Got some clutter in your library? Stuff lying around your office? This might be the answer for you! I just love this box that looks like a stack of books. You can put all your things in this BooxStore and hide it between your books. Follow this link to learn more about this nifty product.
This is a book lover’s dream! A cabinet to store your books in… that get’s bigger! This is no joke. German designers Nina Farsen and Isabel Schöllhammer designed a cabinet to grow along with your book collection. They thought of this some years ago and got the focus award 2007 for this brilliant design. Click here to learn more.
As someone who enjoys the good things in life, I enjoy good books. And good wine. Sometimes the two work really well together too! For other lover’s of a good glass of vino, I found these bookish gadgets.
I love this wine set! A perfect gift for a wine loving reader. The set consists of three pieces: a bottle opener, a stopper and a little booklet. The latter gives information about the right temperature for certain wines and the cheeses that can compliment the different wines. This makes it even better. As a Dutch girl, I lóve my cheese! The whole set comes in a case that looks like a hardcover book. Wanna know more? Click here
What to think of these bookends that double up as a wine rack? I’m not quite sure where I would put them. I am pretty sure you can make a nice feature out of them in a nice country style kitchen. (Which I do not have.) The book ends would look great with nice books about wine in between them. To find out more, click here
I get enthusiastic when films are made about the lives of authors. A new one is just about to be released. It is about the famous poet John Keats. (If you want to learn more about him, click here for the Wikipedia page on him.) I love Keats’ work, so I look forward to seeing this movie. It is called ‘Bright Star’. Click here to see when it will be released in different countries.
The film is not about the entire life of Keats. Which was very short. He died aged 25. The story is about his love affair with Fanny Brawne. Their passionate relationship came to an end when the poet met his untimely death. I will make sure to have tissues near me when I see this. I know already I’m going to cry.
If you want to know more about the movie, you can click here to see its very weird and not very useful website. Or just here, to see the trailer. A thing of beauty is a joy forever…
My favorite Dutch bookish blog is ‘Boekendingen‘. On occasion they do a post about book covers that have books on them. They had a great selection of bookish book covers again yesterday, that I need to show you. You will love them, even if you do not understand Dutch. (There are covers with English and German titles there as well.) The sheer beauty of some books… Click here to enjoy.
Since I value the opinion of my readers, I would like to ask for your opinion. A while ago, I have created a logo for my library. I had seen logo’s of personal libraries before and I thought it would be fun to have one too. Even though my personal library is not as large as the people who have logo’s for their collection… Yet.
I would like to use the logo on – yet to be created – bookmarks to stick into books I (sometimes) loan out. And as an e-mail header when I write bookish friends. I already use this one on LibraryThing. There probably will be more occasions on which I want to use the logo. It is just a pride thing. My books (library) are very important to me and when things are important, people tend to name them. Like a child. Or a dog.
Since my library is going to be around at least as long as I am, I want to get it right. The logo. So, this is where you come in. I would like your opinion on the title and the design of the logo. Let me explain the title first. It is common to give libraries a Latin name. My Latin is not that good, so I consulted the library and the web. I came up with ” Bibliotheca ad Finitor”. Which means, if I am correct, ” Library of the horizon”.
This might seem strange, but it all has to do with my first name. Kim means ‘ horizon’ in Dutch. Horizon also means infinity, to me. Since a library never stops growing, this seemed appropriate. The logo therefor depicts a stylized book and horizon. In a clean and simple way.
So, tell me what you think in the comments. You are very welcome to e-mail me a new logo with the same idea, if you like. I will post it on the site. If you have a logo for your library, send it to me too.
Twitter seems to be the newest big thing around. I have not made a ‘ tweet’ in my life and I am not planning to do so to. Why should anybody care about my daily stuff? I would be interested to see what my favorite authors are up to. Luckily, some reading enthusiasts have compiled a list of writers that use Twitter.
You can find the first list here, and the second one by clicking here. If you find any other good lists, please post it in the comments so others can enjoy it too.
Do not ask me why, but for some reason people feel the need to use ‘book holders’ whilst reading. This product, available in many shapes and sizes, keeps your book open when enjoying a book. I have written about a couple before.
Whilst browsing the web to find you some nifty gadgets, I was quite amazed by the variety of book holders I bumped into. I will show you some I have come across. To me, this gadget is a mystery. Why do people need a device to keep their book open? It seems more inconvenient to me then handy. Besides that, I am worried about the damage a thing like this can do to a book.
If you use one and are happy with it, please leave a comment and tell what you find useful about it. I have to say, I have a book stand in my kitchen. Too keep my cookbooks standing and open whilst preparing something during cooking. But that is a somewhat different product. In any case, here is a small overview of what is for sale.
BookGem Book Holder. Click here
Gimble Paperback Book Holder. More info here.
FlipKlip Treadmill Book Holder. To learn more, click here
Easy Grip Book Holder. To be found here
