Spanish, Dutch, UK and a Signed 1st Edition Books..check them out..

Happy Friday and have a Lovely weekend :)

#fridayreads IMPORT UK, 1st edition The Tailor Of Panama by JOHN LE CARRE http://t.co/S0bLIZGgkk via @amazon pic.twitter.com/unDvJcCwN0
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1ST ED SIGNED BY AUTHOR A Widow, a Chihuahua, and Harry Truman:.... by Mary Beth Crain via http://t.co/F4Hahpad2e pic.twitter.com/nb7Qn4C2fO
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#DUTCH De Visscher Van Nispenrode (1929) - The Fisherman of Nispen Red by Willem Schippers http://t.co/IYZ9XnpPQh pic.twitter.com/3ErwDCef6z
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#SPANISH Las Abandonadas Paperback – January 1, 1969 by Barón Rafael (Author) http://t.co/n9dpFVfwDG via @amazon pic.twitter.com/ykP8PatvOk
— HappyLittleSoulBooks (@GroovyBOOKS) July 25, 2014

ANTHONY ADVERSE & LES INNOCENTS

HappyLittleSoul Books  check out what I have found for you....

ANTHONY ADVERSE IN AMERICA by HERVEY ALLEN 1949 http://t.co/59Tq1hONvY via @amazon pic.twitter.com/UFcSoMRTcf
— HappyLittleSoulBooks (@GroovyBOOKS) July 21, 2014

Les innocents by Georges Simenon publ. 1972 Reply w/ #AmazonCart to add this http://t.co/YhkFfku5DN via @amazon pic.twitter.com/QygDoCoEyx
— HappyLittleSoulBooks (@GroovyBOOKS) July 21, 2014

Just saw this on Amazon: Contaflex Way (Camera Way Books) by H. Freytag http://t.co/fJdu3mPEsj via @amazon
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MY THOUGHTS FOR 2014

 

 

NEW WAY OF THINKING FOR NEW YEAR

Monday, December 30, 2013

Another year has ended and another begins....WELCOME 2014! 

I wanted to take a moment to just say some things that weigh on my heart and in my head.

People delude themselves into thinking that heaven on earth means acquiring, chasing, or obtaining things or people.... but they are sadly mistaken. 
HEAVEN, is not FAME, WEALTH , POWER nor does it belong to the person with the MOST BELONGINGS. 

As someone who has suffered their entire life with depression and a mood disorder, I can assure you that YOU CAN have money in the bank, but if you still want to die, then the attainment of wealth and fame is not the way to heaven for ANY ONE. 

LIFE is a walk, a journey...and NO ONE knows where their journey will END...all you can do is KEEP MOVING FORWARD, KEEP LOVING AND PEACEFUL COMPANY, run to those whose smiles warm your cold soul like a huge roaring fire, run from those who make you feel cold and lonely...even in their presence. 

FIND SHELTER wherever you can thru LIFE'S STORMS....but always remember, EVERY STORM WILL PASS....along the road on your journey.... try to plant smiles on the faces of those who need them most and give hugs to others who have been left out in the cold.....your kindness and love will create more kindness and love.....even if it takes longer than you like....even with one pair of shoes on your feet and barely a coat to keep you warm...always think of yourself as a GARDNER OF LOVE as you continue on your journey and when you find your heart is low on love, or a smile is hard to find...this is when someone on their journey will WATER you with love and kindness...and soon you will have the strength to continue on... 

NEVER WORRY about where your JOURNEY ENDS....focus every moment on making each step you take, each town you enter, each place you exit, every person you meet....LEAVE THEM ALL still feeling the sun from your smiles, the strength in your hand as you helped them up in when they were down, hearing your words of encouragement echo in their ears when no one had ever spoken them before, remembering the warmth in the embrace you gave them when their souls felt cold....THIS IS LIFE.....AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID time and time again...he worried not about the end of his journey but about the souls he could touch as he traveled....giving to those without, helping those unable to help themselves, bestowing kindness and hope to those who have never knew hope....this is what we all should do... 

HEAVEN IS NOT A PLACE OR A DESTINATION .....heaven is a gift to be received....and all of us have the ability to share some of it with someone else..... and it is FREE......

written by Felica Devers at 3:03 PM 

 

http://felicadevers.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-way-of-thinking-for-new-year.html

 

 

 

LOVE OF THE BOOK HUNT

Howdy,

This week I've been book hunting and while I found a few gems, I also found more than my share of duds.
I literally cannot stay my butt out of used book establishments, I just cannot. I LOVE gazing upon shelf after shelf of dusty or not so dusty books that someone at one time purchased/received as a gift/ read and now that book has been passed from their hands into the hands of someone new.

I love knowing that very book, no matter the age, genre, author etc. has a a story outside the obvious story written on it's pages, and I love imagining what story each book would tell about it's origins and it's travels and how it landed in  my hands.

