The Bibliovixen

Charming

2012-01-31T07:05:00.001-06:00

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

No Struggle Cooking

2012-01-28T10:46:00.002-06:00

I gave up cooking Chinese food decades ago due to the prep time and numerous steps to get the food to the table. After purchasing this book, I'm back to cooking Chinese food that has no resemblance to what you find in Chinese-American foods.

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Hold It, Read It

2012-01-27T17:24:00.002-06:00

From the Facebook page of The Oxford English Dictionary. Click the photo for more info.

Just a few days left to prepare for LetterMo 2012 - Month of Letters Challenge.

I Want My MTV

2012-01-26T17:49:00.002-06:00

For those of us who were there when it went live, this is deliciously gossipy great fun of behind the scenes from people who were there, in front of the cameras, behind the cameras, in the bands, getting it on with the bands...

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Never Said I Was

2012-01-26T17:18:00.002-06:00

I'm not a writer. I tried. Luckily I quit before foisting my dreck on people.

I am a writer of letters, though...this year I'm taking part in the challenge:

I found this through a friend of mine who is also a member (as I am) of this great group:

And to close, one of my favorite poems.

The Letter
by Amy Lowell

Little cramped words scrawling all over
the paper
Like draggled fly's legs,
What can you tell of the flaring moon
Through the oak leaves?
Or of my uncertain window and the
bare floor

Spattered with moonlight?
Your silly quirks and twists have nothing
in them
Of blossoming hawthorns,
And this paper is dull, crisp, smooth,
virgin of loveliness
Beneath my hand.

I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart
against
The want of you;
Of squeezing it into little inkdrops,
And posting it.
And I scald alone, here, under the fire
Of the great moon.

Find Me

2012-01-14T21:14:00.000-06:00

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Nothing Like The Real Thing - Books

2012-01-09T21:04:00.000-06:00

Terribly charming...

Great and Clever

2011-12-24T13:29:00.000-06:00

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Let's Get This Straight, Please

2011-10-12T21:54:00.004-05:00

"Brotherly kindness. -- Everyone is fighting a hard battle. The souls of men need kindness." -- Ozora S. Davis

[Not Plato.]

Davis, Ozora S. (1921). Evangelistic preaching: with Sermon Outlines and Talks to Children and Young People; page 158. Fleming H. Revell Company: New York.

The page this is quoted from is linked here.

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

2011-10-10T16:52:00.002-05:00

And it happens *twice* a year!

The haul:

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Pavarotti: My World
American Fuji
Dirty
Ireland
Women of the Silk
Turbott Wolfe
Broken
The Wednesday Letters
Born Confused
The Painted Veil
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
Fall On Your Knees
How To Be A Chicana Role Model
Zazoo
My Name Is Red
Afternoons with Emily
Memoirs of A Muse

As Good As Their Artwork

2011-10-09T00:04:00.000-05:00

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What You Want To See Is There

2011-09-18T20:55:00.003-05:00

A fascinating book, rich in detail. Instead of linking a photo with more book information to either illustrated book cover, use this link.

Nibble and Shriek

2011-08-12T20:13:00.002-05:00

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Legend of the Magic Hoo Hoo

2011-07-23T11:42:00.000-05:00

"O that this too too sullied flesh would melt..."

2011-07-17T20:35:00.002-05:00

I'm quite pleased with this edition. And who couldn't use yet another edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet?

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From The Other Side

2011-07-04T08:25:00.003-05:00

I usually don't say much beyond my usual sentence of "click the photo for more information" (it applies here as well), but I have to say that this book was one of the better re-imagining of a Greek myth that I've read in a long time.

Mangiare

2011-06-11T16:02:00.001-05:00

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Interesting Ride

2011-06-11T15:48:00.001-05:00

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No Envy

2011-04-18T22:39:00.001-05:00

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A Mash Note To Oak Knoll Books

2011-04-09T17:26:00.008-05:00

* * *

Dear OKB:

I confess, when I first found you, I thought you were - oh, what is that phrase? - too rich for me..."rare and out-of print bookseller." What made me reconsider my too-swift and incorrect opinion was the following sentence: "Our database contains the world's largest inventory of books about books and bibliography."

You see, I was looking for a magazine about books and book collecting due to finding a lone copy of it in my public library's Friends of the Library magazine sale. The cover was Anne Rice when she was still writing scary, fantastic stories of vampires and witches, before that period that she, shall we say, chose not to write those stories any longer.

BIBLIO, Issue 3, Volume 10. And all mine for a dime! I went home and devoured it. I hadn't had such good magazine reading about books since I quit my subscription to BOOK when it merged with B&N, but that's another story for another time and with liquor present...

When I finished my copy of BIBLIO, I immediately hit the all-great and powerful Google in search of more copies and a possible subscription.

Nothing.

Nothing in the top ten hits. Nothing in the top 20 hits. I won't embarrass myself further by saying just how long I kept searching the list of return hits. Then I switched tactics (and search terms) and there you were...patiently waiting for me to stumble upon you.

Graciously welcomed, and my questions kindly considered and swiftly answered. BIBLIO was most certainly out-of-print, and had been for nearly 11 years. However, there was the entire print run, in good condition, within a price I could afford.

Dear OKB, do you know the scene in the book and the movie where Helene Hanff opens her book packages from Marks & Co? How excited she was when they arrived? This is how excited I was when I hauled my box from you into my home (all 19 lbs of it!) and it sat there in its brown paper wrapping.

How beautiful my order was packaged, extra layers of cardboard to protect the pages and spines from being crushed in transit. The order itself wrapped in brown paper and sealed with more cardboard inside them to keep their shape. It was almost a shame to pull the paper off the magazines. You know how to set a woman's heart racing, don't you? Or at least *this* woman's heart.

