booktumbling » gadgets http://booktumbling.com all things books Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:42:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 My(?) new lamp!!! – Review http://booktumbling.com/2009/09/02/my-new-lamp-review/ http://booktumbling.com/2009/09/02/my-new-lamp-review/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:28:37 +0000 christine (booktumbling) http://booktumbling.wordpress.com/?p=863 My(?) new lamp!!! – Review is a post from: booktumbling

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Isn’t it lovely?  If you read my previous post,  I received an offer from Jason of CSN Office Furniture to choose something from their great selection of office furniture to office accessories.  I chose this lovely lamp with the help of my lovely daughter.  It arrived over the weekend.  I never have seen this lamp in my room.  The first words out of my daughter were “That will go perfect with my new sheets!!!!!!”  She proceeded to prove her point by picking up the lamp, carrying it to her room, removing her old lamp and setting up the new lamp.  “See, it looks soooo good in here. Why don’t you just let me have it for a while mom until you paint you room?” Good plan diabolical daughter.  I have suggested I need to paint my room but have no intention of doing it in the very near (or possibly far) future as I despise the chore.  So, my review is a thumbs up.  The lamp is just the right size for a bedside table or on a desk.  The colors were much softer and attractive in person than the picture online.  My daughter is another thumbs up, she likes the soft lighting it gives her room at night and yes, the color!!!  That would be two resounding thumbs up CSN Office Furniture (and Jason) – thanks for the opportunity!

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]]> So, I had mentioned that I needed a new booklight because I love to read on the patio at night but do not want to attract the giant bugs by keeping the porch light on and my trusy old Itty Bitty Book Light broke.  I did end up ordering a super little light…
mighty bright book light

Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Clip-on LED Light, Blue 40521

I also have some super reading buddies.  They follow wherever I may decide to hunker down with my current escape and usually snooze since I am not very exciting when caught up in a good read!  There are times that my buds declare anarchy and try to eliminate the horrible object that is monopolizing all of my attention.  I have had to chase down my books more times than I can remember and there are quite a few that have been autographed with teeth marks but heck, they are my buds!!!!

Mikey (left) the main book thief and Maisie a very willing accomplice!!!

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Charkie (left) and Lily (and yes, this is a normal expression for Miss Grump) who are definitely not lap cats unless I have a book in my hands!

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]]> teasertuesdays31Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Okay, here is my teaser:

Sitting on the summer-night porch was so good, so easy and so reassuring that it could never be done away with.  These were rituals that were right and lasting:  the lighting of pipes, the pale hands that moved knitting needles in the dimness, the eating of foil-wrapped, chilled Eskimo Pies, the coming and going of all the people.  Dandelion Wine – Ray Bradbury

Speaking of relaxing on the porch (or patio):

This has been an exceptionally mild summer here in eastern Nebraska so reading on the patio at dusk is actually a lovely thought. It is so nice to sit outside, glass of iced tea, dogs patrolling the area, cats lounging on the step and book in hand. I do not like to turn on the porch light because attracting  more bugs is not a pleasant thought so my book light has come in handy. Then it broke. *sigh* I am now in the market for some new book illumination. I had the Itty Bitty Book Light but may upgrade to something a little hipper. Thinking of a Mighty Bright Flex Light.  It comes in different colors and is an super LED bulbs last a lifetime, or so they say.  There is a version available with an adapter option.  Decisions…decisions.
mighty bright book light
Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Clip-on LED Light, Blue 40521

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