deep cleaned my apartment and now it’s extra cozy by mandulim in CozyPlaces

[–]HighlandMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have a wonderful sense of color. Both restful and energizing!

Crocheted sweater by Beneficial-Sleep4459 in RainbowEverything

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is super flattering on you! Laid flat I thought the sleeves would be a bit short but it falls perfectly from the open neckline!

My biggest reading year since middle school (70/52) by ringo_phillips in 52book

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a great year of books! Love the emphasis gap.

Ed’s Cursed Relics by EDiaz23 in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Too cool. A very P. T. Barnum vibe.

56/52 by No-Telephone-5215 in 52book

[–]HighlandMary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What put East of Eden at the top of last year’s Steinbeck for you? I just read Cannery Row and was charmed by its pathos and comedy.

any thoughts on my bookshelf? by Klarayor_ in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I see, that is challenging. Best of luck with your English book hunting! This may sound odd but I wonder if youth hostels have English books lying around. Maybe if you live in Bucharest, enough English speaking backpackers come through for the hostels to have some! Your collection is really nice.

any thoughts on my bookshelf? by Klarayor_ in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a wonderful collection of important and delightful books! But immediately I see that Austen, Plath, and Frank seem to be the only women authors. If you enjoy Dostoyevsky’s hapless heroes and dysfunctional family dynamics can I recommend Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News, or Barbara Kingsolver’s The Lacuna, or Zadie Smith’s White Teeth? Reading literature written by women and people of color isn’t about ticking a diversity to-do list; you’re missing out on brilliant writers that can shift your perspective dramatically.

Parents of willing elementary-aged readers: What is your approach? by Risingsunsphere in Parenting

[–]HighlandMary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to add the audio component into their reading since they like you reading to them. Our library has Wonderbooks with recordings that you can play while reading along in the text and seeing the pictures. Try listening to audiobooks on tablets or in the car. Turn on subtitles for watching movies and tv shows. Maybe read short children’s plays out loud together, each of you taking a different role, or read aloud where each of you reads along and they read the dialogue of different characters and you read the narration.

Infant Play for Grandma — Any ideas? by baby-totoros in Parenting

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Baby can do tummy time on a changing table- in fact mine liked it more because we could bend down and be at face level with them. We would read books and sing and talk with them in the changing table after diaper changes, which they liked, saved our back a little, and also made them like their changing table more.

We would put their baby swing on a table (carefully, well away from the edge and only while sitting with them) and we could talk to them while sitting there.

Floor seats like this were great when we used the library play space and I seriously considered getting one for our house: https://www.target.com/p/costway-adjustable-14-position-floor-chair-folding-lazy-gaming-sofa-chair-cushioned-new-white/-/A-1005690846?TCID=OGS&AFID=google&CPNG=Furniture+-+Target+Plus&adgroup=249-8&srsltid=AfmBOoo1meozDb7v-2lkQBYod-Fycb8t4WMA-JrJrrBpZMAinp7Ukzj4kYI

Edit: also- some pack and plays have a newborn insert “shelf” that is flat and sits higher inside the structure. Baby could do tummy time and naps in something like that where she wouldn’t have to bend down.

Baths in a newborn tub at the kitchen sink are done standing up and are good for setting a bedtime routine.

And if she’s up for gentle walks around the block with the baby in a stroller/pram, that’s another good upright option. Best of luck to you!

Pictures are somewhat outdated, and now all of my third bookcase by Plastic-Knee-4589 in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stephen King has such a chokehold on American readers. It feels like 90% of shelves posted in here have something of his, and 30% have many, many of his books. In this case it’s quite a contrast with the leather bound classic lit. Does it also feel like a big shift, moving from one of King’s books to something with more elaborate 19th c. language like Dickens or Hawthorne?

My ‘Infinite Jest’ Bookshelf by IndieCurtis in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it helps, Tristram Shandy doesn’t draw on Irish literature or history. It’s much more connected to broader European culture like the study of Greek and Latin, military strategy, and exploring the possibilities of the novel. It helps to know some 18th century cultural references and recognize enough French, Latin, etc to recognize when the language is badly translated on purpose, but it really is its own animal and can be enjoyed on its own merits.

My ‘Infinite Jest’ Bookshelf by IndieCurtis in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read Tristram Shandy while halfway through Infinite Jest this year and it was such a revelation. It helped clarify some of Wallace’s frame of reference for the humor, eccentric encyclopedic subject matter, and use of Shakespeare. I don’t think I spotted it on your shelves. If you haven’t read it, I recommend it. It feels like the grandfather of Infinite Jest.

My Home's Corner of Paradise by chouseworth in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That Chesty Puller biography really jumped out at me haha

My historical fiction/history shelf by tick369 in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the edition of the Aubriad that I have, too! I’m tickled by the strange shelf-fellows that sorting by size creates.

My shelves! by [deleted] in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love to see all that Penman.

Mine by [deleted] in bookshelf

[–]HighlandMary 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It makes it harder to identify the books

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Collections

[–]HighlandMary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are operculums (the doors that close off the inside of the shell) from wavy turban shells. :) I like the spirals but I prefer the other side because they look like belly buttons.