tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357502225394324130.post1811265439740808664..comments2023-09-25T04:35:08.456-07:00Comments on Both Fires: Used Books, Their StoriesMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597990526818589453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357502225394324130.post-87889254810142313632011-10-12T11:33:05.299-07:002011-10-12T11:33:05.299-07:00Thanks everyone who shared stories. I had a few gr...Thanks everyone who shared stories. I had a few great ones come in via e-mail, too. I also love the idea of passing books along.... .Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597990526818589453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357502225394324130.post-76394240489467531392011-10-10T10:45:48.715-07:002011-10-10T10:45:48.715-07:00p.s. So glad you got poemcrazy. That book that al...p.s. So glad you got poemcrazy. That book that always puts the fun back in my writing life.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509808686782374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357502225394324130.post-57537265780906528562011-10-10T09:41:18.304-07:002011-10-10T09:41:18.304-07:00I used to make thoughtful inscriptions in all the ...I used to make thoughtful inscriptions in all the books I gave as gifts. But I love sharing books so much — and assume others do too — that I have stopped inscribing them. Seems to a compliment (to the author) to gift and re-gift a book -- although buying multiple copies would be an even better (monetary) gift to the author.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509808686782374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1357502225394324130.post-53956765286873258512011-10-09T18:09:53.171-07:002011-10-09T18:09:53.171-07:00i think about that too -- about the lives of books...i think about that too -- about the lives of books, the hands they passed through. once i purchased a book from this cool used bookstore in kentucky. it had a ton of signatures in the covers, and the point of the book was to read it, sign it, and pass it on. i forget what the message of the book itself actually was, but the idea of all those names stayed with me long after i passed it on.sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510930442893108525noreply@blogger.com