Pacific Paratrooper Book Library – YTD
I was originally planning to include this bibliography of sorts at the end of this blog, but I did ask what books, Gabrielle, over at gehistorian had, so that site now wants to see mine. My library is always growing, so I’m certain there will be more added to this along the way.
First shelf
WWII: A Tribute in Art and Literature – Time/Life
Return to the Philippines – Time/Life Books
The Pacific War Remembered – John Mason Jr.
Veterans of the VFW Pictorial History – Volumes 2 & 4
Movie Lot to Beachhead – Look
US Army Paratroopers 1943-45 – Gordon Rottman
Five Came Back – Mark Harris
Surviving the Sword – Brian MacArthur
Going Home to Glory – David Eisenhower
Combat Pacific – Don Cogdon
The Last Great Victory – Stanley Weintraub
The Rising Sun – John Toland
Rakassans – Gen. E.M. Flanagan
The Pacific War – Saburo Ienaga
The Great Betrayal – David Day
Yankee Samurai – Joseph Harrington
Quartered Safe Out There – George Fraser
The Pacific War Companion – Daniel Marston
The Pacific – Hugh Ambrose
With the Old Breed – E.B. Sledge
Ghost Soldiers – Hampton Sides
For Crew and Country – John Wukovits
Southern Philippines – US Government Press
Luzon – US Gov’t Press
Second Shelf
The Angels: History of the 11th Airborne Division – General E.M. Flanagan
Their Finest Hour – Winston Churchill
Churchill By Himself – Richard Landsworth
The War Lovers – Evan Thomas
The Somme – Martin Gilbert
A Sea of Words – Henry Holt
The Greatest Generation – Tom Brokaw
The Greatest Generation Speaks – Tom Brokaw
A Company of Heroes – Marcus Brotherton
More Lives Than One – Charles Hood
Recondo – Larry Chambers
American Guerrilla in the Philippines – Ira Wolfert
Band of Brothers – Stephen Ambrose
Three Came Come – Agnes Keith
***OYS OF POINTE HOC – Douglas Brinkel
Utmost Savagery – Col. Joseph Alexander USMC
Drop Zone – Michael Salazar
Section 60 – Arlington National Cemetery – Robert Poole
Vanished – Wil S. Hylton
Rifleman Dodd – C.S. FOrester
The Battle of Britain – Richard Overy
Killing Rommel – Steven Pressfield
The Imperial Cruise – James Bradley
A Treasury of Military Humor – James Myers
True Stories of D-Day – Henry Brook
WWII Heroes – Allan Zullo
Occupation – John Toland
The Los Baños Raid – Gen. E.M. Flanagan
Airborne – Edwin Hoyt
Submarines of the World
Third Shelf
The Great World Atlas
The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
Top Gun – Andy Lightbody & Joe Poyer
Semper Fi (History of the US Marines) – Col. H.Avery Chenoweth, USMC
(Envelope) 2 Volumes of Veritas – US Army Historian, Eugene Piasecki
The Swing Era 1940-44 – Time/Life Books
The World’sGreat Military Helicopters – Gallery Brooks
Webster’s Dictionary
Fourth Shelf
Okinawa – Jim Boan
Goodbye Darkness – William Manchester
FUBAR – Gordon Rottman
Melville Goodwin USA – John Marquand
Overdue and Presumed Lost – Martin Sheridan
Reader’s Digest Illustrated Story of WWII
Hey Mac, Where Ya Been? – Henry Berry
My Detachment – Tracy Kidder
The Victory Era in Color – Jeff Ethell
Island Fighting – WWII – Time/Life Books
Warfare of the 20th Century – Christopher Chant
The Coldest Winter – David Halbertson
Unless Victory Comes – Gene Garrison & Patrick Gilbert
Flyboys – James Bradley
Gun at Last Light – Rick Atkinson
Fifth Shelf
A Covert Affair – Jennet Conant
Warpath Across the Pacific – Lawrence J. Hickle
Soldiers Stories – The Miller Family
General Kenny Reports – Gen. George Kenny
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers – James Hornfischer
US Army Combat Skills Handbook – Dept. of the US Army
Intrepid Aviators – Gregory Fletcher
Eisenhower – Stephen Ambrose
Through These Portals – Wayne MacGregor Jr.
