books

The other day I went to Barnes and Nobles to look at books, get lost in them for hours, and leave without buying anything.  Something I do quite often. 

As I walked in the door I was greeted by a Barnes and Noble's employee trying to sell me the "Nook".  The Nook is similar to the Ipad and Amazon's "Kindle", they are all basically mini computer screens that allow you to read books on them, instead of actually having a book.  I sat there and listened to the employee's selling speech for 10 minutes, I always seemed to get sucked into those things, about how great this little device is.  I'll admit it was pretty cool but not a book, not for me.

It made me so thankful for books. 

I love...
how the pages get can a little crinkled after reading them ten times.
the smell, both new and old.
that you can underline the good parts, so you can come back and reread those parts (even though you usually don't).
when you  close the book and slowly watch your bookmark move farther and farther back.
that each is different, little/small, old/new, thick/thin.
how they look on the shelf, all lined up, ready to be read.
sharing them.

Someday I'd like to have a library of books, all different kinds of books.  Books that I've read, books that I want to read, books that are not on a computer screen.