A GIRL YOU SHOULD DATE - Date a girl who reads...

[pinkgeek]

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/

[Mtn]

I buy my girl books that we can both read and share over the distance seperating us. It's another way for us to share and be in the same space.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

When I’m reading, by all means massage my feet, massage my head….snuggle up to me and hold me, but….DO NOT talk to me, you WILL get ‘the look’ and a 'sigh' because of the interruption, lol!

[DapperButch]

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/

This is utterly fantastic and SO true of the "girl who reads". Thanks for posting.

[The_Lady_Snow]

I loved this and shared it on FB with my special girl... Thanks for sharing it here:)

[persiphone]

hahahahahaa @ "Except the Twilight series." and i'd wait at least 24 hours after Cat In The Hat to introduce Aslan. but spawn hasn't picked up Seuss since he was 4...well you know what he reads :)

i wonder what Pablo and Anne's children might have been like.

[Jess]

wonderful post, miss pinky.... and on this note...

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[persiphone]

completely amazing

[pinkgeek]

You are all so welcome! I'm the girl who reads.. Always have been. So much so that I cried when I read this post.. I mourn the ending of my favorite books and I'll slow down to savor them longer.. I carry a purse large enough for a 400 page hardbound book..

and I'm glad I'm not the only one.. :)

This is utterly fantastic and SO true of the "girl who reads". Thanks for posting.

[pinkgeek]

I know!! (He's getting a trip to Barnes and Noble for Christmas with Auntie Pink..)

hahahahahaa @ "Except the Twilight series." and i'd wait at least 24 hours after Cat In The Hat to introduce Aslan. but spawn hasn't picked up Seuss since he was 4...well you know what he reads :)

i wonder what Pablo and Anne's children might have been like.

[pinkgeek]

Jess - thanks for sharing this. I recently read an article about the difference between educating women and men in developing countries and this video expresses it perfectly.

Money spent educating a women goes infinitely farther than that which is spent on men.. A woman will educate, care for and lift up her entire community when given the opportunity.. (Fact not supposition....)

wonderful post, miss pinky.... and on this note...

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[foxyshaman]

My father is the one who gave me my love of books. I remember being teased on the bus for reading above my grade level. (only to find out later the worst teaser/bully, she couldn't read). I constantly have at least three books on the go. I very rarely read fiction. Terry Windling and Ellen Datlow can change my mind on that tho'.

Reading and writing are my passions.

[ButchEire]

Uh, i'd be more inclined to stick with the former and i'm the one who writes.


Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/

[1QuirkyKiwi]

You are all so welcome! I'm the girl who reads.. Always have been. So much so that I cried when I read this post.. I mourn the ending of my favorite books and I'll slow down to savor them longer.. I carry a purse large enough for a 400 page hardbound book..

and I'm glad I'm not the only one.. :)

I always have a book on the go….I tried reading the first book of the Twilight series and gave up after 3 chapters, lol! I took the trilogy back to the library and got out a couple of historical fictions to read.

My cousin downloaded the Kindle PC app for my laptop….I cannot get on with it….it doesn’t feel the same when reading! I love to feel the weight of a book in my hands as I read….to feel the texture of the paper….to smell the book whether new or old. ….I’m the same with newspapers, lol! I will remain a traditionalist in this way (and a few others, lol!) and will not go willingly into the 21st century with eReaders....*Stamps foot in stubbornness, then sits down and pulls out a paperback book for a quick -ish read* LOL!

[pinkgeek]

I have Kindle on my iphone and it's great for reading in restaurants. My friends think I'm checking work email and low and behold I'm reading a book. :) Yeah I'm -that- girl.

Kiwi - on a PC digital books aren't my thing. I used to travel with half my luggage full of books, now I load my phone and save my back. You are right though, there is NOTHING like the feel of a real book.

I also collect antique books. :)

I always have a book on the go….I tried reading the first book of the Twilight series and gave up after 3 chapters, lol! I took the trilogy back to the library and got out a couple of historical fictions to read.

My cousin downloaded the Kindle PC app for my laptop….I cannot get on with it….it doesn’t feel the same when reading! I love to feel the weight of a book in my hands as I read….to feel the texture of the paper….to smell the book whether new or old. ….I’m the same with newspapers, lol! I will remain a traditionalist in this way (and a few others, lol!) and will not go willingly into the 21st century with eReaders....*Stamps foot in stubbornness, then sits down and pulls out a paperback book for a quick -ish read* LOL!

[UofMfan]

I read, I love women that do.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

I have Kindle on my iphone and it's great for reading in restaurants. My friends think I'm checking work email and low and behold I'm reading a book. :) Yeah I'm -that- girl.

Kiwi - on a PC digital books aren't my thing. I used to travel with half my luggage full of books, now I load my phone and save my back. You are right though, there is NOTHING like the feel of a real book.

I also collect antique books. :)

I used to have a collection of antique books, but, with living a semi-nomadic life for 20 years…. I lost them when I moved to Scotland, the removal company somehow ‘mislaid’ the box ….it broke my heart. I haven’t felt like replacing them, yet! Maybe some time in the future when I’ve settles down.

I always get books from the Library and if I like them, then I’ll buy them to re-read, again in the future. My Scottish cousin bought me the complete Hercule poirrot short stories for my birthday last year….I’d read a story once a week so I could savour the book, lol!

I take a book into a restaurant or café and read. If I take my hand embroidery, I frequently get asked to show what I’m stitching and then a conversation starts up….I’m happy to chat, but, sometimes I just want my own time a space, especially at lunchtime when I’m feeling frazzled and I want to sit quietly eating my lunch, lol!

I will still carry a handful of books in my luggage as well as my hand embroidery, lol!

[Daktari]

Thanks for posting this Pinkers.


A girl who doesn't read is a girl I wouldn't date.

[betenoire]

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[ButchEire]

You know, there are those of us who simply cannot read, due to a learning disability. This does not imply however that we are at an intellectual disadvantage. I have a master's degree and yet I cannot read. Just another viewpoint.

[Daktari]

A someone diagnosed dyslexic, dyscalculic and dyspraxic I do read or I listen to audio books.

I think if you don't have something positive to contribute then don't!

[ButchEire]

Ah, I hadn't realized that only positive contributions were allowed. I was simply stating something that hadn't been pointed out previously, in order to engage in the conversation.

