tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post3088184649780066092..comments2023-03-25T04:58:59.098-04:00Comments on Biblically thinking: Bibliophilia or bibliomania?Bill Catchingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02493740703366261781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-7493776297100925782014-12-31T06:40:43.416-05:002014-12-31T06:40:43.416-05:00Ps. I have also discovered audiobooks. Ebooks, I f...Ps. I have also discovered audiobooks. Ebooks, I find to be very irritating. The words on the screen, feel dead and Impersonal. Where a book feels like a conversation with the author. Audiobooks are great for bedtime as I occasionally find myself dreaming of the adventure in which I was just listening. I do agree that books do have there place. I do not intend to offend book readers. Ebooks just are not for me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04204387611566140293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-58985990635264617342014-12-31T06:27:34.991-05:002014-12-31T06:27:34.991-05:00Bill, how might I contact you? If I can not. I wan...Bill, how might I contact you? If I can not. I want to say thanks for this post. I found this blog by searching " is Bibliophilia a real problem". This is the only result that caught my attention. I am also a Christian. This has helped me to consider that my issue may not be bibliophilia. As you stated. It's a way to show off. Perhaps I still suffer from pride more than I realized. My books do not leave my hands without being displayed in an attractive manner, throughout my home. I love the feel of a book in my hand, I love to read. Yet I feel compelled to display these little badges of knowledge so others can see what I've read and what I know. Bragging without saying a word. On the positive side, my books help me a lot. I broke my back a few years ago. Reading helps me to forget my situation. It gets my mind off the pain and solitude that come with being disabled. Reading and collecting books is also <br />a hobby for me. I never have a hard time finding my next book. As my time between reading breaks is filled by searching new books. As you can imagine. I have several book wish lists on amazon, Barnes and noble and Ebay. Thanks again for your transparency. I've always strived to be transparent with others. It make the world a better and easier place to live. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04204387611566140293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-55887380434350872112012-04-24T09:34:21.373-04:002012-04-24T09:34:21.373-04:00Thanks. I can't say as that doing so is fun, ...Thanks. I can't say as that doing so is fun, but I felt it was important. And, an important part of writing this blog. I think, however, that I will put off doing an analysis of my electronic gadget issues for a while!Bill Catchingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02493740703366261781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-20411466915821914682012-04-24T09:32:50.664-04:002012-04-24T09:32:50.664-04:00Yeah, the way I read is rather odd, but it works f...Yeah, the way I read is rather odd, but it works for me. It works much better with non-fiction than with fiction. Fiction I just tear through. <br /><br />As to looking at my bookshelves, you are welcome to do so. I'm working on turning the room upstairs into more of a library. Maybe I'll have to make you a library card!Bill Catchingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02493740703366261781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-51231380690625817212012-04-24T09:30:48.522-04:002012-04-24T09:30:48.522-04:00I will review them when I finish them. If you are...I will review them when I finish them. If you are curious about Quiet, you can look at TED video (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html) which is based on the book. I've read another book by the author of Almost Amish (or by her husband as they seem to write together). It is about the importance of living a simple life with plenty of margin.Bill Catchingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02493740703366261781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-57015203157229974582012-04-23T16:49:11.967-04:002012-04-23T16:49:11.967-04:00Bill, I appreciate your willingness to grapple pub...Bill, I appreciate your willingness to grapple publicly with these areas of temptation, such as pride and being mastered by something other than Christ. The books and bookshelves<br />are just the outside, while "God looks at the heart", right? May this kind of walking in the light become the norm among believers!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873006413389110605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-9227272760148154142012-04-23T10:52:04.221-04:002012-04-23T10:52:04.221-04:00It's interesting that you can read several con...It's interesting that you can read several concurrently. I can't do that. If I allowed myself to start more than one at a time, I'd never get through them because each time I went back to one, I'd have to go back a chapter or two to get back up to speed. ;-) <br /><br />But more to the point, I LOVE looking through your bookshelves. Maybe because I think we like many of the same subjects, I know I'd have a heck of a time getting anything done if I had that library at my disposal.John Gerkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09618293043315962170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140243781990660219.post-51581149181359453412012-04-23T07:27:01.954-04:002012-04-23T07:27:01.954-04:00Interested in a review of Almost Amish and Quiet.....Interested in a review of Almost Amish and Quiet...Davey and I were just talking yesterday about how truly intentional one has to be to save that #1 spot for Christ--totally goes against or base nature sadly.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327880934599089831noreply@blogger.com