Hey Lesley, there you are! I wasn’t sure what had happened — when you hadn’t been around for a while. I thought I might have ticked you off accidentally, uh-oh Lol. But glad to have you here now. So nice to hear your thoughts.
And it’s interesting that you prefer print books, nice! And from your own shelves too. (I wish I read more backlist like you do.) Your mom is a great reader.
The deer are right out of Leave the World Behind which makes it a bit spooky. Is it the end of the world? Do they know something? I hope not yet.
The office makes a big difference. I agree sitting in here & looking out makes it wonderful. I’m glad you have such a space too to work in. Wishing you a happy weekend.

That’s an amazing amount of deer in that first photo. Kind of reminds me of a scene from the Netflix movie Leave the World Behind. [Just read your reply to Carmen. GMTA!]

Your bookcase wall looks fabulous! Like you, I have a view out my window to a few large trees. Isn’t it wonderful to sit and work on your computer and glance up and see such beauty?

To answer your bookish survey, I get most of my books from my backlist TBR shelves, as well as a few from my purchases throughout the year. I try not to buy too many, but always like to support indies when we’re traveling. With that said, my mom reads A LOT and she passes her books on to me, which is great. I did a quick count and there are at least 50 books that she has given me in the past year or so. That should keep me busy, right? I use the library for my monthly mystery read, but I try not to come home with any extras. Not always easy… I prefer print books (paper or hardcover) and audiobooks. I can’t remember the last time I used my ebook reader. I use Libro.fm and Audible. Once I have listened to all of those Audible books, I’ll switch to Libro.fm 100%.

I’m eager to read In Memoriam. I heard nothing but great things about it.

It’s good you can find deals of hardbacks for $9 less with shipment, wow. Seems pretty good. Do you keep all your hardbacks once you’re done or donate them?
Sorry your Kindle died — was it an old one? I have a Kindle Fire that I use but not as often as getting print copies from the library. I think you’re the second one in the survey who reads on a phone. Whoa that’s pretty small type for me. But I read news on there. I’ll stop by your site soon — I hope you survived that storm flood that went thru SoCal. Cheers.

Thanks Jinjer. My bookcase is also from IKEA so it’s similar to a Billy. I guess I like the bookcase legs since I need the heat from the air vents on that floor Lol.
Too bad your library is closed, argh. That’s tough. Good to hear you prefer hardcovers. We’re a bit old school right? I try not to buy books either. I have too many as it is. And the Canadian book prices are crazy. So it’s off to the library. We still go to a city library branch like once a week which is like 35 minutes away. Nuts.

And I forgot to say that on the rare occasion I allow myself to BUY a book, it’s either from an Amazon reseller or from Abe Books and it has to be a hardcover and I don’t like to pay more than $9, including shipping. LOL

I’m trying to empty out my previously-mentioned bookcases, so I’m trying really, really, really hard not to buy any books unless I absolutely HAVE to read a book and can’t download an ebook from the library.

Right now I’m getting the majority of books I’m reading from the library because, although I have four bookcases, I don’t have books that go with the various challenges, such as Japanese Lit.

This is a problem because my preferred format is hardcovers!!! I hate reading ebooks!!!

So why not just borrow a hardcover book from the library you ask? Because my local library is in the process of getting a new roof and will be closed until AT LEAST April. Plus I don’t have a car so I’d have to take a bus and then walk and that part of North Hollywood is kind of sketch so I’m a-scared to walk from the bus to the library by myself.

Thanks Marg. The Office finally came together. I especially like the light from the window. I might get a reading chair in there someday.
50 books from the library would be crazy, lol. E-books seem the way to go. Though right now I have about 5 from the library, even that is a bit challenging to read them before they’re due. Thx for stopping by. Cheers!

Hi JoAnn, thanks. Interestingly the wall color was supposed to look a bit more green but it turned out sort of looking blue. Check out Smokey Green CC-700. We also used Wind Chime AF-465 for other parts of the house which is pretty nice and more green. We are happy with how the paints turned out.
I’m always amazed that you’re able to get both print & audio versions at the same time. That’s not easy sometimes. But it seems you have quite a bit available via different sources.
I also heard about In Memoriam from all the rave last year. So I got it from the library. Have a great week.

Thanks Jane. The Office took some time after the move but I got it together finally. I might add a reading chair in there someday.
I think you’d like In Memoriam — a historical tale that’s quite good!
I can relate to your mix of reading sources. I sort of am all over the place too. But it seems you’re good about going to your own shelves. I need to do that more. I think I might be around 75% library and then a mix of the rest.
Hope all is well in Colorado. Happy reading.