I will admit, I am slowly moving into HOARDING territory as I reside in less than 900 sq ft with another living soul and an ever growing collection of books that quite poss. could be around 500 books that are now taking up one huge 5 ft bookcase, an entire corner of the living room which includes a large desk covered with stacks of books, stacks of books UNDER the desk, books stacked on books stacked on other flat surfaces, etc. I LOVE MY BOOKS!!!!!!! but I also love looking for books that one person once read and now another person wants the same book they once read long ago and fell in love with, and they want the same copy of their favorite book down to the exact edition, year published, and everything. I always say, I HOPE MY FIND  MAKES YOU HAPPY!!!

Some quotes about books by folks who love them the same way I do:
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
~Marcus Tullius Cicero
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
~Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
~Charles William Eliot
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
~Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
“I cannot live without books.”
~Thomas Jefferson
More awesome quotes about BOOKS at my 2nd fave home, GOODREADS.com

GEORGETTE HEYER: Original Regency Romance Author

I love old things, old British things and old British Victorian things ( is this redundant?), anyhoo, then one of the top authors who fits into all 3 of my odd categories is deceased, British historical romance and mystery writer, GEORGETTE HEYER.

Georgette began writing in the early 1900's and her  historical romance novels were set in upper class,18th century England, further broken down as the Regency era (1811-1820) and Victorian era (1830-1901) in British history. Georgette is also sometimes called the original Regency romance writer.

I first fell in love with her vintage paperbook novel covers and then with the author herself.

Further reading is a must on
HISTORICAL ROMANCE WRITING  & GEORGETTE HEYER herself.

Check out the vintage paperback copies I have available:

publ. 1981

publ. 1953

publ. 1948

publ. 1966

check out these titles at:  http://www.amazon.com/shops/HappyLittleSoul

IF YOU'RE GONNA TALK STUPID ON TV, MAKE SURE YOU LOOK GOOD

I thought I would just share a few thoughts how important READING is to a person's intellect and how a book gives insight into topics, people, places, issues, one might not come in contact with in their daily personal life. BOOKS FEED YOUR MIND & YOUR PERSONALITY!!!

With this being said, here we go:

1. (not specifically book related- but dang sure related to how important it is to Read) I watched the premiere episode of this new 1 hr reality show last night on LIFETIME, called PRETTY WICKED MOMS.

Due to the fact that I have worked in television production as a Researcher, Clearance Coordinator, Producer and Writer among other job titles, I will not give my true personal opinion of the show itself (mustn't bite the hand that you want to feed you again :)  However, I will say that a quote from one of the mom's to her BFF in front of TV cameras and the world was something I personally would never have revealed OUT LOUD at her age and in her position as a successful, business owner.

This lovely, slender, blonde mom of one 1yr old daughter, with perky breasts, perfect hair and dazzling white teeth told her BFF ( who ironically looks almost exactly like her), that quote " She had just found out the POPE ( yes, that one) was CATHOLIC."

Some kind soul had divulged this "top secret" info to her just last week she said. "Top Secret" is my phrase I added because obviously the knowledge that THE POPE IS CATHOLIC is information that is sooo top secret, it has been kept from this grown 32 year old woman, married to a Dentist and owning a very successful women's clothing boutique in the poshest spot of Atlanta FOR YEARS!!!!.
I have plenty more I could say and did say to her thru my televison screen last night, but I won't bother you guys with all that.

I'll just end this by saying, boys, girls, grown folks, the written word is your FRIEND.

Don't be scared of learning something new, even if you are NOT Catholic and never intend to visit the Vatican, IGNORANCE is NOT BLISS, nor is looking STUPID on national TV.

 But she did look GOOD, looking stupid :)

 And for her, I'm sure THAT is what is most important.

A TALE ABOUT A FAN AND HER FAVE AUTHOR

A few years back I happened to be working up in the Pacific Northwest at a large corporate entity and I would spend my lunch breaks sitting in my car reading book after book ( mostly true crime, historical crime, etc). Anyway, this one week at the library I came upon this book and it's cover pictures haunted me and the title grabbed me and I literally had to read it. Also, it was written by one of my other favorite Pacific Northwest crime writers besides the legendary Ann Rule.

So I checked this book out and I voraciously read thru it in 2 days, like one possessed. I LOVED IT and I couldn't escape the characters; just knowing they had actually lived and died just several hours away and several decades before me.

http://www.starvationheights.com/

Anyway, one day I was mentioning to a co-worker how I had LOVED LOVED LOVED this book called Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest written by bestselling author, Gregg Olsen, and she interrupted me to say, " Oh didn't you know, his "close family member of Gregg's" works here?"  I nearly had to reach for my hanky cause I felt a case of the vapors approaching. The co-worker then told me that THE Gregg Olsen would be in our workplace today or tomorrow to see his "family member".  I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!!!.

I found out for sure he was coming in later that week and I had another copy of his latest bestseller entitled, Heart of Ice at home, so I brought it to work, and later that day I happened to walk past his " family member's" work area and there he was!!!!! To make a long story longer, I stopped and talked that poor man's ear off for at least half an hour and he was as sweet and gracious as the lovely Southern Librarian ladies who worked at my favorite public library branch back in my hometown.

Gregg Olsen autographed my book, and we became "friends" on Facebook and I have his autographed book up in a place of honor in my poor cramped abode full of hundreds of books that also wish to be honored.

Anyway, keep an eye out for Gregg Olsen's newest book, he's an awesome true crime writer and lovely human being.