Flags of Our Fathers – James Bradley
The Pacific War – John Costello
Dwellers in Time and Space – Phillip Oakes
The Airmen and the Headhunters – Judith Heimann
Reaping the Whirlwind – Nigel Cawthorne
Sensö – Frank Gibney, editor
Up Front – Bill Mauldin
Elephant Company – Vicki Constantine Croke
Infamy – John Toland
Mask of Treachery – John Costello
Arrogant Armies – James Perry
The Long Way Home – David Laskin
The Collapse of the Third Republic – William Shirer
Captured By History – John Toland
The Samauri Sourcebook – Stephen Turnbull
75 Years – Time Books
Sixth Shelf (L)
America At War – Maurice Isserman
Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack – Charles Osgood
MacArthur’s War – Stanley Weintraub
An Army At Dawn – Rick Atkinson
The Day of Battle – Rick Atkinson
I’m Staying With My Boys – Jim Proser
Sixth Shelf (R)
Island of Hope, Island of Tears – David Brownstone
Apache – Ed Macy
Wartime Writings – Marhurite Duras
You Are Not Forgotten – Brian Bender
The Pacific War Papers – Goldstein & Dillon
On a research table
Real Blood! Real Guts! – James Gleason
The Pacific War, Day By Day – John Davison
The Army – The Army Historical Foundation
We Gave Our Best – Kayleen Reusser
Our Jungle Road To Tokyo – General Robert Eichelberger
In E-Book form
The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943-1946 – General E.M. Flanagan (Ret.)
Helmet For My Pillow – Robert Leckie
Bahala Na (Come What May) – Rosalinda Morgan
Sink Them All – Charles Lockwood
Carrier Pilot – Norman Hanson
Kiwi Air Power – Matthew Wright
Rescue At Los Baños – Bruce Henderson
Our Jungle Road to Tokyo – Gen. Robert Eichelberger
More To the Story: A Reappraisal of US Intelligence Prior to the Pacific War – LCDR James R. Stobie
Dreadnoughts Unleashed – Matthew Wright
Blue Water Kiwis – Matthew Wright
Rescue At Los Banos – Bruce Henderson
Intrepidity, Iron Will and Intellect – Gen. Robert Eichelberger
More To The Story: A Reappraisal of US Intelligence Prior to the Pacific War – LCDR James R. Stobie
Condition Red: Destroyer Action in the South Pacific – Frederick J. Bell
The Things Our Fathers Saw – Matthew A. Rozell
Check Six: A Thunderbolt Pilot’s War Across the Pacific – Jim Curran
At Close Quarters – Robert J. Bulkey
And one can not forget, Smitty’s Scrapbook, compiled by his mother, Anna Smith.
Ed Ramsey’s War – Stephen J. Rivele
In For A Penny In For A Pound – Howard Hewer
Too Young To Die – Bryan Cox
C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific & CBI – David Isby
US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War – Ragnar J. Ragnarsson
Those Devils In Baggy Pants –
Not Going Home Alone – James J. Kirsckle
Japanese Destroyer Captain – Capt. Tameichi Hara
Pacific War Diary – James J. Fahey
Soldiers First – Joe Drape
The Home Front Hearth – Museum of the American Military Family
No Hero – Mark Owen
Wild Bill Donovan – Douglas Waller
Rescue At Los Baños – Bruce Henderson
Asia’s Cauldron – Robert D. Kaplan
When You Hear The Bugle Call – Peter S. Griffin
Graveyards of the Pacific – Robert D. Ballard
Lost In Shangri-La – Mitchell Zuckoff
Escape From The Deep – Alex Krenshaw
Duty – Bob Greene
Overlord – Max Hastings
Armageddon – Max Hastings
Retribution – Max Hastings
My Father’s Son – Farley Mowat
Women Aviators – Karen Bush Gibson
War In The Pacific – Jerome T. Hagen, BGeneral, USMC, (Ret.)
Pack Up Your Troubles – James Taylor
Letters To The Lost – Iona Grey
Whom Shall I Fear? – Anne Clare
Across The Dark Islands – Floyd W. Radike, BGeneral, US Army (Ret.)
