libraries

Domestic bookrooms

If you have enough physical books, enough money, and enough space in your residence to have a “domestic bookroom”, you may well find How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home? fascinating: Mr. Byers1 coined a term — “book-wrapt” — to describe the exhilarating comfort of a well-stocked library. The… Continue reading Domestic bookrooms

Susan Orlean tells a tale that starts out much like that of many bookworms, of Growing Up in the Library, but her story ends with her reconnecting with libraries later in life, after a long spell when she had both the money and the inclination to buy most of her reading material and ends up… Continue reading Libraries