If you cannot read all your books…fondle them—peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances.

Winston Churchill

Much Wenlock Books

12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 4th 2015

12 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Astrid says:

    I love the tree and yes I know pretty good where my books are, and we both have a lot…..books are like treasures to the mind.
    Happy New year to you and Mr. C

    • CherryPie says:

      I have started to shuffle books around in my bookcases over the Christmas holiday. I have started to get my current interests close to hand in the bookcase behind my computer :-)

      Happy New Year to the two of you :-)

  2. lisl says:

    Can’t do that with a Kindle, Cherie!

    • CherryPie says:

      I like my non fiction books in hard copy, there is nothing to beat it. I use iBooks for books that are out of print and too expensive or not available to buy otherwise.

      My house is full of bookcases and books :-)

  3. He he.. Churchill should be a librarian instead. ;)

  4. ubermouth says:

    I love my books. I read my favourite over and over again.

  5. Ginnie says:

    Lisl is right about not being able to do this with our eBooks. There’s nothing quite like a real book with real pages to turn!

  6. J_on_tour says:

    What a novel tree, well spotted.
    My New Years resolution after getting a wardrobe just before Christmas was a clear out to make the house look tidier. Not sure if that will include books at the moment but a year is a long time in the cleansing of shelves !!

    • CherryPie says:

      I need to do some de-cluttering too. I have made a start…

      I have also started tidying up my books and putting my reference books close to hand. I think the novels will be put in two categories. One pile to go to the nearly new and other pile to be boxed and put out of the way in case I want to read them again.