Delight is Everywhere

I wanted to make sure you know about my 3 books: Moments of Delight, Paris: Delight in the City of Light and Finding Delight.  They are available on Amazon and directly from me in the sidebar here. I'd love to inscribe one for you and send it in time for the holidays. 

I believe that the best life is a varied life.  When hobbies and travel collide with friendship and collecting.  Where sugar rules and stories matter. I've been writing about finding delight in every day life for years and I have woven my methods and mantra into my blog and books. As you read, pay attention to the pages that capture your imagination. Notice how happy you can feel, simply by thinking, by remembering.  I find delight all over my life...at different times of day, in different cities and settings, with people that I love and in strangers that I meet. This is delight. You can read my books, explore my blog and see my art and accessories on Etsy. My Instagram is @FindDelight.

High Praise: Happy Comments About Paris: Delight in the City of Light

(Gazing out the enormous clock at the Musee D'Orsay)

Ooh la la! I ship a lot of my books out inscribed as gifts but I don't always hear back about what my readers thought. Today I received the nicest feedback on Amazon for my book Paris: Delight in the City of Light. My book is a soft-cover modern coffee table book devoted to PARIS. Enjoy 120 pages of full-color photographs on every page, including addresses & websites of my favorite places in Paris.

Anne Reeves is just as delightful as her book. The book, Paris - Delight in the City was a nice pick me up for the February blahs, and it came wrapped in beautiful pink tissue accompanied by a Paris themed personal note which I plan to save because it was so pretty. 

(a puff of pastry at Laduree)

Thank you Mary!

Seattle: Amazon Books in 3D

It was a happy accident that I was able to shop in the one and only brick & mortar AMAZON bookstore. Yes, you read that right, online giant Amazon is going old school and testing their model for a bookstore near the campus of University of Washington. 

It is a smaller footprint than the big box bookstores of yesterday, but that's okay. It is geared toward today's reader by displaying reviews and ratings from amazon.com.  Who better to curate the list of what is being read and how readers are responding to it. 

Have you made your own Goodreads reader profile? Goodreads is a reader community (owned by Amazon) that allows you to store the titles of books you have read, are reading and want to read on a virtual bookshelf. It has saved me many times when I want to recommend a book to a friend but I can't remember the author or title. You have days like that too, eh? Goodreads is also loaded with reviews, reading recommendations, as well as a friend component, which allows members to connect and see what their friends are reading. It is a wonderful tool.

It appears to me that Amazon is harnessing their online sales information and their Goodreads book reviews to offer customers a selection of books that are currently being enjoyed. The categories and layout felt like I was looking at a "Best of" list by category and I liked it. Picking up a book, reading the back cover, flipping through it and glancing at the reviews. Book buying in 3D. All over again.