And the magazines were everything I had hoped they would be from the description on your shop's website. The condition is excellent, the paper is in fine shape, the colors are still vibrant. Oh, and the lovely scent of the printed page...

I will now disappear from the world for a bit and get lost in the world that was once BIBLIO.

Many thanks, and with unabashed affection,

Me

A Distinct Lack Of Moss

2011-01-08T13:03:00.000-06:00

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Ever And Always

2011-01-03T15:53:00.001-06:00

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Literature All Mashed Up For Your Enjoyment

2010-10-20T23:59:00.000-05:00

"Hester received a PIECE OF FLAIR."

"Hester is not enjoying her FLAIR."

Celebrate Your Freedom To Read Freely!

2010-09-26T22:18:00.000-05:00

Hot Love, Cool Jazz, and Breakfast

2010-08-14T09:16:00.002-05:00

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Gentlemen Is A Relative Term

2010-06-17T21:07:00.001-05:00

Tell Me A Story

2010-03-16T21:36:00.000-05:00

Damaged Goods

2010-01-24T14:32:00.001-06:00

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Sweetness

2010-01-03T11:50:00.001-06:00

First read of 2010!

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Happy Holidays!

2009-12-23T22:56:00.001-06:00

One of my favorite holiday books as a child...

Childhood Favorites - Holiday Season 2009

2009-12-08T07:11:00.002-06:00

From now until the holiday season is over, I'm posting my childhood favorite reads. Beginning with this one:

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Oh, say can you see...

2009-12-03T18:44:00.000-06:00

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Being Thankful

2009-11-22T12:14:00.003-06:00

"Thanksgiving has always been my favorite or least unfavorite holiday, since, unlike Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, its pagan soul had not been turned into a marketing opportunity by monotheists." -- Jason Epstein

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Noodly Goodness

2009-10-17T09:19:00.001-05:00

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Bacon!

2009-10-11T11:24:00.001-05:00

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What's your favorite book? Chances are good that someone has tried to ban it.

2009-09-26T16:38:00.001-05:00

Tastes Like Chicken

2009-08-29T16:08:00.003-05:00

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Travels - Forced and Free

2009-07-19T13:33:00.003-05:00

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Go Figure

2009-06-08T23:38:00.001-05:00

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Daily Bread

2009-05-31T23:44:00.001-05:00

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Republic To Empire

2009-05-11T12:35:00.001-05:00

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Wee Wicked

2009-05-05T11:10:00.000-05:00

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Fini

2009-04-29T13:12:00.000-05:00

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Endearments

2009-04-23T19:49:00.001-05:00

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Mob Scene

2009-03-24T21:55:00.000-05:00

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Eat It Up

2009-03-16T11:59:00.000-05:00

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss

2009-03-02T13:01:00.001-06:00

Today is also Read Across America Day!

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Rose Gardens

2009-02-22T11:56:00.000-06:00

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Secrets

2009-02-06T11:28:00.001-06:00

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Dying Art

2009-01-31T11:03:00.001-06:00

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Keeping A Weathered Eye

2009-01-29T09:33:00.000-06:00

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Escapism Through Magic

2009-01-25T11:53:00.001-06:00

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A Life

2009-01-18T16:50:00.000-06:00

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Roaming Around

2009-01-17T14:15:00.000-06:00

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Down and Around

2009-01-14T09:59:00.001-06:00

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Corresponding Love

2008-12-31T10:41:00.001-06:00

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Super Read

2008-12-27T07:49:00.000-06:00

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Charming Read

2008-12-27T07:45:00.001-06:00

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Italian Memories

2008-12-20T18:50:00.002-06:00

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Happy Holidays

2008-12-17T22:58:00.003-06:00

From NPR: A Holiday Reading Tradition For The Whole Family

Classic

2008-12-17T11:59:00.000-06:00

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Beliefs

2008-12-17T11:54:00.001-06:00

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Lost Eating

2008-12-15T13:11:00.001-06:00

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More Escapism

2008-12-09T12:51:00.000-06:00

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Intelligent Escapism

2008-12-04T14:36:00.001-06:00

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Book on Books

2008-12-02T11:17:00.001-06:00

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2008-12-01T10:56:00.000-06:00

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Thanksgiving Week Posts V

2008-11-29T00:15:00.000-06:00

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Thanksgiving Week Posts IV

2008-11-29T00:13:00.000-06:00

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How To Spend Black Friday

2008-11-28T12:38:00.000-06:00

Thanksgiving Week Posts III

2008-11-28T12:34:00.000-06:00

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Thanksgiving Week Posts II

2008-11-26T11:28:00.000-06:00

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Thanksgiving Week Posts I

2008-11-25T09:15:00.001-06:00

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Villainous

2008-11-24T09:20:00.000-06:00

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Understanding Poverty

2008-11-24T09:17:00.000-06:00

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Lemons

2008-11-21T15:24:00.000-06:00

Devil

2008-11-21T15:09:00.000-06:00

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Build A Prince

2008-11-21T09:35:00.000-06:00

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Good Eats

2008-11-21T09:34:00.001-06:00

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Bears and Publishing

2008-11-20T11:39:00.000-06:00

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Talking Birds

2008-11-20T11:37:00.000-06:00

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Annie Leibovitz

2008-11-20T11:36:00.001-06:00

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Poverty

2008-11-19T16:31:00.001-06:00

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Colony Collapse Disorder

2008-11-19T16:29:00.000-06:00

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Trailer Trashed

2008-11-19T16:26:00.001-06:00

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Welcome!

2008-11-19T16:07:00.000-06:00

This is just a place to share my current reading materials.