A someone diagnosed dyslexic, dyscalculic and dyspraxic I do read or I listen to audio books.

I think if you don't have something positive to contribute then don't!

[pinkgeek]

ButchEire - I appreciate your point. I really do. My love of words isn't meant to exclude anyone. I can imagine having a partner who doesn't read because of a disability, but then I'm the girl who would read aloud to them to share my world.

Ah, I hadn't realized that only positive contributions were allowed. I was simply stating something that hadn't been pointed out previously, in order to engage in the conversation.

[theoddz]

I've always been seriously nearsighted and have required eyeglasses/contact lenses since I was 10. When I turned 40, I noticed that I was losing my ability to read things close up. This really put the brakes on a lot of the former enjoyment I had of reading. I tried a few pairs of those "cheater" reading glasses they sell at the drug store/WalMart (GASP)/etc., but I was always losing them or trying to hunt them down, so I ended up just not reading much.

Then came the Kindle and I got back to reading again!!! I've been reading like a fiend ever since and I really realize now how much I missed that for a few years. I can make the print as large as I want with the Kindle and I'm even planning on giving my mother a Kindle for Christmas this year, because she is having problems with her eyes now, too. She's nearly 90 years old, and has always been both a voracious reader and a published author (she's a retired Teacher with a Master's degree in Education/Learning Disabilities), and she raised both my sister and me to both be able to read and write well. The Kindle will bring the joy of reading back to her, too, so it's going to be a really special gift that I'm going to be so very pleased to give her.

Oh, and for you Ladies out there.........you all should also date us boys/bois/fellows/men who read, too. We're good catches, also. :winky::thumbsup:

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Amber2010]

I love it when you read the book I did and we discuss it. It is such a great feeling. :)

[Rockinonahigh]

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/


For every girl who reads there is a butch that dose the same,I see them in book stores and garage sales,as they shop they only have eyes for the books and are in another world.Its a world that brings many feelings that thrill and then bring sadness only to inrich life with never ending change that keeps all bookies comeing back for more.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

You know, there are those of us who simply cannot read, due to a learning disability. This does not imply however that we are at an intellectual disadvantage. I have a master's degree and yet I cannot read. Just another viewpoint.

A someone diagnosed dyslexic, dyscalculic and dyspraxic I do read or I listen to audio books.

I think if you don't have something positive to contribute then don't!

I too have mild dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia and like my Spina Bifida, I've learned to adapt my life around these and whilst I do appreciate reading isn't for everyone, I'd like to believe this thread is for those of us who enjoy reading.

Maybe we can discuss books that we've read?

[pinkgeek]

I agree! I so agree. How lovely to be back to reading. Technology is a splendid thing.



Oh, and for you Ladies out there.........you all should also date us boys/bois/fellows/men who read, too. We're good catches, also. :winky::thumbsup:

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[pinkgeek]

I was just thinking a separate thread for favorite books.. :) I'll throw one up now..


I too have mild dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia and like my Spina Bifida, I've learned to adapt my life around these and whilst I do appreciate reading isn't for everyone, I'd like to believe this thread is for those of us who enjoy reading.

Maybe we can discuss books that we've read?

[1QuirkyKiwi]

I agree with Theoddz and Rockingonahigh….it REALLY twists my knickers when my partner reads as well! We don’t have to read together, I can be hand embroidering, designing new projects, making clothes, etc. There’s a seductive, sensuousness about reading together, being read too, and reading too the one you’re in love with….

[Greco]

I absolutely dig this! Yes, this is my type of woman for sure...why? Because I love to read, and love books that's why. Thanks for posting it pinkgeek.

Looked at Murakumi's new book today, the first paragraph alright I'll be reading all 900-something pages of it...slowly.

Greco


Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/

[pinkgeek]

Sitting on a beautiful couch, comfortable with tea, two lovers with books for hours... Heaven in a sentence..

I agree with Theoddz and Rockingonahigh….it REALLY twists my knickers when my partner reads as well! We don’t have to read together, I can be hand embroidering, designing new projects, making clothes, etc. There’s a seductive, sensuousness about reading together, being read too, and reading too the one you’re in love with….

[1QuirkyKiwi]

Sitting on a beautiful couch, comfortable with tea, two lovers with books for hours... Heaven in a sentence..

....Or snuggled in bed with hot tea, cats and stolen kisses....:)

....Sitting or laying together in the garden, under a tree or a park/beach with ice cold drinks and a picnic....:)

[foxyshaman]

I was just thinking a separate thread for favorite books.. :) I'll throw one up now..

Not sure if you already threw up another thread, but there is already one dedicated to books one has on the go. I would attach a link, but I didn't.

[Greco]

My Love and I use to do this all the time, and its one of the activities I miss the most...reading to each other, to her...Greco



....Or snuggled in bed with hot tea, cats and stolen kisses....:)

....Sitting or laying together in the garden, under a tree or a park/beach with ice cold drinks and a picnic....:)

[foxyshaman]

I love reading aloud. And telling stories.

As a parent it was my joy to entertain my kids with stories.... so I had to come up with many different voices, accents, expressions, oh and used puppets...

I still tell stories at different events, even with puppets. I love to research old myths and legends to retell to adults. My story telling, I assure you, is not for children anymore!!

When I read to my lovers, it is with voices and expressions. Trying to engage the imagination and the senses.

I also enjoy reading together. My favorite time EVER is lying in a tent while it is raining outside. Listening to the rain, snuggling deeper into the sleeping bag, snackies and a hot cup of coffee. (in my uber large Tim Hortons Mug I might add!!)

[Honey]

Its funny the books you cherish.. I was 17.....in a small bookstore in Provincetown, Mass, I saw a book on a shelf. The butch on the cover was in tight jeans, a white tee a black leather jacket with slicked back hair. I opened it and my eyes fell upon the lines,.".....she could feel the wetness of Mercedes' panties against the back of her knuckles...". It was called The Swashbuckler...It was the moment I knew without a doubt I was femme.....Love that book !!!

[pinkgeek]

Brilliant Honey - I love this!

Its funny the books you cherish.. I was 17.....in a small bookstore in Provincetown, Mass, I saw a book on a shelf. The butch on the cover was in tight jeans, a white tee a black leather jacket with slicked back hair. I opened it and my eyes fell upon the lines,.".....she could feel the wetness of Mercedes' panties against the back of her knuckles...". It was called The Swashbuckler...It was the moment I knew without a doubt I was femme.....Love that book !!!

