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Thursday, November 18, 2010

My Royal Family Bibliography

As I mentioned yesterday, my love for all things royal began when I read the book "The Little Princesses" at Grandma's house when I was around 8 - 10. I was amazed and ecstatic to discover it on my bookshelf. I don't remember how or when I got it, my memory has never recovered from 'Mother's Brain'.
The first book in my collection was an award for class prize in Year 9 in 1882, it was called "The Radiant Princess" and I fell in love with it, and her. I began collecting in earnest after that.
At the moment, my book collection totals 35, and I'm very excited about the prospect of adding William and Kate/Catherine books to it now!

I've listed all of the books I have below but that's more for my own record than anyone else's interest, because I doubt many of you would be. And, yes, I have read every single one of them cover to cover so I do know a bit about the royal family.

But I do want to know one thing.

Do you lend your books?

I have a lot of other books as well and I went through a phase years ago of lending and sharing but I used to stress myself silly when they weren't returned. Some have never come home and I still know where they are but haven't asked for them back. I did read once that books are meant to be shared, and (kind of like love) if you let them go and they don't return they were never yours in the first place. Except they were because I bought them! I did get over that eventually and accepted that books come and go, and that's fine.

Not, however, my royal family books!
I did recently lend some of them to my father-in-law.
They took so long time to come back that I was starting to get very nervous.
So that's it, no more.
No, you cannot borrow my royal family books!
Okay?

Now, you can stop reading here,
or
you can scroll on and check out my collection.
Either way....let me know if you're a lender
or not.

1950 The Little Princesses