Comments on: Book Talk: The Book Aunt

By: Lorie Ann Grover

Lorie Ann Grover — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:50:24 +0000

I landed here through Facebook, and just had to comment that I love your idea of being a Book Aunt! I shall aspire to be one myself. Thank you!

Lorie Ann Grover, rgz diva/author

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:56:27 +0000

Sadly, most members of my family do not believe in supporting my reading habit since I have more books than I will ever have time to read. Also, while growing up, most of the time whenever I was given a book (or a set), I had already read/owned them. That has happened to me buying books for my nieces and nephews too, so I make sure to ask their parents first.

What do you have against Dr. Seuss?

By: Penny

Penny — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:06:27 +0000

Your article brought back so many memories. I had a favourite aunt, who always bought me books. She passed to me her love of literature and we spent hours chatting on the phone about books.When she died I realized that her bookcase contained so many books that she had bought for me. Nowadays my children and I pass books round and I have couple of youngsters who are friends of the family that I always buy books for. I spend hours choosing and hope I get it right.

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By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:18:55 +0000

Melissa! I loved your article. I never thought about being a book aunt like that, but I totally am one. Since my friends started having their own kids, I have this thing that I always buy them at least one book. Right now it’s my best friend’s three-year-old and another friend’s 20-month-old twins, so we haven’t gotten much past board books, but it’s a thing. They all have birthdays close to Christmas, so when I pick out their gifts, I buy them a book each for one or the other, and it’s something I intend to do as long as they get b-day and Christmas gifts from me!

I wish I’d started doing that with my nephews, but my sis-in-law always had lists of stuff that they wanted, and I never thought about going out on my own. I might have to add them to my book-buying list, though. If only I knew more about what elementary aged boys like to read… they’ve already read The Magic Treehouse, and their mom already knows about Harry Potter!