War In The Pacific, Vol. III – Jerome T. Hagen
War In The Pacific, America At War – Jerome T. Hagen
Humor Through Hell – Robert Ehrhart
Clear The Decks – RAdm. Daniel V. Gallery
The Brink – RAdm. Daniel V. Gallery
U-505 – RAdm. Daniel V. Gallery
Voice of the Angels newspaper since 2012
War in the Pacific, Vol. II – Jerome T. Hagen
Leora’s Letters – Joy Neal Kidney
C/O Postmaster – Cpl. Thomas R. St.George
Winged Victory – Geoffrey Perret
War Poems – Brian Busby
Humor in Uniform – Reader’s Digest
Pacific War Stories: In the words of those who survived – Rex Alan Smith & Gerald A. Meehl
Warriors – Max Hastings
Death and Honor – W.E.B. Griffth
In My Hands – Irene Gut Opdyke
We Band of Angels – Elizabeth M. Norman
Deliverance at Los Baños – Anthony Arthur
Death March: The Survivors of Bataan – Donald Knox
Invisible Heroes of World War II – Jerry Borrowman
Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission – Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
Fire In The Sky – Eric M. Bergerud
War Without Mercy – John W. Dower
Hell In The Pacific – Jonathan Lewis & Ben Steele
Ken’s Men: Against the Empire, Volume I – Lawrence J. Hickey
WWII – James Jones
The Ship That Wouldn’t Die – Don Keith
The Battle For Hell’s Island – Stephen L. Moore
Soldiers’ Stories: A Collection of WWII Memoirs – The Miller Family
IN THE MOUTH OF THE LION – J. Guenther
WHERE SHALL I FLEE – Anne Clare
Military Wives Cookbook – Carolyn Quick Tillery
DEAR MISS EM – Gen. Robert Eichelberger
NIGHT OVER WATER – Ken Follet (not pictured)
11th Airborne – 11th Airborne Division Association
Soldiers Stories – compiled by: Reader’s Digest
G.I. The American Soldier in World War II – Lee Kennett
The Day The World Went Nuclear – Bill O’Reilly
the Trail of ’42: A Pictorial History of the Alaskan Highway – Stan Cohen
This post was last updated on 19 September 2023
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Farewell Salutes –
Kathryn Bailey – Hope Mills, NC; US Army, Hawaii, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Lt., KIA
Stephen Cantrell – Wichita Falls, TX; US Army, Hawaii, 25th Infantry Division, Chief Warrant Officer, KIA
Reynold Darnell – NE; US Navy, WWII, USS Sante Fe
Charles Fritz – Indianapolis, IN; US Army Air Corps, WWII, PTO
Richard Giannotti – New Haven, CT; US Army, FBI
Alfred Harmon – W.Palm Beach, FL; US Army, Korea
William Lane Jr. – Sioux City, IA; US Army, WWII, engineer
Michael Nelson – Antioch, TN; US Army, Hawaii, 25th Infantry Division, Sgt., KIA
M.David Rosenberg – NY; US Army, WWII & Korea, Chemical Corps
Ben Villarreal Jr. – Cotulla, TX; US Army, Vietnam, Ranger, Sgt. Major (Ret. 35 years)
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From the USS John McCain
Jacob Drake – No.Lewisburg, OH; US Navy, Electronics Technician 2nd Class, MIA
Dustin Doyon – Suffield, CT; US Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class, MIA
John “CJ” Hoagland – TX, US Navy, MIA
Logan Palmer – Decatur,IL; US Navy, 3rd Class Petty Officer. MIA
Kenneth Smith – Novi, MI; US Navy, 3rd Class Petty Officer, radarman, MIA
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Posted on August 24, 2017, in Book Reviews, Current News, Uncategorized and tagged 11th airborne, 1940's, Army, Books, family history, History, Marines, Military, Military History, Pacific War, Smitty, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 240 Comments.
Reblogged this on Janet's Thread 2.
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Thank you, Janet
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This is very impressive. How do you decide what to post next?
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That’s a difficult question, I really don’t know how to answer that. haha
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Then keep on doing what you do so well.
