Comments on: Where I’d Like To Be Buried http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/31/where-id-like-to-be-buried/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Sat, 26 May 2012 16:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cass http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/31/where-id-like-to-be-buried/#comment-39080 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:33:40 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1597#comment-39080 This book looks lovely! When I was working in bookselling I used to regularly volunteer to straighten the childrens section, just so I could read the books!

One of favourites was Oliver Jeffers, ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’, which tells the lovely tale of a boy, who funnily enough, starts eating books and as a result becomes really smart but at a price. It’s such a wonderful message for children about the power of books.

]]> By: Melanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/31/where-id-like-to-be-buried/#comment-39064 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:25:43 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1597#comment-39064 We just got this book at my library and I had to sit and read it before releasing it to the public! Very cute.

Rich’s comic poem is from the poet Hilaire Belloc. I always recall this one myself.

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/31/where-id-like-to-be-buried/#comment-39060 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:38:47 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1597#comment-39060 Glad you all liked the poem!

Litlove, thanks for the recommendations, I will be looking them up for sure!

Inkslinger, I have no children either and think it’s perfectly ok to buy children’s books. And I love the long-stemmed proses too!

Rich, thanks for the rhyme! Very aspirational ;)

]]> By: Rich Cartwright http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/31/where-id-like-to-be-buried/#comment-39053 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:16:39 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1597#comment-39053 Another poem written here from (a faulty) memory. The author is English, probably 20th century, but I don’t recall the name.

When I am dead
I hope it is said
That his sins were scarlet
But his books were read

To all of you booklovers out there: thanks, at times I think I’m the only one.

Rich

]]> By: booksplease http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/31/where-id-like-to-be-buried/#comment-39050 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:07:35 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1597#comment-39050 Oh, that looks a lovely book – I’ll have to find it!

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