[DapperButch]

Sitting on a beautiful couch, comfortable with tea, two lovers with books for hours... Heaven in a sentence..

....Or snuggled in bed with hot tea, cats and stolen kisses....:)

....Sitting or laying together in the garden, under a tree or a park/beach with ice cold drinks and a picnic....:)

Is it me or is it true that most "girls who read", are tea drinkers?

[pinkgeek]

I think you are on to something.. I'm equal parts tea and coffee drinker..

Is it me or is it true that most "girls who read", are tea drinkers?

[JustJo]

Is it me or is it true that most "girls who read", are tea drinkers?

I think you are on to something.. I'm equal parts tea and coffee drinker..

Me too....coffee in the morning, with books....tea in the evening, with books. :)

[DapperButch]

Me too....coffee in the morning, with books....tea in the evening, with books. :)

Thought so.

Just like they like tea, but aren't necessarily anti-coffee, I think they are pro cat (but are not anti dog, necessarily).

[JustJo]

Thought so.

Just like they like tea, but aren't necessarily anti-coffee, I think they are pro cat (but are not anti dog, necessarily).

Yes...this too. :)

[DapperButch]

Yes...this too. :)

God, I'm smart.

[blush]

I spent my money on books AND clothes. Both make me happy.

[Rockinonahigh]

I agree with Theoddz and Rockingonahigh….it REALLY twists my knickers when my partner reads as well! We don’t have to read together, I can be hand embroidering, designing new projects, making clothes, etc. There’s a seductive, sensuousness about reading together, being read too, and reading too the one you’re in love with….

Well said mam,well said..tyvm.

[Rockinonahigh]

One of the local colleges hear on the first weekend of September has a huge book sale going on,the books are prices fron.10 to $1.00 each.I love to go and fnd the old books that have much to give and may well be collectors quility for my small libary,ive been looking for leather bound compleat colection of the arabian knights,I found some last year but couldnt get them from the owner who had them in an open cardbord box in her garage going to waist...poor books.

[Glenn]

I've rescued from garbage trucks Ovid, Ouida, Maupassant, DH Lawrence, Maugham, Yogananda...which will have to be pryed from my cold, dead, hands someday. If I had my way, I'd read eighteen hours a day. Unfortunately, I've never had the pleasure of dating a femme who "smelled of the lamp" of midnight oil.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

Is it me or is it true that most "girls who read", are tea drinkers?

I’m not a coffee drinker and I’m famous for drinking herbal teas, lol! ….For me, it’s the feeling of a simple luxury and indulgence of a good book, a pot of my favourite tea, maybe a square of chocolate or my favourite fruits sliced to eat with vegan cheese and sitting or laying comfortably and losing myself in the writing and images my mind conjurs up. :)

[1QuirkyKiwi]

I spent my money on books AND clothes. Both make me happy.

One of the local colleges hear on the first weekend of September has a huge book sale going on,the books are prices fron.10 to $1.00 each.I love to go and fnd the old books that have much to give and may well be collectors quility for my small libary,ive been looking for leather bound compleat colection of the arabian knights,I found some last year but couldnt get them from the owner who had them in an open cardbord box in her garage going to waist...poor books.

I've rescued from garbage trucks Ovid, Ouida, Maupassant, DH Lawrence, Maugham, Yogananda...which will have to be pryed from my cold, dead, hands someday. If I had my way, I'd read eighteen hours a day. Unfortunately, I've never had the pleasure of dating a femme who "smelled of the lamp" of midnight oil.

Fabrics and books for me! :) I often look through the local charity shops for books....the same when the Library has a sale on. Car boot sales, Fetes, anywhere that is likely to sell books. Sadly though, many books in these places are badly damaged and not worth spending the 25p on them!

I use the Library a lot and if I like a book, I'll buy it from Waterstone's or Amazon. With travelling so much and losing books when moving, I've kept my book collection down to a minimum. Once I settle down somewhere that I know will be permanent, then I'll re-start my book collection again.

[JustJo]

I use the Library a lot and if I like a book, I'll buy it from Waterstone's or Amazon. With travelling so much and losing books when moving, I've kept my book collection down to a minimum. Once I settle down somewhere that I know will be permanent, then I'll re-start my book collection again.



Kindle...my friend...kindle. :) I have transitioned completely and, although wondering if I'd miss the feel of a book in my hands, find that I don't at all. The beauty of it is that I can enjoy all the books I want...a new one anytime I want...carry 3,000 of them in my purse....and all with no books to dust or walls of bookshelves.

Love it...

[Diva]

I've been known to walk into a book store and cry....tears of happiness, as I didn't know where to begin.

I've been known to buy a book simply by what it felt like in my hands. Most times, the book touched my heart in some way.

I love to travel..........and two of my best memories are The Tattered Cover in Denver and Powel's in Portland....I don't remember much else about Denver and Portland.

There is just something about the smell of a book store that makes me drunk with happiness.

There are books/book cases in almost every room in my home. I need more of both....... :eyebat:

[pinkgeek]

Aside from my friend persiiiiiiiiiiii - Powel's is the best thing in Oregon. I got to go there for the first time earlier this year and it was heaven. I think persi and I spent 2 hours in the queer and feminist sections alone. And then there were the cookbooks!! I didn't even make it to the other sections I was exhausted.


I love to travel..........and two of my best memories are The Tattered Cover in Denver and Powel's in Portland....I don't remember much else about Denver and Portland.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

And then there were the cookbooks!!

Just don't get me started on cookbooks! I read them TWICE before I make any of the recipes from them....I'm very particular about the knowledge of the Chef writing the book, especially when it's Italian and French cookbooks. :o

[1QuirkyKiwi]

My cousin downloaded the Kindle PC app for my laptop….I cannot get on with it….it doesn’t feel the same when reading! I love to feel the weight of a book in my hands as I read….to feel the texture of the paper….to smell the book whether new or old. ….I’m the same with newspapers, lol! I will remain a traditionalist in this way (and a few others, lol!) and will not go willingly into the 21st century with eReaders....*Stamps foot in stubbornness, then sits down and pulls out a paperback book for a quick -ish read* LOL!



