I am a self-declared bona fide book whore.
I LOVE BOOKS!!!
I can never get enough.
I buy, borrow, rent and gift them.
My library card has at least 50 titles out at all times.
(partially due to my book loving family)
I cheat on them with others
reading several at a time.
I start them and stop them.
Use them (but never abuse them).
The feel of the pages between my fingers,
the weight gentle across my chest
the smell of their smooth jacket wafting age up my nostrils,
the words they share with me like secrets
in bed
at the table
when my husband isn't watching
and when he is.
Constant companions
willing to go anywhere
be taken anywhere.
Fantasy worlds and lives are gifted to me.
Experiences within the pages
secrets between us
for the brief time held in my hand.
Books
their content
Concrete yet not
Stacked
spread open
torn and worn
old and new
always waiting for someone
anyone to pick them up
give them life.
Discovering pleasure in the pages
unable to stop
as if a junkie
with words my drug of choice.
You won't find me sporting a kindle.
Oh no no no!
Beloved books.
Always and forever.
What reads are you taking advantage of today?
my current stack of good reads in progress
1. The Tao of Pooh (just acquired at a used book sale
2. Traveling Mercies (absorbed it -I love Anne Lamott!)
3. Crooked Little Heart (first Lamott fiction I've tried -haven't started yet)
4. Embroidered Effects - fun! creative! easy!
5. Her Last Death (holy crap! raw, daring, gripping, can't put it down!)
6. Complete Photography Course (cheaper than a class - bought it as gift for myself - desperately need the education
6. Encaustic Art - purchased for my love of encaustics and for self-education
7. Somerset Studio Magazine - just because it's soooo much fun!
what's this I see?
why, it's a book in a box!
