My Go-To Juice

Some people run on coffee

Some people run on chocolate

I run on books!

They help through everything:

Whether sad or stressed:

Bored:

Yep:

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Jane Austen Eyes

So we all have heard about Bette Davis Eyes, right?

Well I have Jane Austen eyes.

I know you are thinking, uh what does that mean?

So I was reading an article about how they studied two of Jane Austen’s eyeglasses and how bad her eyesight got at the end. They discussed how much her sight regressed, and think that arsenic might be the cause. If you’d like to read more follow this link.

But the part that really stood out to be was this part of the article:

“Tests showed they increased in strength from +1.75 in each eye from the first pair to +4.75 and +5.0 in the final pair-meaning she would have found it very difficult to see well enough to read or write by the time she died.”

That was what caught me!

“…she would have found it very difficult to see well enough to read or write by the time she died.”

That’s my eyesight!

My right eye is 5.0 and my left 4.75. So that means that if I lived in Regency England I “…would have found it very difficult to see well enough to read or write…”

What???!!!

It’s horrible! I can’t imagine not being able to read!

I can’t imagine a sadder life.

But on the plus side, I do have something in common with Jane Austen not everyone does. I have her eyes.

And thank goodness I live in today’s time so I have good glasses and can read. My life would be so sad and boring without it.

For more on glasses, go to Eye Guess I Won’t Be Seeing You

For more on Jane Austen, go to In Honor of Jane

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All You Need Is…

So Valentine’s Day is coming:

And most people’s minds turn to one thing:

What does mine turn to?

Yep, thats what I love right there.

I’m just kidding. A man can turn my head, espechially if he is this kind of man:

Or:

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What Are Your Priorities

Books are the most important things out there.

I mean seriously, they rank high on my priority list.

I mean they are some of the most important things out there:

After all:

For more of my love of books, go to Not a Priority

For more book-filled posts, go to I Must Stay Strong

Six Degrees of Separation

Reading books are really special, not only for their content:

But the fact that something you read can become a part of you. The characters can become your friends, family, a part of who you are.

We love them so much that if asked, it would hard to pick just one.

But have you ever thought about how a book you love is loved and touched by others? Especially a library book.

Have you ever thought about how every book you check out has been checked out by countless others. Even though each book affects people in a different way; it still is pretty amazing how many people can be reached through a book.

So there used to be something that I would do in novels I borrowed from the library. I would leave little things in them for the next reader.

Bookmarks, stickers, quotes, pictures, etc. I thought that maybe these little gifts would enhance the reader’s life, maybe make them very happy. Brighten their day.

I stopped doing it after a while because I started to think that maybe I was causing more trouble for the library workers who have to check through the books.

But after a while I started to do it again. I joined the site PaperBackSwap and as I sent out my books to trade; I sometimes include little things: bookmarks, cards, etc. To thank them and set a smile on their face too.

Is that a weird thing to do? Or something you do as well?

For more Neil Gaiman, go to One of Many

For more Virgina Woolf, go to True Treasure

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