From a Lancaster friend’s home:
Sharpening minds and no. 2′s:
Sigh. I remember spending a bit more time with these, once:
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24 responses to Inside an Amish home: Library and reading room
Greetings!!
I love the pictures. Would love to have a book case or two like that. Its beautiful!! What a cozy room to study and learn in. I had a pencil sharpening like that years ago too. You must have sold some of those books Erik. Thanks for sharing the pictures, they are awesome!
Blessings, Alice
Nice pictures! I always enjoy seeing someones library!!We still have one of those sharpeners too, but it doesnt get used all that often anymore. Once ina while though….
Thank you for presenting to us such a lovely and cozy library. I so enjoy peeking into the different Amish rooms. I do believe that well loved books will not only give a room personality, that same room will always feel “good” to anyone occupying it or even seeing it on a computer screen.
Enjoy your weekend.
Oh, one more thing, I bet those titles would be very interesting….
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I think reading is becoming a lost art in the traditional way im afraid. And i may be guilty of that a little myself because i have a stack of magazines that are sent to my home acuminating without being read. Richard from the Amish settlement of Lebanon,Pa
I wish I could get a better look of some of the titles…I always thought you can tell what kind of person someone is by the books they have in their home.
What a wonderful room! I can just imagine the family gathering there on a cold, snowy winter afternoon. Wondering what books are on the shelf? Do Amish women love the various Christian love-romance books that some of us crave?
I agree that titles would be nice too!!
I would also love to know what is read. I still have a manual pencil sharpner and still use it, lol. Mine you can sharpen many different sizes.
Sounds like titles are in demand! Let me see if I can rustle up a few…
The Amish and Fiction
Hi, Robin, you asked <> The answer is a definite YES, many Amish women love to read all sorts of Christian fiction, not just romance but also suspense, historical, literary, and more. They even read Amish fiction, though they can be very opinionated about who gets it “right” and who doesn’t.
I once had a hilarious conversation with a young sales clerk in an Amish gift shop who stood next to the book rack and gave commentary on almost every novel there, saying things like, “That one put me on the floor!” and “When I finished that one, I threw it across the room!” and “That one was a keeper!” In the end, she sounded just like any other young woman who loves to read and express her opinions on what she has read. It was a delightful encounter, one that has stayed vivid in my mind ever since.
Inside an Amish home: Library and reading room
Hi Mind,
Thank you for commenting on my entry. That is great to know that they do read a varity of things. One day I would love to meet some women of the Plain Communities and chat. I think they are so interesting, straight forward, and would love to get to know them.
Oops
Looks like I should’ve used quotation marks in the above comment rather than brackets. I meant to put: Hi, Robin, you asked, “Do Amish women love the various Christian love-romance books that some of us crave?” The answer…
Sorry about that!
Library Reading Room
What a beautiful room. I hope in my next house that I can have a library like this one. What a peaceful place to be.
I would love to have a nice, cozy looking library like that, and often find, despite their simplicity, that alot of Amish homes are way bigger, nicer, and cleaner than the average Englischer’s home.
Sorry for the repeated post folks, and no I’m not going crazy, well that’s open for debate. my comments were going into Erik’s spam box every time i was trying to post something the last few days. Erik if you have not looked at your e-mails yet, could you please erase the last 2 of the same comments that i tried to post this morning. Thank you Erik. Richard from the Amish settlement of Lebanon,Pa
Books on the shelf
Okay folks, I have a shot of one of the shelves in this room–this actually was already on the blog on a different post a few months ago, but I’ve just cut out the books.
This is just a sample of a library with a wide variety of books in it. In fact I think I need to get myself a library card to this place
And thanks to my friend for sharing with us:
The post this shelf appeared on originally is:
http://amishamerica.com/calendars-zip-code-charts-amish-wall-decor/
Inside an Amish home: Library and reading room
I enjoyed the pictures.
Do you know if many Amish use public libraries much?
I recognize a english translation of the Martyr’s Mirror book on the lowest shelf 2nd from the right edge (in the 3rd picture). Erik, do you have a explanation of this book and its importance to Anabaptists?
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Love your books Mindy!!! And thanks for your reply … I am currently reading “Secrets of Harmony Grove” … you are one of my favorite authors. I do hope that your books are on the shelves in Amish home libraries!! I consume Amish fiction, have a bookshelf full and can just imagine the research that needs to be done to “get it right” …
There is a collection of “The Great Books” in one shot. I know them only because I grew up with a set in the house. Wonderful collection.
Lance there are of course places that do much greater justice to the Martyrs Mirror but I have touched on it in a number of posts, here are a few:
http://amishamerica.com/mirror_of_the_m/
http://amishamerica.com/which-bible-do-the-amish-use/
http://amishamerica.com/why-do-we-treasure-old-books/
Al, Amish do use public libraries and rural bookmobiles, such as that in Holmes County, Ohio, are also heavily used by Amish.
By the way, Iain, Lance, you have good eyes!
Inside an Amish home: Library and reading room
I like the title “How To Beat Burnout.” I imagine with farmwork and tons of kids you would need a book like that!
I know where I live in Ohio, the Amish does use the same Library I do……
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