No Room is Complete Without Books

Reading Room at the British Museum

There have to be books in a room for it to be complete. Books add warmth and companionship. Books are possibilities and friends. I love books best when they are open, but I also sincerely love a book's mere presence.

I can't imagine myself ever living in a place with no books. I'd probably be stark staring nuts in a matter of days. One of the first things I check out when I'm moving somewhere is the location and catalog of local public libraries. I also like to know where the bookstores are: Barnes and Noble, Borders, and most especially used book stores.

My room is full of books. I have books in/on/under bookshelves and in boxes in closets. I have new books, used books, and books my Grandma Williams used in high school. I have hardback and paperback, and some with messed up covers. I have manga, poetry, scifi, fantasy, westerns (Louis L'Amour), biographies, inspirational, romance, young adult, children's, historical, travel guide, mystery, reference, unread, and forever favorites.

I love books. I no longer have an actual security blanket, but my books are my comfort and my security blanket, and I like it that way.

My current favorites are Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka, A Single Voice by Kristen M. Oaks, and Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series.