Kindle...my friend...kindle. :) I have transitioned completely and, although wondering if I'd miss the feel of a book in my hands, find that I don't at all. The beauty of it is that I can enjoy all the books I want...a new one anytime I want...carry 3,000 of them in my purse....and all with no books to dust or walls of bookshelves.

Love it...

Nah! I reckon it'll be years (or another lifetime) before I make the complete transition to eReaders....I'm still trying to get the hang of my Android phone and so far, I'm failing spectacularly, especially when I cut people off trying to answer it! LOL! :|

Thank you (f) for the gentle encouragement my friend, but, for now, I'll stay antiquated, lol! :tea:

[DapperButch]

My cousin downloaded the Kindle PC app for my laptop….I cannot get on with it….it doesn’t feel the same when reading! I love to feel the weight of a book in my hands as I read….to feel the texture of the paper….to smell the book whether new or old. ….I’m the same with newspapers, lol! I will remain a traditionalist in this way (and a few others, lol!) and will not go willingly into the 21st century with eReaders....*Stamps foot in stubbornness, then sits down and pulls out a paperback book for a quick -ish read* LOL!



No kindle for me either. I like books. The same with newspapers.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

No kindle for me either. I like books. The same with newspapers.

You're a Butch after my own heart....umm....except I'm a Femme, but, you know what I mean (....I hope!), lol!

Sunday mornings were meant for a loving couple to snuggle up together and read the newspaper together with :tea:,lol!

By the time I've bought a kindle and paid £7....something to download book, I can buy a bookcase full of books for the same price, lol!

[kannon]

I love books too. But I'm going to try and switch over this semester and have all my text books on my ipad.

The trees.

[tazz]

I love books too. But I'm going to try and switch over this semester and have all my text books on my ipad.

The trees.

***kannon... can you download non-textbooks and magazines for free on an iPad?

[DapperButch]

I love books too. But I'm going to try and switch over this semester and have all my text books on my ipad.

The trees.

But, then you can't "highlight", right? Or is there a way to do that on one of those things? If not, would make it hard to study for an exam (for me, anyway).

I had a friend in college who was so obsessive-compulsive with everything in life that she used a ruler when she would highlight!

I hear you on the tree thing, though.

[JustJo]

But, then you can't "highlight", right? Or is there a way to do that on one of those things? If not, would make it hard to study for an exam (for me, anyway).

I had a friend in college who was so obsessive-compulsive with everything in life that she used a ruler when she would highlight!

I hear you on the tree thing, though.

You can highlight and add marginalia on a Kindle.... :)

[pinkgeek]

I have tried using digital textbooks and not enjoyed the experience. However, there are some great auxiliary apps that have enhanced learning for me. Here's to the technological imperative!

[Liam]

I realised that I should date a girl who reads, the first time I dated one who didn't. She seemed to think that reading meant I was doing nothing, and felt compelled to find an activity for me. She didn't last long...

[persiphone]

Aside from my friend persiiiiiiiiiiii - Powel's is the best thing in Oregon. I got to go there for the first time earlier this year and it was heaven. I think persi and I spent 2 hours in the queer and feminist sections alone. And then there were the cookbooks!! I didn't even make it to the other sections I was exhausted.


we need to have a Powell's day when you come in spring....cuz there were still 5 more aisles of cookbooks to comb through. and of course we can't ignore the ginormous queer aisle. i think i hear it calling us.....can't you? it's saying....pinnkkkkkk....persiiiiiii.....come to the dark siiiiideeeeeee......

[kannon]

But, then you can't "highlight", right? Or is there a way to do that on one of those things? If not, would make it hard to study for an exam (for me, anyway).

I had a friend in college who was so obsessive-compulsive with everything in life that she used a ruler when she would highlight!

I hear you on the tree thing, though.

I think u can highlight. Plus I could print some hardcopies of specific pages using recycled paper

[DapperButch]

You can highlight and add marginalia on a Kindle.... :)

Yeah, but can you write in the margins? Didn't think so!

I had this whole symbol system that indicated how important a passage was. I think there was like 5 different levels to how important a passage could be.

<---whackjob

[Strappie]

I have to say... I sure do enjoy a good reading from my girl before bed.

[pinkgeek]

Not whackjob that's rather normal in my world......... But then I'm the girl who would be Alice.... :)

Yeah, but can you write in the margins? Didn't think so!

I had this whole symbol system that indicated how important a passage was. I think there was like 5 different levels to how important a passage could be.

<---whackjob

[foxyshaman]

I don't write in the margins very often. I do however highlight some pages. If I am researching for an article I am writing I will use lots of arrow post-its.

I don't own too many books, most of them I get from the library. I have thought about an electronic book, however my research has shown me that I can't (yet) get the obscure titles I read. Otherwise I would switch. Alas, it is not yet to be.

I do subscribe to my magazines and journals online. I do like that.

[ruby_woo]

I love reading, and am considering getting a Kindle soon. I love books, and am afraid I'll miss holding the book in my hand, but there are two of us in a 500 sq ft apartment and we're running out of room for more stuff. I also kind of have a habit of not remembering to return books to the library, so... :|

[pinkgeek]

I do subscribe to my magazines and journals online. I do like that.

Hmm here's a new spin on the book topic.. What magazines does everyone read?

*Scientific American
*The Economist
*The Hastings Center Report (bioethics)
*The American Journal of Bioethics
*National Geographic
*NY Times
*7x7

[pinkgeek]

When I got my nook (that I have since given to my Mum in anticipation of an ipad 3) I was worried I'd miss actual books too much. Thus far it doesn't bother me to use an e-reader or my phone. It's easier on my luggage costs when I travel, and I never forget to turn out the light.

Being able to download books is a dangerously delicious expense though.....

I love reading, and am considering getting a Kindle soon. I love books, and am afraid I'll miss holding the book in my hand, but there are two of us in a 500 sq ft apartment and we're running out of room for more stuff. I also kind of have a habit of not remembering to return books to the library, so... :|

[DapperButch]

Hmm here's a new spin on the book topic.. What magazines does everyone read?

