Booking Through Thursday: Manual labor

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The Booking Through Thursday question for today is:

  • Writing guides, grammar books, punctuation how-tos . . . do you read them? Not read them? How many writing books, grammar books, dictionaries–if any–do you have in your library?

These days I only read that kind of thing if I need to look up something in particular. Harbrace College Handbook from English Comp. 101 and 102 over 25 years ago was my go-to book for grammar and usage for ages. Though I still have it on the shelf along with an ancient dictionary, Roget’s Thesaurus, and a few other related books, I most often look things up on the computer these days. Dictionary.com has both dictionary and thesaurus functions. I can usually find answers to grammar and usage questions just by googling.

In fact, I have been needing to clear out some books (no room for any more bookshelves!) and I’ve been thinking of getting rid of a lot of that kind of thing both since my copies are old and since I am more likely to use online versions. I don’t know if I could give up Harbrace, though — he’s been an old friend.

3 thoughts on “Booking Through Thursday: Manual labor”

  1. Lol! Back in “the day” I had delusions of grandeur that included me being a PUBLISHED writer one day! (thanks to blogs, i’ve published myself! *grin*) But I used to subscribe to several writer’s magazines and had editing books and all the related materials! The internet is really a boon for writers – everything is available at the tip of your fingers! But I gave up serious writing after a bzillion rejection slips…. I decided that I’m really NOT as good as my friends and family (God love ’em) thought I was!!! My daughter is now trying to get me wrangled into writing another children’s story – so that she can illustrate it — and I’m like “Krysti! Do you NOT remember how BAD my other children’s stories were?” Well… of course she doesn’t — SHE loved them! LOL!

  2. Thanks for the visit. The Grammar Bible does have some funny parts. He had gotten lots of interesting questions when he worked for the hotline.

  3. Barb, I still have the 100 lb. Webster’s that I had when I was a kid. I forgot to mention that one in my post. I can’t imagine dragging that thing out to look up a word when the internet is so handy. My, how times have changed!

    Thanks for visiting today! Hope you have a good one 🙂

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