Stuck in a Book’s Weekend Miscellany

Happy weekend! I hope you’re not snowed in. I hope, frankly, that I’m not snowed in (since I’m writing this a few days in advance). But I’ve stocked up on cat food, and that’s the important thing. I can always survive on plain pasta, if needed. But man cannot live by pasta alone, so here is a blog post, a link, and a book to complement it.

1.) The blog post – I loved Karen’s parade of her Beverley Nichols books (and coveted a few, of course). Go and enjoy!

2.) The book – I can’t remember where I saw this recommended, but The Reading Promise: 3,218 nights of reading with my father by Alice Ozma is so up my street that I don’t know how I haven’t heard of it. It came out in 2012, and should, by rights, be right here in front of me. But it is not. Yet.

3.) The link – ever wanted to see a painting of a painting of a painting of a painting…? This is an unexpected delight, and proves that corners of the internet are surprisingly lovely.

6 thoughts on “Stuck in a Book’s Weekend Miscellany

  • February 2, 2019 at 3:33 pm
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    I love the painting of a painting of a painting . . . if only the internet were full of that, cute animal videos, and book blogs. Nothing else. I would be so happy.

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  • February 2, 2019 at 4:16 pm
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    Awwwww – that painting link is lovely! And thanks for sharing my Beverley post – I *am* quite proud of my little collection! :D

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  • February 3, 2019 at 5:16 am
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    This is such a weird coincidence! I’m at the last chapter of this very engaging book and, like you, wish I’d been blessed with a father who read aloud to me every night. I’m not sure if I discussed the book on my own WordPress blog but that might be where you’d read something about it. A great read, indeed!

    Thanks,
    Karen

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  • February 3, 2019 at 5:17 am
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    This is such a weird coincidence! I’m at the last chapter of this very engaging book and, like you, wish I’d been blessed with a father who read aloud to me every night. I’m not sure if I discussed the book on my own WordPress blog but that might be where you’d read something about it. A great read, indeed!

    Thanks,
    Karen

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  • February 3, 2019 at 8:28 pm
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    I hadn’t heard of the Ozma book. Thanks so much. I know I will love it.

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