http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/furnishings-of-a-literary-life fiction matters Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/furnishings-of-a-literary-life/comment-page-1#comment-3116 Celeste Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5319#comment-3116 Charlotte, you reminded me of a used bookstore near my hometown that, in addition to selling books in the usual way, offered "books by the yard" as decorations for offices. You told them how many yards of shelf you wanted to fill, and they provided hardbacks (old leather-bound ones, often) in the approximate color scheme of your choice. I always found this odd, but also intriguing, in a mystery-bag sort of way: what kind of books WOULD you get? Charlotte, you reminded me of a used bookstore near my hometown that, in addition to selling books in the usual way, offered “books by the yard” as decorations for offices. You told them how many yards of shelf you wanted to fill, and they provided hardbacks (old leather-bound ones, often) in the approximate color scheme of your choice. I always found this odd, but also intriguing, in a mystery-bag sort of way: what kind of books WOULD you get?

]]> http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/furnishings-of-a-literary-life/comment-page-1#comment-3113 Charlotte Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:47:38 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5319#comment-3113 One of my students was just telling me that her parents recently sold their house, and a main feature of the living room was its huge built-in bookcases. The buyers negotiated for 2/3 of the parents' books to be included in the sale, since they themselves didn't own many books and didn't want the room to look have lots of empty shelves. I don't know what's weirder, the fact that they wanted to own hundred of books they hadn't read, (and probably don't intend to) or the fact that the sellers went along with the request. Although I guess it is pretty hard to sell your house these days... One of my students was just telling me that her parents recently sold their house, and a main feature of the living room was its huge built-in bookcases. The buyers negotiated for 2/3 of the parents’ books to be included in the sale, since they themselves didn’t own many books and didn’t want the room to look have lots of empty shelves. I don’t know what’s weirder, the fact that they wanted to own hundred of books they hadn’t read, (and probably don’t intend to) or the fact that the sellers went along with the request. Although I guess it is pretty hard to sell your house these days…

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