Comments on: Breaking Everyday Addictions http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/1154/breaking-everyday-addictions/ Book reviews for children and adults Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rita http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/1154/breaking-everyday-addictions/comment-page-1/#comment-92910 Rita Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:29:19 +0000 http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/?p=1154#comment-92910 Wow! This book shows up just when I am aiming to "throw off everything that hinders"! Wow! This book shows up just when I am aiming to “throw off everything that hinders”!

]]> By: bekahcubed http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/1154/breaking-everyday-addictions/comment-page-1/#comment-92875 bekahcubed Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:29:41 +0000 http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/?p=1154#comment-92875 Ouch! I can totally identify. How many times have I escaped from the troublesome world of dealing with "real people" to curl up with nice, cosy, predictable, can't-touch-me book people? Too many to count. I was just reading (of course) a book of quotes about reading (of course)--and this one struck my eye: "Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mightily bloodless substitute for life."--Robert Louis Stevenson "An Apology for Idlers" It would do me good to let books be a supplement to rather than a substitute for life. Ouch!

I can totally identify. How many times have I escaped from the troublesome world of dealing with “real people” to curl up with nice, cosy, predictable, can’t-touch-me book people? Too many to count.

I was just reading (of course) a book of quotes about reading (of course)–and this one struck my eye: “Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mightily bloodless substitute for life.”–Robert Louis Stevenson “An Apology for Idlers”

It would do me good to let books be a supplement to rather than a substitute for life.

]]> By: Alicia @ Experiencing Each Moment http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/1154/breaking-everyday-addictions/comment-page-1/#comment-92774 Alicia @ Experiencing Each Moment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:40:29 +0000 http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/?p=1154#comment-92774 This book looks great! This book looks great!

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