AbielleRose

Same here. The 4 I have are Mrs. Browning's Poems, The Poems of Robert Browning (I've always loved their personal love story! How romantic to fall in love through letters back in the 1800's?) printed in 1932, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan printed in 1915 and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte printed in 1950. They are all cloth covers with good binding (except for Pilgrim's Progress but that is my fault ). My E.B.B. cost about 30.00 USD. It is beautiful and my 'crown jewel'. Though it's supposed to decrease the value (which I don't personally care about, I just like the books) It has an inscription on the first page dated 1886. The handwriting is so beautiful and the woman writing it addressed it: Mrs. C.A. Muriell from Mrs. A.B. Clark. Nowdays if someone gives someone else a book they would write something like: To Nollaig, From Abby. How times have changed! I like to think about how many times Mrs. Muriell read the book and if when she died did one of her children take it and enjoy it too? It has a story beyond the story. I looked around for a thread but must have overlooked it. If you find it would you please merge it? I would appreciate it!

Lately I have been very interested in beginning an antique book collection. I have purchaced 4 through eBay so far and am absolutely loving it! My favorite is a copy of Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems printed in 1886. The binding is nearly perfect except for a little wear on the top and bottom and there are no dog-eared pages. I was wondering if anyone else out there is into collecting books and if so what are your shopping habits? What kinds of books do you look for? Have you ever taken a class or a workshop on collecting or did you get interested elsewhere?

Employee of the Month

I just threw a ham in the crockpot so I'll be having ham and steamed veggies tonight. Have fun at the party peacefield!

A documentary about ancient Egypt.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I've read and own the whole series. If you go into it wanting it to be another Twilight then you are definately going to be dissapointed. The romance level is no where near what it is in Twilight. The concepts of the vampire world (or as they call it in the book, vampyre) are way different from anything I have ever read, but I love it. I would encourage you to try it, but stick with it through at least the 4th book before you decide for sure whether or not to continue with the whole series. If you would like something a little more 'Gossip Girl' like then I would suggest Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz as it is set in a NYC prep school run by rich vampire families. It is also a pretty good series.

Alice in Wonderland should be great with him as the mad hatter.

I agree, the first one is definately better.

LOL! Don't you mean Jacob Jr.? Ooh, I just found a really cute tote bag I want to get... sigh... http://www.cafepress.com/+flowering_twilight_tote_bag,344873105 Edit: Just found a better one! http://www.cafepress.com/+boys_in_books_tote_bag,360835845

Great idea Chrissy! I love it!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the one with Johnny Depp!)

Ooh, I love those, especially Esme's. I love Esme's name too. If I ever have a daughter someday I may just name her Esme.

Have you seen any of the calendars out? There must be 10 different Twilight Saga/New Moon/RPatz/Taylor ones on the market! I may get one for home and one for work Maybe a little agenda to stick in my purse as well

Ooh, that sounds yummy! I've changed my mind... Thanks to all the junk food I've eaten today (since I had the last 2 days off I baked a ton of cookies and and dipped a whole bag of pretzels into white chocolate and brought them to work) I think I'm just going to munch on some carrots and cucumbers tonight.

Better to be wrapped up in a blanket snuggling than getting too hot and having to seperate!

I'm with ya! Also, adding to peacefield's list: cars that don't start due to cold, apartment management shoveling all of the snow into a giant pile right by your car so you have to stradle a mound of the stuff to get near your car, and people who try to cut you off on ice making you hit your breaks and fishtail.

Muggle- that little deer and rabbit are so sweet! Thanks for posting those! Rawr- That last one was beautiful. I love the colors.

I really like that Rawr. Great shot

Turkey chili with maybe some crusty bread for dipping.

Being woken up in the middle of the night by some moron honking their car horn at 2am :motz:and my computer freezing up when I haven't saved my work forcing me to start over. :censored:

CSI Las Vegas

I don't think so, I liked the ending. Though I did love it when I know they couldn't have