About Me

My name is a Ionia Martin. I am a writer, a reader, a musician, a photographer and a mother. I am also a book reviewer/blogger and love to read books of many genres/styles and varieties. I love discovering new voices in literature and spend almost every minute of my spare time with a book of one sort or another in front of me.

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  5. Thanks for following my blog! I guess you could say the whole Narnia thing is because of books! And yes, your warning is wise. I’ve burst out laughing more than once in public because of a book I was reading.

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  14. Thanks for stopping by my blog and liking my post about internships. Love what you’ve got going on here – I’ll definitely be a returning visitor. Happy blogging!

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  17. Thanks for following my blog. I am returning the favor! The Geoff Williams book on the great 1913 flood hits home as I was born in Dayton and had, for many years, a piano that survived the flood in Johnstown, PA.

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    • Some of my family was involved in that flood and we have a couple of letters that survived over the years. It has always been a curiosity for me, and this book was really helpful. Thank you for stopping by and for the follow.

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  18. Hi Ionia, Thank you very much for liking my blog and starting to follow me! I hope I have created a book “The Killer Within” that is worthy of you following me! I also hope that my new book “The Segmented Tail” will want you to continue following me! I have several exciting book ideas that should keep me busy for years to come. I hope we continue a mutual friendship! Stan Straub

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  25. Thanks for coming to your blog, I really like yours as well!
    I was just wondering if you would ever consider to use some kind of rating system for books? I know that it’s sometimes hard to put a number on things, but I think it can give that little extra boost to your review if readers know ahead of time how you rated the book? Just my opinion :)

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    • I do agree, but I also feel like sometimes ratings systems can be a little restrictive. Unless of course you want to get into the quarter and half points and then I might drive myself crazy trying to decide.

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      • True, it’s not as if I am always sure how to rate a book, because I only work with whole stars and it’s a bit too unnuanced at times. But then i just pick the rating that is closest to what I would otherwise choose. Plus, you can always give your rating system a sort of “legend” as to what every rating means to you?

  37. Thanks for following my blog. I love the poster and sometimes get strange looks from people for laughing out loud while reading. Look forward to reading more of your posts.

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  43. Hi! Thanks for stopping by ritaLOVEStoWRITE and, especially for following! I hope you find other literary (and not so literary) bioblogs of interest in the daily blogs that you’ll enjoy. (I just did a bunch for Pride and Prejudice’s anniversary — if you are into Jane Austen you should check those out.) Cheers,
    Rita

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  46. Hi Ionia: Thanks so much for visiting “Bookshelf: for the intellectually curious” and posting a like, as well as joining the Bookshelf community, dedicated to book lovers like you. One of my posts, “The Power of Literature,” underscores the importance of writing, reading and sharing — through discussions or reflections (in person or via blogs). When we stop reading and sharing, when we stop reflecting and learning from these stories, we will forget where we came from and who we really are; we sever the delicate thread that binds all of mankind. Each year, as more bookstores close down, and as digital books dominate the publishing market, the physical book becomes rarer, more precious. There is a wonderful new book, entitled “The Books They Gave Me” that emphasizes that in one’s life, books were given as gifts and some of them had the power to change the course of one’s life. These are special books, indeed, and are treasured dearly by their owners and can be passed on to future generations. It is doubtful that this will be the case with digital books. To borrow from Fitzgerald: and so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

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    • I do find ebooks to be rather impersonal. When I select a book as a gift for someone, I tend to take a lot of things into consideration. I think about whether they would prefer a hardcover or a paperback and there is always a place to write an inscription. I read a lot of ebooks, but nothing ever makes me feel the way a real book does. There is something about the feel of pages and the sound of the spine creaking when you open a book. Thank you for coming by. I look forward to reading more of your thoughts.

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