Tag Archives: book hoarding

Paperback Writer

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

Question of the week: “Knowing that the profit margin / royalties in paperback formats is minimal, do you still try to obtain that format? Why or why not?” Yes, I would as a writer and do as a reader. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthologies, audiobooks, big plans, Books, collections, e-books, Family, Kindle, libraries, paperback books, personal libraries, poetry, publishing, TBR List, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged ARCs, book hoarding, paperback books, personal libraries | 12 Comments

Yes, It IS Hoarding

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

Because I have many writers and/or readers on my main Facebook page, I see memes like this all the time: But this is nowhere near what I have in my house. I also see : … Continue reading →

Posted in big plans, Books, childhood, collections, Family, favorite books, free week, history, hobbies, libraries, memories, Miscellaneous, non-fiction, novels, poetry, reading, Tonette Joyce | Tagged Barns and Noble, Book buying addiction, book hoarding, buying books online, buying ebooks, Buying new books, buying used books, Dictionaries, Georrge Lucas Library, Goodwill, Great Books, Half-Price Books, Hemingway, library book sales, Men Are From Mars, Shakespeare, St.Vincent de Paul Stores, Thessaurii, VA hospital libraries, Wilde, Women Are From Venus | 9 Comments

To Question or Not To Question; that is the Question

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

The topic this week is what question we would like to ask of our favorite authors. I cannot tell you what a bookhound I am. I am , and always have been, an avid reader,and before that, a compulsive listener. … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, childhood, Family, Friendship, poetry, Tonette Joyce, writing, youth | Tagged Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, book hoarding, bookhounds, Ernest Hemingway, H.G.Wells, H.W.Longfellow, Leo Tolstoy, Norman Mailer, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stephenson, Stephen Vincent Benet, William Shakespeare | 9 Comments

Have You Hugged Your Library Lately?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

Libraries. That was my choice of topics, yet I don’t know where to stop or start. I was always fascinated with books. I have no idea how many times I had my mother read “The Tawny, Scrawny Lion”,( among others), … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, Miscellaneous, poetry, Tonette Joyce, writing, youth | Tagged archaeology, Book collecting, Book Fairs, book hoarding, Book Sales, bookmobile, Borrowing DVD's, Borrowing videos, College Libraries, Geneaology Departments, libraries, Nideos, poetry, public libraries, rare books, reading, Russian literature, School Libraries, Scrawny Lion, The Tawny | 10 Comments

Book ‘Em,Grando

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

This week were asked to expound on what we’d do with a $5,000 tax refund…may as well $5mil for the likelihood, but we’ll go with it. It got a bit scary here when I realized the actual need I had … Continue reading →