Wednesday Special Spotlight You might be Addicted to Books if…

Wednesday Special Spotlight

Shines On

The ever changing collection of books you have.

We came across the following quote that made us pause and reflect. Let’s see if you have the same reaction.

An ordinary man can…surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. Augustine Birrell

We don’t know about you, but the thought of surrounding ourselves with two thousand books makes us very happy. We love to read, we love books, and we love to surround ourselves with books of all kinds. If you could see into our offices, we definitely have two thousand books and that’s not including the library of paper backs in the basement that we’ve mentioned before. (See our post of November 9th) This obsessiveness extends to books we haven’t read. We can rarely bear to part with a book. This was especially hard when we closed up Donald’s parents’ things and their various books. Dad’s were textbooks on music and electronics with Mom’s being about music and cooking. The cookbooks were kept but the textbooks got passed on to Goodwill.

What about you? Does your passion for books border on the obsessive?

You might be addicted to books if…

• • You never sign off your Kindle/Nook without downloading a book.

• • You never leave a bookstore without buying a book.

• • You read multiple books at any given time.

• • There’s a book—or more—in every bathroom, by every easy chair, and on your nightstand or you carry your Kindle/Nook from place to place.

• • You have a reading app on your phone to fill in time while you wait in line for that special cup of coffee.

• • There’s no such thing as taking out only ONE book at a time from the library.

• • The librarian and bookstore clerks know you by name.

• • Your paperbacks are stacked two deep on your shelves.

• • You had to buy a Kindle AND a Nook because you’ve run out of shelf and floor space in your office.

• • Your friends think you are their personal lending library.

• • You get so lost in a book that you don’t hear your name being called.

• • You get so engrossed in the book you don’t hear the oven timer and burn a meal.

• • You read while walking down the street. (Don’t laugh, Catherine did this as a teenager)

• • You’ve actually created furniture using your books.

• • You have every book your favorite authors have ever written and eagerly await their next releases.

  We have done all these things at one time or another and must admit …. we’re addicted to books. How about you?

  Now kick back, relax and pick up a good book to read. You might even try one of ours that you can find over on our book page, under the menu at the top of the page or on our Amazon Author Page

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