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Cay Gibson
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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 1:38pm \| IP Logged

On this thread Patty mentioned

PDyer wrote:

Carrying the book in my purse even if I don't expect to have time to read it when I'm out...

and Alice mentioned
under this thread:

Alice wrote:

"Annie, in my pocketbook at this very moment is the book "Around the Boree Log" by John O'Brien. It is an Out of Print book, at least here in the US, but it is my favorite collection of poetry by a single poet of all time--bar none. I re-read it constantly, and when it is not actually in my bag, it is usually close at hand."

Seems I'm not the only one. Whew! sweet relief.

How many of you do this? And what book is in your "pocketbook" at the moment?

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 1:56pm \| IP Logged

Me! Currently I have Bill Bryson's "In a Sunburned Country." Always good for a snicker or two!

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 5:27pm \| IP Logged

I don't carry an actual book, but I currently have 5 audio books on my PPC in my purse:

A Walk in the Woods
3 Men on the Bummel
A Pilgrim's Regress
Cairo Jim and the Petticoats of Artemis (Paul's current selection

)
The Nine Tailors

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 6:35pm \| IP Logged

Thanks to rave reviews from many 4Real friends, I have Katherine Valentine's A Gathering of Angels. What a great writer!

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 7:40pm \| IP Logged

Cay Gibson wrote:

On this thread Patty mentioned

PDyer wrote:

Carrying the book in my purse even if I don't expect to have time to read it when I'm out...

and Alice mentioned
under this thread:

Alice wrote:

Seems I'm not the only one. Whew! sweet relief.

How many of you do this? And what book is in your "pocketbook" at the moment?

Hello, Cay! What a fun question!

I think I am not alone on these boards in saying "True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin" by St. Louis de Montfort is in my purse at the moment. (It has displaced Boree Log, at least for the time being, but don't worry, my Father O'Brien poetry is only an arm's length away.)

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 7:59pm \| IP Logged

You're so right, Alice! True Devotion is in my bag, too.

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 8:56pm \| IP Logged

Make that three with "True Devotion" in their bag or purse.

I don't carry a purse, though. Does my pocket count??

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 9:29pm \| IP Logged

PaulaL wrote:

I don't carry a purse, though. Does my pocket count??

Paula,
I was a little surprised to see MacBeth say:

MacBeth wrote:

I currently have 5 audio books on my PPC in my purse:

MacBeth with a purse!!!

I'm having trouble with a visual here.

I would have thought she'd say "knapsack."

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Posted: Feb 02 2007 at 9:34pm \| IP Logged

Cay, you are so right!!

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Posted: Feb 03 2007 at 4:52am \| IP Logged

I'm carrying Volume 6 from Charlotte Mason's original series, but I need to clean out my purse because the book sticks out the top and I'm afraid I'm going to lose it!
And Cay, do you still have your House of Literature site?

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Posted: Feb 03 2007 at 11:04am \| IP Logged

Cay Gibson wrote:

MacBeth with a purse!!!

I'm having trouble with a visual here.

I would have thought she'd say "knapsack."

Oh, dear. Cay's correct! I never carry a purse--I tend to put handbags down and walk away. I use a large waist-pack for normal days (the kids call it my "pouch"), and a day pack for hikes. Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression

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Posted: Feb 03 2007 at 2:58pm \| IP Logged

We usually have a book in the "door pocket". Can I say that?

Usually it has to do with Daddy stopping at a store saying, "I'll be just a few minutes." Then the kids chime in with, "Mom, can you read us the book?"('

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Posted: Feb 03 2007 at 3:29pm \| IP Logged

Becky Parker wrote:

And Cay, do you still have your House of Literature site?

Becky,
It's still up (with those dreadful pop-up ads

) but I haven't updated it in forever!

My blog is where everything happens.

But here's the website:
House of Literature

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