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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Happy New Year (2 Books Set in Paris)

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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Small Christmas Book Haul

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A Christmas Carol

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Monday, December 21, 2015

The Butter Book Tag

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

My Shakespeare Volumes

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Salvage (Michael Crummey)

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My Home Province

My Home Province

Bookshelf Decor

Bookshelf Decor
I keep a number of tins and teapots on my bookshelves

Trunk of Books

Trunk of Books
I repainted this old trunk one summer and now I use it to store books and papers

The Westerns I Once Read

The Westerns I Once Read
As a teenager I read through every Louis L'amour I could get my hands on

Classics

Classics

Bottom Shelf

Bottom Shelf
These are what I consider my most beautiful classics

Dorthy Perkins

Dorthy Perkins
Second to reading is my love for gardening

Re-Shelving

Re-Shelving
One evening I took all my books off the shelves and reorganized them

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