Re: Kathie/book sharing

[Guest guest]

Kathie, your " sharing " story made me laugh! I have a similar story.

I began collecting the Drew series when I was 10 or 11. By the

time I was 16 I had a very large collection of them, and thoroughly

enjoyed them all.

My niece is 10 years younger than I am. When she was 12 (and I was 22)

my Mom very cheerfully gave her ALL my Drew books! I was not

happy about it and was told to be a grown-up. I was saving them for my

daughter, who was 2 at the time.

As it turned out, h never did care much about Drew. My

niece is saving them for HER 2 year old...and I'm buying them all as I

find them on Ebay or in stores....LOL!

Yup, I'm 47 and I'm re-reading my Drew books!

I just Loooovvve BOOKS!

Keep us updated on the AZ trip (my older brother lives in Tucson) and

remember to take pics and post 'em!

Hugs!

Babs in Texas

>

> Babs, I have a much used libarary card but I " own " a lot of books.

> Actually I think books own me, I have book rules, they have to be

> read in certain order, if I have read a certain # of pages then I can

> stop if I really dislike it, kind of an investment thing - throwing

> good money, as in time, after bad. The rule used to be the exact

> opposite, if you invested that much time then you had to finish.

> When I go to visit friends and family (by air) I send a box of books

> ahead if I'm going to be there more than a few days. It is much

> easier and less expensive than packing them. I just shipped a box to

> AZ for my trip this month.

>

> I started reading very young, also remember when my baby cousin came

> to visit and she wanted to take my " Little Train That Could " book

> home, she 2 and I was 3 1/2. I protested but I got the whole sharing

> spiel and never saw the book again! We still laugh over that. I

> never could " buy " books except for school and used paperbacks for

> many years. When I could, I went totally bananas, shoes an books

> can't get enough! I budget for them now and only buy hardbacks

> written by authors both my husband and I enjoy. If it wasn't for him

> there would be stacks of books everywhere as opposed to now where

> they are just most everywhere. lol

> Kathie WA NSIP '96, etc.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Babs, Ohhhhh! Drew. My very most favorite! but I never " owned "

any. I have seen them out recently in sets at Costco. Hmmm, I

wonder....no, better not I'm over my book allowance thru October 2015!

lol

Trip to AZ is still on, leaving the 20th of Feb. and back the 20th of

March. I'll be in Sun City West not far from . I haven't seen

her on board for awhile but I'm going to see her in person while I'm

there.

Thanks for sharing your book (camping) stories, brought back a lot of

fun memories.

Hugs back at 'ya,

Kathie

> >

> > Babs, I have a much used libarary card but I " own " a lot of

books.

> > Actually I think books own me, I have book rules, they have to be

> > read in certain order, if I have read a certain # of pages then I

can

> > stop if I really dislike it, kind of an investment thing -

throwing

> > good money, as in time, after bad. The rule used to be the exact

> > opposite, if you invested that much time then you had to finish.

> > When I go to visit friends and family (by air) I send a box of

books

> > ahead if I'm going to be there more than a few days. It is much

> > easier and less expensive than packing them. I just shipped a

box to

> > AZ for my trip this month.

> >

> > I started reading very young, also remember when my baby cousin

came

> > to visit and she wanted to take my " Little Train That Could " book

> > home, she 2 and I was 3 1/2. I protested but I got the whole

sharing

> > spiel and never saw the book again! We still laugh over that. I

> > never could " buy " books except for school and used paperbacks for

> > many years. When I could, I went totally bananas, shoes an books

> > can't get enough! I budget for them now and only buy hardbacks

> > written by authors both my husband and I enjoy. If it wasn't for

him

> > there would be stacks of books everywhere as opposed to now where

> > they are just most everywhere. lol

> > Kathie WA NSIP '96, etc.

> >

> >

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