*Scientific American
*The Economist
*The Hastings Center Report (bioethics)
*The American Journal of Bioethics
*National Geographic
*NY Times
*7x7

*Money
*Kiplinger's
*Bicycling
*Mountain Bike Action
*Details (not that great, but only $10 a year)
*Men's Health (purchase in store)
*Consumer Reports (online subscription)
*International Journal of Transgenderism (online subscription through WPATH)

[UofMfan]

Time
The Economist
The New Yorker
Pura Política

[persiphone]

~Wine Enthusiast
~Oregon Press
~Wine Business Monthly
~Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
~Applied Biodynamics
~Popular Mechanics
~Smithsonian
~Journal of Insect Science
~Enology Notes

gosh there's so many more....these are just off the top of my head.

[Quintease]

This is me!!!

I have so many books my hubby started throwing them out, then when I cried, he bought me a Kindle :cheer:

Now he brings me home magazines and ignores the small pile of books which is growing on my desk. He loves me, particularly as I buy him books too!

[Venus007]

Journal of the AHIMA
Coding Edge
New England Journal of Medicine
Neurology and Pain Management Coding Alert
Journal of the American Academy of Pain Management
Reminiscence
Journal Nature
Science
New Yorker

I wish I could subscribe to many of these, but some subscriptions are like $1500 a year, instead I read them at the library every month

[1QuirkyKiwi]

Mana
RSN Guild mag
Country Bumpkin
Sunday Time/Telegraph (depending which the local Dairy has on Sunday morning)
NZ Herald

[Sparkle]

I also kind of have a habit of not remembering to return books to the library, so... :|

Me Too! (hazard of being the daughter of a librarian)

I still have 100s of bound books but I looooooove my Kindle.
I hope to spend a fair amount of time in my pajamas, Kindle in hand, next week.

[Hack]

Rolling Stone
Afar
American Archaeology
Smithsonian
ESPN
Esquire
American Philatelist
Audubon
Outside

[Nadeest]

I'll pass on the Kindle and such things. I want and need a solid book in my hands to enjoy. Besides, you need a power source for those type things, even if it is only a battery. I prefer to simply turn the page.
I left most of my library in Michigan when I moved to Texas, out of necessity. That was two years ago. Now I have four bookcases, and need another one desperately. I tend to read fiction books, however, rather then nonfiction ones.

[pinkgeek]

I just paid an ungodly amount of money to ship a box of math notes, bioethics papers and books to Hawaii. I ran out of suitcase room!

[Kätzchen]

Well, I'm not any early adopter by any means so I do not think I will be adopting the latest technology for reading (kindle). Call me a snob if you must, but someone has to hold the line with traditional means of publication (publishers of literary materials in hard back form).

I won't bore any of you to tears tonight, but:

My past seven years of formal academic training led me to devour at least 8K pages a year or more by reading scholarly literature from journals of every kind from every discipline you could image. That was fun for me because of my background in knowing whether a study was credible or jacked up.

Other than that: I favor non-fictional accounts of any flavor.

I also love a good romantic novel or two and porn (as needed).

[Ginger]

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/

Brava! A joy to read.

[Jess]

I love a girl who reads......

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:sunglass:

[Jess]

and a different nod to women, reading and education... if you haven't seen this documentary yet, please do. Please bring it to your town. Please talk about it and influence others to see it... and talk about it...


http://girlrising.com/


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[Gemme]

I love a girl who reads......

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:sunglass:

I don't think she was alone at that table.

:innocent:

[~baby~doll~]

Such a wonderful post. i loved it and smiled and giggled as i read. Thanks for sharing.

i liked to read in my youth but only developed my true love after picking up a book in the late 60's. The cover was tattered and the pages folded over. i was attracted to the title at first. When i began reading i became immersed in Laura and Beebo Brinker the lead character in Ann Bannon's series. This book is called I Am a Woman. (i still have the copy) i fell in love with books as i read this over night. i sought out the rest of Ann's books over the next several weeks and found many others i still love on the way.

[Scots_On_The_Rocks]

Pinkgeek, the article you cited....ahh *sigh* indeed that it the learned reader to a tee...not just the girl who reads...but the gentleman who reads as well. You know the guy, tattered but well loved paperback shoved in the pocket of his coat.

Yup, I am that guy...who loves a book reading girl.
Nothing is better than comparing opinions of the same book over coffee. Or giving each other recommendations.

Ahh bliss that is.

[GeeGina]

Show me someone who reads...and I will see someone who thinks. It's really just that simple for me. While we all have our certain types, kinks, fetishes, weaknesses, and turn on's...is there anything sexier than a sharp mind?

I'm notorious for snooping around to see what books are on the shelves or magazines lie the tables at the homes of my dates. I remember one who stashed a few copies of Playboy in the bathroom. I asked about it and they said "Well, for the articles, of course!!".

[macele]

i don't know how i missed this. i ought to be ashamed.

love it! thank you for posting, pinkgeek. (f)

[Bard]

I have a deep love or reading always have I could read before I went to kindergarten and that in a way got me expelled. We have many many books here at home and about 6 bookcases of various sizes one we made ourselves. We also both have a kindle and we love them the rate we read well we would be overtaken with books or be broke I find that some of the book deals on the Kindle get me to try a author I might not.. Also I have passed my love of reading to my daughter and she is now reading the Hunger Games.. in the 4th grade ... it in not unusual in our house to have all 3 of us immersed in a book

[LexiLove]

I am a reader, tea drinker (english style), and I love dogs. :)

I know everyone isn't talking about that anymore but I had to add my bit in.

[homoe]

Well, I'm not any early adopter by any means so I do not think I will be adopting the latest technology for reading (kindle). Call me a snob if you must, but someone has to hold the line with traditional means of publication (publishers of literary materials in hard back form).

I won't bore any of you to tears tonight, but:

My past seven years of formal academic training led me to devour at least 8K pages a year or more by reading scholarly literature from journals of every kind from every discipline you could image. That was fun for me because of my background in knowing whether a study was credible or jacked up.

Other than that: I favor non-fictional accounts of any flavor.

I also love a good romantic novel or two and porn (as needed).

I knew before I even purchased an electronic reader I wouldn't like it! Funny how we sometimes cave in to modern technology!

[homoe]

When I'm getting to know someone, talking about books they've read and enjoyed sheds a bit of insight to them.

