Recommending Books

Recommending Books

I have a top rating for books I have read that I can’t put down. These are my “pajama day” books. This means I wake up and immediately grab the book I fell asleep with and go about my day with it firmly planted in front of my face. I don’t brush my teeth (sorry Dr. Mark). I don’t wash my face (sorry Larry). I don’t go into the bookshop (sorry Ladies). I don’t check email. If I do happen to get called away from the book I become quite grumpy. I am being purely selfish with one thing in mind….total immersion in the story. I make my tea and then plop down on the couch and only move when turning pages or if Larry or the dogs need me.

Sometimes I read passages aloud to the dogs! They always seem to enjoy hearing me laugh at or talk back to the book. All three come running to see what I’m up to.

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  • http://NONE Ashley

    hey, nice blog…really like it and added to bookmarks. keep up with good work

  • Jo Anne

    When I am in the area I love coming to your shop. Great staff and selctions of books. I always leave with several great books. I wonder if you can post your staff picks?

    • http://www.yankeebookshop.com Susan

      Great idea, Jo Anne. I’ll talk to my web designer to see if we can add another page of “staff picks” to this site.

  • Nancy Kramer

    Susan–Have loved every recommendation you made based upon the time I was in your store a year or so ago while visiting a friend who lives in Waitsfield. I was drawn to your store while walking down the street and every once in a while visit your website. So what are you recommending theses days other than the Feb 2011 release? I agree with Jo Anne, a “staff picks” would be great!

  • Henry W. Williams, Jr.

    Thank you for having Angus’s birthday present at your store.  He will remember this birthday …. and so will I, his Graca.  He will love your dogs.  Your shop was recommended by your former cusotmer, my wife,  Barbara Dimmick, author of “In the Presence of Horses.”  I have just finished “The Colony of Unrequited Dreams,” Wayne Johnston.  The book tells about the years in Newfoundland when Joeey Smallwood was bringing the province into confederatrion with Canada.  It’s a “sort-of” accurate tale, but it’s the wriitng that holds the reader.  Beautiful.

                                                                            Henry Williams