Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we're skipping the book description because not everyone will be here this weekend and all through next week....instead here are a few quotes for Thanksgiving(=

"Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... 

a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year 

- and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God".  

~Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)

 "Forever on Thanksgiving Day
The heart will find the pathway home."

 ~Wilbur D. Nesbit

Description of the Book #4

Cool book designed by a lady on etsy using an old vinyl record as the cover...

Here is her store link...http://www.etsy.com/shop/usefulbooks

 

"A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never."
Henry Ward Beecher

 

To start making a book you'll need a few things: waxed thread, a large needle, paper (you pick, just make sure it's a med wieght), something to crease your paper with, paper cutter/scissors, and a pencil. (and card board or wood, or whatever you plan on making your cover out of, cloth to cover the cover, glue and 2 pretty papers for the inside covers) Make sure you measure your paper b/c the cover will need to be larger.

 

Part one: Create several Folios

Very simply put you take four pieces of paper and fold them in half then sew them together down that middle crease to create an 8 pg folio...make as many as you want/need.

 

Part two: Bind the Folios together into a book without a cover

Here is a website to show you coptic stitch binding... http://cultblog2.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/20/

and another one on bookbinding...http://www.thimble.ca/?p=395

Definition of the Book # 3

Parts of the Book

"Books are the carriers of civilization…They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind.  Books are humanity in print."                         Barbara W. Tuchman

And here is another cool idea for a gift for a book lover...make a journal/sketch book for them to write in...instructions to follow tomorrow...

Description of the Book #2

"A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us."
W. H. Auden

Christmas is coming up soon, far sooner than one might realize...
So in keeping with the love of books here is a very easy way to make a small book of your own.
Maybe you might make several and use them as ornaments by adding a ribbon, or gift them to friends(using designed paper appropriate to their interests )..have fun(=

Description of the Book #1

 

"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."
Umberto Eco

 

How do you view the book? 

Let me know and i'll post your response on the next description of the book blog(=

Happy 160th Birthday to Robert Louis Stevenson!!!!

image swiped from google.com search page...i like it(=

Best known for Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote many other novels, short stories, travel writings, and poetry.  Here is a link to check out his life(=

Wikipidia Article for Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

 Quote for the day by the birthday boy!

"Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. "

Have a great weekend everyone!

Things one finds in old books...

Today I spent some time cleaning and pricing books that had just come in and in one old book from 1920 i found a Navel postcard for change of station address from 1944... I've found postcards before along with the usual bookmarks, travel ticket stubs, programs etc...but this is the oldest I've encountered yet(=

 

and now for a quote....

"The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most."
Confucius

Yummy...

Ah! on Thanksgiving day....
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.
What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?
What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?
~John Greenleaf Whittier

Don't forget to come visit us tomorrow for the Fall Open House from 5-7pm(= 

There will be snacks and drinks and good deals....

The First Thanksgiving...

So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of heart.
~Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving

The holidays are fast approaching...

Ah, the falling leaves the thought of Thanksgiving dinner with the family and Christmas decor popping up in every store...here's the Thanksgiving quote for the day...

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; 

to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.  

~Edward Sandford Martin

Words...

"Words are not crystal, transparent and unchanged; they are the skin of living thoughts and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which they are used."

-Oliver Wendell Holmes

Hope you enjoy this quote and have a wonderful weekend!

More Children's books coming your way...

Apologies for not blogging much this week...it's been busy.  We've decided to have more children's books upstairs as well as downstairs.  So I've been spending most of my time cleaning and pricing children's books as well as trying to figure out the best way to display them.  So if you have time...come visit us and peruse the children's section.  Have a Great Day!!

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, 

to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

-Maya Angelou

National Novel Writing Month is Now!

Alright, all writers you should be starting your novels now....good luck(=

Here is a quote for you:

"If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it." 

-Toni Morrison

Have a Great Day!!!!

Never More...

Tomorrow is halloween and here is an appropriate book related quote....

"A bad book can not repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books." -John Kenneth Galbraith

Have a great and safe weekend.

And here is a cool blog about bookshelves...feel free to check it out...
http://theblogonthebookshelf.blogspot.com/

Hello Beautiful Day!

Today's Quote is:

"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."-C.S. Lewis

I wholeheartedly agree.(=

On another note, i recently read a few books by Alice Hoffman...the synopsis on the backs sounded intriguing and I'm always on the lookout for good books for my younger sister.  I like my mother have wisely adopted the habit of previewing books before presenting them as gifts.  These books were short enough that i was able to breeze through three: Green Angel, Indigo and Aquamarine.

Green Angel was strange and dark, the tale tells of a girl who has lost everything begins giving herself tattoos, pulling away from society, hurting herself and generally being depressed.  Through out the story as she encounters various people and situations she slowly recovers.  At the end her tattoos change from black to green and pretty colors representing her coming back to who she really was/is.  I say yay for her redemption at the end, but this is not something my sister needs to be reading.

Aquamarine was a tale of two girls and mermaid they found in a pool after a big storm...the mermaid was vapid and shallow and so was this story. The mermaid falls in love with a human and the girls arrange a way for her to meet him before returning her to the sea, and parting ways themselves.

Indigo was the best of these three stories, telling of a girl who recently lost her mother, who is friends with two strange boys.  The three of them feel like they don't fit in the town and they dream of running away.  The boys turn out to be part mermen and end up being accepted and helping her as the town floods in a gigantic storm...everyone learns to accept each other, and everyone ends up happy.  Light reading, not to bad.

Overall i have decided not to give them to my sister. Feel free to let me know how you feel if you've read these books i'm always open for discussion.
Thanks,
Alathea Barks-Manager Vintage Book Shoppe

A Quote to say keeps you lively all day!

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson

On another note Vintage Book Shoppe, Hidden Treasures and Sweet Espressions have an event coming up.  We are jointly hosting a Fall Open House on Friday November 12, 2010.  There will be snacks and special coupons for savings as well as a chance to catch up on the changes that all have undergone with Vintage Book Shoppe moving around and being in both places.  So come visit us from 5-7pm on November 12th!

All writers gear up for National Novel Writing Month

Every year thousands of writers spend the month of November writing a novel, any novel: bad ones, good ones and in between.  The challenge is to finish an entire novel in one month with a word goal of 50,000 words.
This is the last week before the November begins...will you take the challenge?  If so spend this week brainstorming, creating characters and plots lines...but no actual writing, not yet.

Here a couple websites to help you along:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Novel_Writing_Month
http://www.suite101.com/content/staying-motivated-during-national-novel-writing-month-a293213

There is also a facebook group for National Novel Writing Month...so if you have a chance check it out!

Quote for the Day(=

"To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, 

and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations-such is a pleasure beyond compare." 

-Kenko Yoshida

How do you feel about this quote?

Feel free to comment and share your insight about this and any other quotes posted!

Welcome to Vintage Book Shoppe's New Blogge

Hello,
Glad you found our new blogge...hope you've also found our new location on the 3rd floor of Hidden Treasures, 104 W Harrison Kirksville, Mo.  We're getting used to our new surroundings and enjoying them as well.  We recently enjoyed a few book hunting trips and came back with new books to add to our current inventory.  Come visit us and check them out...(=
Have a great weekend and see you next week,
The Vintage Book Shoppe