Thank you for
inviting me onto your blog today!
So here we are, hanging out between two of
my bookshelves, talking – what else? – BOOKS.
The bookshelf above contains books I
donated to a high school student here in the United States, whose senior project
involves distributing books to children who can’t afford books of their own.
I’m a bibliophile, no different than many
of you who love books. Some of these books are my all-time favorites, and I’ll
admit my heart crumpled at the thought of bidding any of them farewell. They
deserve a good home where they’re loved and treasured, I told myself with a
sniffle, as the plain brown box deposited in the mail became their wings out
into the world.
Because who can imagine being a child (or
adult!) and not reading The Diary of Anne Frank, or Esperanza Rising, or insert your favorite book here? I can’t.
Nor can I imagine a childhood without books.
As for my real shelves …
Even more so as a published author, I have
a hard time answering who my favorite authors are, or what I’m currently
reading. I angst over forgetting an author, or leaving others out. All I can
say is, there are so many worthy, talented authors out there for us to
discover. I believe in the librarian’s credo, that there’s a book for every person
– many, many books over the course of a lifetime – waiting to delight us, move
us, shake us, remind us of the magic we discovered long, long ago.
Happy reading, everyone! Long live books!
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