A Special Book for Everyone

If you were walking around my house right now, you would find books tucked

into corners and in nooks.  Books on shelves and tables.  Browse through our

collections and you will discover subjects such as philosophy, history, comparative

religion, psychology and the sciences.  Math books, two different editions of

Copi's Logic, the sixth and the ninth.  Of course, Art History for me and 

Economics for David.  There is even a book with the title ~ Don't Call Me

Rover, 5001 names to call your pet, by Rita Blockton.  And another

favorite of mine ~ TV Sets ~ Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes, by

Mark Bennett. 

Books about our passions, golf, horses and of course ballet.  Our old favorites from

childhood.  Yes, I did read all of Noel Streatfield's Shoe Books.  Gardening and 

cookbooks and of course, all of my old French text books.  

There is something for everyone.

Now that you know about me and my reading habits, you can 

understand why the title of this book in the picture above, appealed to

me instantly …. 

Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George

Without giving away the plot details, I will just say that it is about

a bookshop housed on a barge on the River Seine in Paris.  It's owner

is not only a book seller, but a book lover who believes that there

is a book for everyone.  He dispenses books like a philosopher, giving

just the right book for just exact situation you may be living.  

Books for the broken hearted.  Books for writers with writers block.

Whatever the malady life has dished out, there is just the perfect

answer somewhere between the pages of a book.  It is as though

the author had just you in mind when composing his text. 

I am only on page 91, but it speaks to me as only a Frenchman

can ~ deeply with passion and sorrow and hope.  If you are a library

bookworm, a romantic and someone who wants to sail down 

the Seine on a barge filled with books to find an answer to

a failed love affair, or any question, this is for you.  I would suggest 

setting aside an evening with a glass of wine, some soft French 

music in the background and prepare to take a little cruise for 

some soul searching and healing of the heart.

Bentley ~ go find mama's Edith Piaf CD and I'll grab

a glass of wine and we can cuddle up in the big cozy

library chair and I will read to you :-)

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley