us by name, but sometimes you want a book of your own. Maybe you know you’ll read … Continue reading →

Free Books from the Paperback Book Swap

Even though I’m a bibliophile and love to browse bookstores, it’s difficult for me to part with my hard-earned money to purchase them new. Of course, there are exceptions such as needed textbooks, but I’m an eternal bargain hunter. So the Paperback Book Swap was a natural fit for me! No money is involved except for the postage to send your books out to other people. Here’s how it works: You start by listing nine books, which gives you three credits. In the future, you’ll get one credit per book mailed. The three credits are to get you started. Search … Continue reading →