Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Postmark Paris - Leslie Jonath


Yesterday, after I finished reading The White Cottage Mystery, I picked up a little book that was lying on the table next to my chair.  It was under some other books and I had forgotten it was there.  I read the whole thing in less than an hour.

But my question is:  do I have the right to add this to my 'Books Read' list?  It was so short.  The book is truly little, about 5" x 5", and there's not a lot of text.  If you put all the text together, it would probably only fill three pages, maybe four.

The author, Leslie Jonath, spent a year in Paris when she was ten.  Her father took a short-term research job there.  While in Paris, she started to collect stamps.  In this book, one page has an illustration of a stamp with a Paris postmark and on the page across from the stamp, she writes a paragraph or two about a person, a place, or an experience that the stamp evokes.

It's a sweet little book, but is it cheating if I add it to my list?




7 comments:

  1. What a cute little book! Only you can decide whether or not to add it to your list. You are the one in charge so if you want to count it a s a book read, go right ahead and make no apologies!

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    1. Of course you can count it. Books come in all shapes and sizes and types and a book is a book. Lovely little thing it is. ☺

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    2. Okay, the votes are in: I'm counting it as a Book Read. It's hardcover, it has words, it's a book!

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  2. I would count it as a book - as it IS a book, no matter how wee, it looks lovely.

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    1. Yes, you're right, it is a book and it's now on my list!

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  3. Joan, I have read this little book and thought it charming. Sadly, I think I have given my copy away! Horrors! I am off to scour my bookshelves and hope that I still have it.

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