I prefer talking books rather than about latest fashion colors, trends, etc so I'm always on the lookout for a book lover :hangloose:

[kittygrrl]

i read extensively but i don't think that makes me an exceptional girl..when i am interested in someone i listen to what he talks about..what are his opinions on politics, social justice? Does he show interest and love for his mother? Is he concerned with my opinions? Good table manners? A sense of humor? Does he have a variety of interests or hobbies? These don't have to be amazing or exciting. Just have something you do besides being on the net. Is he embedded in his facebook page? Is he a gamer? Does he look at his phone when he is with you or is it turned off. There are many nuances to the first few times you meet someone. While being well read may make for some interesting conversation. It will never charm me into liking you more then you deserve.

[BullDog]

I read hardcover, paperback, on my Kindle and on the Kindle app on my phone. I also sometimes read books in the browser on my laptop. It's the book that matters to me, not the form. The last few days have been frigid here so I have been hiding under the covers a lot reading from my Kindle library on my phone. Hooray for technology. It's also a hell of a lot easier when you move if a lot of your books are electronic!

[Greco]

still true...dig a femme who reads and loves books...with glasses
because I love to read...and love books...you get me...


I absolutely dig this! Yes, this is my type of woman for sure...why? Because I love to read, and love books that's why. Thanks for posting it pinkgeek.

Looked at Murakumi's new book today, the first paragraph alright I'll be reading all 900-something pages of it...slowly.

Greco

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Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/
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Greco

[ardentfemme]

I think reading is crucial because it helps develop empathy. I've consistently noticed throughout my life that readers are more adept at understanding and appreciating others' feelings because they are used to taking a walk in the shoes of their favorite characters.

What is everyone reading right now?

I'm reading Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg and bawling my eyes out.

[Esme nha Maire]

I love books, but can't get on with the electronic readers I've seen so far. I just do not like the user interfaces. Physical books work better for me - though I do see the utility of ebooks in space-saving. I only do any research online because unfortunately it's nigh on unavoidable these days.

I do wish I had a better memory, and could better remember the details of books I've read though. The plus side is that if it's a very long time between reading a book and re-reading it, quite often I'll notice things that I didn't first time around, which can be fun, interesting, and occasionally surprising (can't remember which book it was now, but I do know that I got a quite different story from one book on re-reading it than I did the first time I read it!).

I'm currently reading "Crash into you" by Diana Morland - a roller derby lesbian romance. So far, so good! Generally I like reading about the sciences, science fiction, historical fiction and comedy. I don't think my love of books necessarily makes me more interesting, it's just a side effect of my curiosity, geek streak, and having had large amounts of time to kill at times

Characters and situations in books do live for me - I get lost in them - I can see the worlds of "Known Space" by Larry Niven so clearly, and Darkover by MZB, and Napoleonic times in a history I just re-read as if there. But I'm not terribly knowledgable about literature - it informs me, entertains me, occasionally sparks new ideas, that's about it for me, I'm not terribly scholarly about 'em. :-}

Oh, and that 'Hysterical Literature' link earlier - I think Gemme was right, that young lady may not have been alone in the room! 8-} (chuckle)

[girl_dee]

i’m a reader! :reader:

[indigo]

I read both fiction and non-fiction, the latter mainly related to politics and history. Not one day passes without me reading something. So, where are the dates ? :confused:

[PlatinumPearl]

I read and read daily. I'm the girl that always has a book in her purse, even in my evening purse.

I have and will read anywhere that is appropriate. I have known to be reading a book while waiting at the grocery store checkout line, Doctor's office, and even while waiting in elegant restaurants. I don't mind waiting but I do mind waiting for time to pass, so a book makes that wait more bearable. I shut off my phone most times when entering a public space and only turn it on when absolute need be as it's more respectful to the establishment and patrons.

I love bookstores and can spend hours in one. Oddly enough I have not had a date at a bookstore yet. I love the gift of books but don't get me wrong a piece of jewelry is the way to my heart as it holds sentiment!! The perfect gift for me would be books + jewelry/accessories. I may be a reader but I do like nice things as well and have no problem investing in things such as fashion and accessories.

Date a girl that not only reads but looks good, takes care of herself (not for vanity but for health), and is knowledgeable in at least one area that shows knowledge books provide. While looks fade and change intelligence remains and in my opinion intelligence is sexy!! :stillheart:

[EnchantedNightDweller]

Ever since I was a young girl, I have loved reference books. One of my parent's friends had a set of encyclopedias and I can remember reading them for hours. Here's my current read, a gem I found at Half Price Books:

https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780062509260-us-300.jpg

[homoe]

Ever since I was a young girl, I have loved reference books. One of my parent's friends had a set of encyclopedias and I can remember reading them for hours. Here's my current read, a gem I found at Half Price Books:

https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780062509260-us-300.jpg

Encyclopedias yes one could spend hours pouring over those indeed.......

[homoe]

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I think this should still hold true..............

[cathexis]

Date a womon who not only has a huge library, but has read the books included therein. Also one who can discuss the political theory, history, philosophy, and science concepts of the day or of historical significance.

One capable of initiating and maintaining an argument of theory with knowledge and exuberance with unswaying conviction.

[Greco]

(f)

Greco

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

– Rosemarie Urquico –
Original blog post here: http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/

[homoe]

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I either send my books along to others, sell them back, or donate them to women's shelters! Is this WHY I haven't been getting any "action"?:blink:

[Vincent]

I must say that a persons bookshelf is a good way to see if we will click or not.
I love books,I couldnt read properly until I was 36,I met a girl,who was middle class and taught me to read.
Like I could read to get by,but not books,she gave me a dictionary.
I started with easy books,and eventually got into the classics,Dickens,Steinbeck.
Unfortunatly,since the trauma that triggured mt Complex PTSD,I find I dont have the concentration,my therapist said it is the last symptom to go.

what a gift she gave me

But I also would need someone who loves music and I guess the same sort of music.

[homoe]

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[homoe]

I just paid an ungodly amount of money to ship a box of math notes, bioethics papers and books to Hawaii. I ran out of suitcase room!

Don't forget when shipping books, always request "media" rates...:gotmail:

[RockOn]

Recently I met a sniper. NOT A FRIEND, MIND YOU! It was just in passing. When he mentioned he had worked the Arizona and U.S. border, I was horrified because standing before me was a man who hunted and killed human beings. My first reaction was a need to spit in his face. That was my clue I needed to keep my mouth shut and move on because I realized things would rapidly deteriorate and nothing good could could possibly come from my comments.

Normally, I like to read DIY gadget type books or psycho thrillers.

