The Seal of Approval


Bookish Stuff

What’s in a seal?  Prestige, praise, protection, a blessing.  Seals have existed for many centuries.  They date back to some of the world’s first civilizations.  Today we use them mostly to award prizes.  If you’re a book lover of literary prizes, then you’re used to seeing seals on winning books and runners-up.  Seals are now […]

January 8, 2019

Books you should read?


Bookish Stuff

Yesterday, a book I’d ordered from TheBookDepository.co.uk came and as usual I found one of their original paper bookmarks inside the package next to my spanking brand new book, The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal,and the Real Count of Monte Cristo.  Love these bookmarks!  I already have a collection of them; even one that glows […]

February 16, 2013