{"id":806,"date":"2012-01-10T21:50:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T05:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2012-01-11T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T20:38:20","slug":"for-the-love-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2012\/writing\/for-the-love-of-books\/","title":{"rendered":"For The Love Of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two writers&#8211;Rosemary Carstens, editor of the online magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/carstensfeast.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Feast<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharigreen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shari Green<\/a>, a Y\/A author who writes compelling prose\u2014recently sent me this video, which enthralled me for obvious reasons.\u00a0 Even with the advent of e-readers and tablets, books are still some of my favorite things, and libraries and bookstores, two of my favorite places. Enjoy!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKVcQnyEIT8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And while I&#8217;m on the subject of books&#8211;if you haven&#8217;t heard about this website yet&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2012\/writing\/for-the-love-of-books\/attachment\/images\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg?fit=170%2C80&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"170,80\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg?fit=170%2C80&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-812\" title=\"images\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg?resize=170%2C80\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"80\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> is an excellent resource for both writers and readers. Not only can you read reviews of books you&#8217;re interested in, but also make friends with those who share your literary interests.\u00a0 If you know of other book-related websites, I&#8217;d love to hear about them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two writers&#8211;Rosemary Carstens, editor of the online magazine The Feast, and Shari Green, a Y\/A author who writes compelling prose\u2014recently sent me this video, which enthralled me for obvious reasons.\u00a0&hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,88,4],"tags":[248,78,252,249,254,250,251,253,33],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-life","category-writing","tag-books","tag-diana-stevan","tag-e-readers","tag-editor","tag-goodreads","tag-rosemary-carstens","tag-shari-green","tag-the-feast","tag-writer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1LuVB-d0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2794,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2016\/books\/homage-to-booklovers-everywhere\/","url_meta":{"origin":806,"position":0},"title":"Homage to Book Lovers Everywhere","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"9 \u0421\u0435\u0440\u043f\u043d\u044f, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"National Book Lovers Day When I read that there was such a thing as \"National Book Lovers Day\" in the USA (August 9th), I decided to re-blog a post I did four years ago, titled \"The Love of Books.\" Back then I wrote, \"with the advent of e-readers and tablets,\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0423 &quot;Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"National Book Lovers Day","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Shipping-News.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1472,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2013\/uncategorized\/the-knockdown-punch-of-readers-reviews-on-goodreads\/","url_meta":{"origin":806,"position":1},"title":"The Knockdown Punch of Readers&#8217; Reviews on Goodreads","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"26 \u0421\u0435\u0440\u043f\u043d\u044f, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent post by Porter Anderson on Jane Friedman's blog caught my eye. 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I hope you and your families are blessed with joy and good health. Heliobore in our garden Jan. 2019 I received a promising sign for the new year.\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0423 &quot;Writing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Writing","link":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/category\/writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"writing thoughts and plans","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_bce7.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_bce7.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_bce7.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_bce7.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1797,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2014\/writing\/giving-birth-to-a-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":806,"position":3},"title":"Giving Birth to a Book","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"2 \u0416\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u044f, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I met with my friend, Karen Dodd, the author of the delicious suspense novel, Deadly Switch. 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