Now I want to read this book, "The Line Becomes A River - Dispatches From the Border" by Francisco Cantú. I know for a fact beforehand this book will disturb me a great deal. I want a paperback copy. There was only one left yesterday at my local Books-A-Million. It was a hard back. I may wait until February when the 2nd edition comes out but will definitely read this book. It is unimaginable to me that someone could lack so much conscience to do this type of work. I know snipers are necessary in certain one hit situations (example: like SEALS doing a rescue on a person somewhere abroad) but to go in to work day after day shooting people who are attempting to walk across a border ... No Fucking Way!!!

[Gemme]

….
Now I want to read this book, "The Line Becomes A River - Dispatches From the Border" by Francisco Cantú. I know for a fact beforehand this book will disturb me a great deal. I want a paperback copy. There was only one left yesterday at my local Books-A-Million. It was a hard back. I may wait until February when the 2nd edition comes out but will definitely read this book. It is unimaginable to me that someone could lack so much conscience to do this type of work. I know snipers are necessary in certain one hit situations (example: like SEALS doing a rescue on a person somewhere abroad) but to go in to work day after day shooting people who are attempting to walk across a border ... No Fucking Way!!!


If you'd prefer a paperback and the store only has hardbacks, you have a couple of options. You could get it online at amazon or you could go into B-a-M and have them order you the paperback version. They would call you when it came in. It's a super easy process and doesn't cost you anything upfront.

[cathexis]

Recently I met a sniper. NOT A FRIEND, MIND YOU! It was just in passing. When he mentioned he had worked the Arizona and U.S. border, I was horrified because standing before me was a man who hunted and killed human beings. My first reaction was a need to spit in his face. That was my clue I needed to keep my mouth shut and move on because I realized things would rapidly deteriorate and nothing good could could possibly come from my comments.

Normally, I like to read DIY gadget type books or psycho thrillers.

Now I want to read this book, "The Line Becomes A River - Dispatches From the Border" by Francisco Cantú. I know for a fact beforehand this book will disturb me a great deal. I want a paperback copy. There was only one left yesterday at my local Books-A-Million. It was a hard back. I may wait until February when the 2nd edition comes out but will definitely read this book. It is unimaginable to me that someone could lack so much conscience to do this type of work. I know snipers are necessary in certain one hit situations (example: like SEALS doing a rescue on a person somewhere abroad) but to go in to work day after day shooting people who are attempting to walk across a border ... No Fucking Way!!!

This sounds like the kind of book I'd read. Military History and true books about clandestine operations are my passion. Also, Science, especially Geology and Physical Oceanography...rogue waves, earthquakes, and all sorts of seismic events, make my blood hot. A bit of Geography to kind of round things out.

Add Political Theory (Marxism, Anarchism, and others, even Fascism and Authoritarianism,).

Guess those mark me as weird, but who didn't know that already?

[homoe]

Don't forget when shipping books, always request "media" rates...:gotmail:

Also I have no clue why but you can use media class to mail any pages of medical records!

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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Who doesn't enjoy a little danger now and then....:hangloose:

[Bèsame*]

I was caught in the library last month. I was doing a little research and found my answer in a huge world atlas book. I eventually, traced what I wanted and then stitched up and framed my project.

I then got a library card. ( I haven't had one in years!) Found a little something I wanted to read. Well, actually, didn't find it, but put my name on a waiting list. I'm happy number 127.

I guess, I'm datable, I have a card now...lol

Psst...you should date a girl who can thread a needle too!

[Bèsame*]

I was caught in the library last month. I was doing a little research and found my answer in a huge world atlas book. I eventually, traced what I wanted and then stitched up and framed my project.

I then got a library card. ( I haven't had one in years!) Found a little something I wanted to read. Well, actually, didn't find it, but put my name on a waiting list. I'm happy number 127.

I guess, I'm datable, I have a card now...lol

Psst...you should date a girl who can thread a needle too!

Well, I got my email notice of this book. Wait list #127. I really don't think I waited that long. I am the happy renter of a brand new book!

Makes it all that more exciting to turn fresh pages!

I'm getting more date able, I'm on two other lists!


Someone has noticed, I am dating. I can read, thread a needle and cook!

[C0LLETTE]

Never date someone whose favourite restaurant is Denny's because they have pictures of the food.

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[homoe]

~~*
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[homoe]

Don't forget when shipping books, always request "media" rates...:gotmail:



This saves you tons of $$ so it bears repeating....

[C0LLETTE]

This saves you tons of $$ so it bears repeating....

Three times' a charm I always say.

[C0LLETTE]

This saves you tons of $$ so it bears repeating....

Three times' a charm we always say.

:canada:

[homoe]

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[homoe]

~~*
:reader:

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

Stephen King

[~ocean]

~~*
:reader:

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

Stephen King

ya but can u dance to it lolol j/kkkk or am I :))))

[homoe]

ya but can u dance to it lolol j/kkkk or am I :))))


:deepthoughts:

...:dance2:

:danceparty:

[homoe]

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[C0LLETTE]

Someone who can say, " That's OK, I know you meant well."

[homoe]

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[~ocean]

:deepthoughts:

...:dance2:

:danceparty:

lololol ^ 5 homoe ty 4 the laugh :)

[C0LLETTE]

Kinda like that tee shirt slogan " Grandma went to Disneyland ( the Library ) and all I got was a teeshirt".

[homoe]

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[Stone-Butch]

moe I agree with you I have no control over my bookshelves. I won't tell you how many line my living room, my bedroom and my entrance hallway. I decieded when I went to uni. that I wanted to study Sociology but I had to take a second just cause as it had to be English Literature. So many books, so little time. I got both BAs with honors but the lit. was my baby. 9 books per semester and I loved them all for 5 yrs. LOL.
If I could date a woman who loved books and truly understood Shakespeare
I would be in heaven. So far in life, no luck. If you know any single bookworms give her my addy and we can read our way through life. My second love is music so read, listen and share, thats a motto eh LOL.

[homoe]

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[C0LLETTE]

I like to hang out with people who are critical readers, understand and appreciate what they're reading, can share and enjoy it with others. To me, it matters what you are reading, not so much the quantity.

[Wrang1er]

I love reading but I do not own many books. I absolutely love going to the library. I have loved it since I was a child. It feels good to me. The librarians are like family.

I do like audiobooks. I have never used a Kindle. My favorite is having the actual book in my hands. I like bookmarks!