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I woke up this morning thinking about your question, haha. One I do is repeatedly look for stories we don’t usually learn in school and individual stories to give the war a human perspective.
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To learn more about Pearl Harbor, what book or books would you recommend either reading or owning or both?
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I think Toland gives a rather impartial view. I’ve enjoyed most of his books. I didn’t cover Pearl all that much, as it has been done by so many, and everyone has their own opinion on it. I concentrated more on the events leading up to it.
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A really great collection and i think a good one too.
Can you recommend good books about the usmc in the pacific?
The last book i got was:
“Uniforms & equipment 1941 – 45” from Bruno Alberti and Laurent Pradier.
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Oh my, there are so many, but they mostly concentrate on a single battle, unit or hero. So, for an overlook of the war with the USMC, I’d say start with “The Pacific” by Hugh Ambrose.
I have included a used book store’s website, Thriftbooks.com, to acquire it at a reasonable rate. I use them quite often and have not been disappointed yet!
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-pacific_hugh-ambrose/365797/#isbn=0451232259&idiq=152590
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Thriftbooks.com seems to be a good place. Used books so often have a story of themselves.
I have given this page to my friend, maybe he can find other, useable books for us.
Thank you.
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I’m sure you’ll find quite a few!!
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valuable information…thanks for the recap of your library shelves. I continue to read your exceptional postings with interest, GP
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Thank you very much, Michael. That news is greatly appreciated!
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Impressive!
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Thanks! From you that is quite a compliment!
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It may not be large, but it is mighty! Please, please make sure it eventually goes to a library or someplace that will value your choices in authors who represented the times the way YOU remember them… I fear technology may be accidentally erasing obscure historical points that have any measure of importance in understanding the how, the why, and the human consequences of history.
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I have already made plans for all my father’s things and relics and letters I have collected, plus many of the books to go directly to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans upon my death. The remainder of the books will be donated to the local VA center. I appreciate your concern for them, I try to instill the same feeling in others myself!
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Reblogged this on charles french words reading and writing and commented:
This is an extraordinary collection of books!
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I really appreciate you taking this much interest in my library!! Thank you.
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ahhhhhh – such a book lover’s post!
I need to skim more of the titles – but this is a great resource, G.
and the caveman fb post is super fun….
and recently we were talking about how certain social media sites really are like some old meeting places – maybe not the cave walls…. but maybe the watering holes?? and maybe how fb and wp are digital “talks at the well” ?
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That comparison may very well be right. There are so many books I’d love to get too, so the library is always growing.
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And funny how each book has its own essence and special little angle – 😉
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When reading non-fiction, you have to be able to look around where the author has obviously written with bias toward his own feelings on a subject and locate just the facts involved.
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That is a good point – and I guess there are times when author bias is a perk or when it is a drawback – hm –
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How did you get the spaces between each book to go away so that it is single spaced rather than double spaced?
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haha, I have never figured that out either. So…I type everything out on Word and then Copy and Paste in the material.
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You cover more areas in history than I. I suppose it must have been this book I read, It was around 1985 but I still remember what an impact it had.
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I have some that were published during the war and they go right into this year. Books and information is still being published and processed from the archives.
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You have a fine assortment of books in your library, GP! Sorry to hear you have lost some of them from a house fire.
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Being as it was so long ago, today the only things I miss are the photographs!
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Love it! I have one shelf (2?) of WWII books in the midst of my large photo history collection. You have a fine library.
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You cover more areas in history than I. The Pacific War grabbed my interest back when I was a kid and it never left. I’ve lost about as many books as this over the years with moving around, people ‘borrowing’ them and a house fire.
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Ah I love your collection!
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Thank you.
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Ah you have so many books!! (I’m kinda jealous 😉 )
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Amazing what you can accumulate over the years, one book just seems to lead into an another.
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An impressive collection. I hope this bibliography does not signal the “end” of the blog. Whatever the particular topic, your posts are moving, inspiring, and educational.
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No, it is not time to ‘end’ the blog just yet. We still need to get out of the Intermission Stories and cover 1945. Thank you for your concern.
