It’s been quiet awhile since I’ve written up a post. Now that summer is coming to a close and the work cleaning up after the recent hurricane is finishing, I can start spending just a bit more time in front of a computer (and hopefully in front of a book reading.)
The item I have to post today seems very fitting for events of earlier in the day. My copy of The Take of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu, was given to me more than a few years ago by my cousin. I think it was one that either she or her brother read for a class in college and didn’t need anymore. She told me it was a good book and thought I’d like it. Since then I still haven’t sat down to read it. Being the proud owner of (finally) over one thousand books can do that
Back when this book was given to me, I think my collection was housed on a sole bookshelf. Yet, my cousin wished to help me make my just starting book collection grow. And she was looking out for what I was reading, since we’re the two readers in the family. This particular cousin is (in my family) my closest friend, and for labeling my only sister. Technically she’s my god-sister, so that might make some sense.
There’s not much about the particular item that came from this book that’s of note. Since this blog calls for something in the book to link a story to it, I guess I’ll give a brief description of the bookmark that was left in the book.
The bookmark is from Shakespeare & Co. The store is one of the ones in the New York City area. Obviously the book was most likely purchased there. Other than that, there’s not much to obverse.
I guess I should get around to reading this book one of these days. My cousin hasn’t steered me to a book I haven’t liked yet. We’ll just have to see if that changes.