[Orema]

I love reading but I do not own many books. I absolutely love going to the library. I have loved it since I was a child. It feels good to me. The librarians are like family.

I do like audiobooks. I have never used a Kindle. My favorite is having the actual book in my hands. I like bookmarks!

I like audio and paper books, but my eyes get tired when I read books. I usually have to stop after a half hour or so. Have had this problem for about 10 years. Even with corrected lens.

I have the kindle app on all electronic devices and love it (you don’t have to have a kindle to read books made for kindle). I can adjust the size of the text with the app (what a difference that makes). With the kindle I can read for a couple hours without taking a break.

I have a nice amount of books shelved in the garage and am going to see if the local library will take some.

[Apocalipstic]

I like audio and paper books, but my eyes get tired when I read books. I usually have to stop after a half hour or so. Have had this problem for about 10 years. Even with corrected lens.

I have the kindle app on all electronic devices and love it (you don’t have to have a kindle to read books made for kindle). I can adjust the size of the text with the app (what a difference that makes). With the kindle I can read for a couple hours without taking a break.

I have a nice amount of books shelved in the garage and am going to see if the local library will take some.

The same thing happens with my eyes. After reading all day at work, my eyes are often too tired to read much at home, however with my Kindle, I can adjust size and its perfect. Plus, I can sit my kindle up and it does not make my carpal tunnel hurt.

Yes I love love love books, book marks, etc. But unless they have pretty large font, I have to use my Kindle.

I did get a book, with large font, and I loved it, but that seems so....senior citizen, you know?

[homoe]

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[C0LLETTE]

Date people whose intellect is greater than yours but are willing to patiently share it with you.

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[Bèsame*]

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[homoe]

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[Stone-Butch]

A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked and could only have one book,

what would it be? I always say, “How to Build a Boat.” —Stephen Wright

[~ocean]

reading is knowledge ~ personally someone who reads a lot would BORE the hell out of me ~ viva la difference ~

[Stone-Butch]

ocean, you have to look at things and see their purpose. Reading is informative and entertaining. However, if I had a lovely woman like you around all the time I guarantee I would not spend much time at the library.

[homoe]

ocean, you have to look at things and see their purpose. Reading is informative and entertaining. However, if I had a lovely woman like you around all the time I guarantee I would not spend much time at the library.

...AMEN!...

[homoe]

A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked and could only have one book,

what would it be? I always say, “How to Build a Boat.” —Stephen Wright


.......:giggle:......

[homoe]

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“Books had instant replay long before televised sports.” Bern Williams

[Ginger]

Before Marie Kondo came up with the "Does it spark joy?" criteria for whether to keep or throw something out, I was pruning my belongings for things that gave too much weight to my footprint.

I have always moved often, which was another motivating factor in trying to be conscious about what I hold on to.

That said, I only allow myself to keep poetry and reference books.

I buy three or four books of poetry a month and constantly go through my shelves, reassessing the impact of the books there.

(I do the same with every other class of objects I own.)

Recently I've been focusing on Black women poets. I'm reading Marilyn Nelson, Lynne Thompson and a recent anthology of the work of Pat Parker.

I have a stack of poetry collections by my favorite reading chair and put narrow post-its on the pages with work that really gets to me, before I put them alphabetically on the shelf.

I know this sounds very nerdy. But it feels good.

When I was in grad school and lived with a lover, I came home once to find she had consolidated our libraries; alphabetized all our books together.

I knew she meant it as a gesture of commitment to our shared home, but I had mixed feelings :blink:

I'm like that Jill Clayburgh character who says, when her lover imagines their old age together, teeth in the same glass by the bed — "I want my own glass."

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[akiza]

i've gotta say that my list of black authors is kinda poor ne i know some classics one but still not enough 😕 someone has names to give me?

[homoe]

i've gotta say that my list of black authors is kinda poor ne i know some classics one but still not enough 😕 someone has names to give me?


For fiction I can recommend Barbara Neely.

[homoe]

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[Orema]

i've gotta say that my list of black authors is kinda poor ne i know some classics one but still not enough 😕 someone has names to give me?

These are some of the Black writers I've read in the last 10 years.
– Roxane Gay
– Ta-Nehisi Coates
– Michel Alexander
– Isabel Wilkerson
– Charles M. Blow
– Samuel R. Delany
– Angie Thomas

And you can never go wrong with
– bell hooks
– Audra Lorde
– Octavia Butler
– Toni Morrison
– James Baldwin

[Stone-Butch]

A girl you date may be into brail books that you can't read but you can ask her to read to you. I love books but there is much more to a woman than her reading skills. I would date a woman who is kind, understanding, loving and honest and be thankful for the rest.

[Martina]

i've gotta say that my list of black authors is kinda poor ne i know some classics one but still not enough �� someone has names to give me?

James McBride
Jericho Brown (poetry)
Jesmyn Ward
Colson Whitehead
N.K. Jemisin

[Martina]

I would be bored if I dated someone who didn't read. I have a friend with an autoimmune disease that affects his concentration. He doesn't read anymore. But when he was young, he read everything. He will always have that.

[Orema]

One of the things I miss when not dating/partnering with a reader is reading aloud to each other in bed. Haven’t done that in ages.

[homoe]

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[Kelt]

One of the things I miss when not dating/partnering with a reader is reading aloud to each other in bed. Haven’t done that in ages.

This is not what you have in mind but I find it, um, interesting.

I just discovered a new Audible feature called “plus“ that started last August, I may just be the last one to find it. Anyway it is a very large library of books that you can use at no cost for as long as you have your membership. (You have to be a member) I found that they have a large collection of fiction which is something I rarely purchase, that I can just listen to for free. They seem to have a large selection of LGBTQ fiction.

Bedtime stories, jest sayin’ :sunglass:

[homoe]

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[homoe]

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[VintageFemme]

. . . your favorite poetry to you.

[homoe]

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Don't be like them dumb boys!

[Stone-Butch]

I agree with you for sure moe. Each special day (birthday/xmas) I give the little one some kind of book according to age. I read to her when I visit and she always asks me to. She will be 5 this July so I need to find something more age appropriate. When she gets old enough to truly understand the value of books she can share mine of which I have well over a hundred on my 6 book shelves.

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Don't be like them dumb boys!

This post originally contained a photo with the quote by Marilyn Monroe!

“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.”