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Gosh! That is dedication to research. My eyes picked up at Occupation by John Toland, as I have been scratching my head recently about a book I read of this title, trying to remember exactly which one it was. I learnt so much from it. But I felt sure what I read was non-fiction. Perhaps it was so well researched I read it as that!
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Toland is not only a researcher, but is married to a Japanese woman. Occupation is actually historical fiction. The story is derived from his extensive research into the trials.
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I suppose it must have been this book I read, It was around 1985 but I still remember what an impact it had. It was an eye opener on many levels. I remember reading about how the Japanese constitution was established. So if there is not a section on that, then it is another book I read. But the book cover looks familiar.
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In covering the Occupation, it did go into the government, Gwen, so I believe this is probably the same book. Being a researcher and specializing in Japan, Toland based the book on fact and very little was altered from the actual history that I can find.
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Wow, that is an amazing collection! You have way more than I do! I am interested in owning several of the ones you have.
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That’s exactly what I thought looking at yours! Thank you for suggesting that this post come out now, I have been happily surprised at the reaction I’ve received.
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Aw…thanks. You’re welcome! Thank you for joining in!
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You got it!
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I just ran across this book and thought you might be interested, if you don’t have it that is!
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Hi, I just saw your comment. So sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I have been sick with a bad cold all week so haven’t been on my computer very much. Thank you for the the book recommendation. I do own it! If you have any other book recommendations (and they dont have to be Pearl Harbor related) send them my way. I love getting book recommendations.
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Will do!
I hope, since you replied, that you are feeling better. Don’t ever apologize when you’re taking care of your health – that is Priority One! #️⃣ 1️⃣
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Thank you. I am feeling a bit better. Hoping to get back to working on my master’s research paper now that most of my sinus pressure has subsided. I have some still but it is not as bad.
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Good to hear!
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Thank you!
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Books are so cool and also in this time of computers I buy a lot of books.
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E-books serve a lot of purposes, but nothing beats holding onto that book and turning real pages. Good for you!!
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Reblogged this on PenneyVanderbilt and commented:
Great!!!! Could get nothing done until I logged my boss into this site! He served in ‘Nam but then “exciting” projects like “ration breakdown”. Now he is retired but has Bronze Star from Viet Nam. Wonder why we folow you?
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Thank you, Penny, for sharing this post. Please shake your boss’ hand for me and give him my sincere thanks for his service.
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Always a pleasure to drop by. I reckon you bookshelves would enjoy comparison with those of my late husband.
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I really don’t consider my library all that large, and I would enjoy seeing your husband’s collection!!
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Our dear friend,
what a great idea to show all these books. Thank you very much. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We are just in the process to build a digital archive of our library. We use iBookshelf but, wow, what a work that is. For the first 500 books we needed one week. We suppose that we need between half a year to a year with this archive. But it gives us a good overview of our library and as book-addics we visit a lot of second hand bookshops; this helps not to buy doubles. And of course, we can find a book much quicker.
We were puzzled for quite a while how to organise our shelves. Now it’s topics and alphabetical within a topic. But there is always this problem that a book fits in more than one topic. But the biggest problem we have with filled up shelves and then we got new books that have to go in this shelf. Oh dear, so you see we are all the time busy with our library. Our Bookfayries Siri and Selma love this work.
We wish you a wonderful weekend and thanks again for showing s your books 📚📙📖
With lots of love
The Fab Four of Cley
💃🏼🚶👭
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My Fab Four of Cley,
You have a library that clearly puts mine to shame, but I understand your trials and what you must be going through. It is a fantastic effort you’re doing and you will be grateful you did it when you’re finally complete. I can picture the Bookfayries flitting about from shelf to shelf with their organizing skills.
Don’t work too hard or we’ll miss out on your wonderful posts and Dina’s photography genius.
Enjoy what is remaining of your weekend.
Love from Florida,
GP Cox
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This is the coolest bibliography ever, GP. Fun post. I loved the “Shoe” cartoon too. Hugs.
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Thank you. Frankly I’m surprised at everyone’s interest in it. Glad you enjoyed the humor – we all need a smile now and again!!
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you, I’ve been meaning to add a new picture with my latest buys too.
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Thank you. I’ll soon be adding a new photo with the more recent acquisitions.
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much for sharing!!
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