books, books, books, books.....LUV THEM
you outdo me and my books....no you don't I forgot ......I have Louie LaMour in paperback and hardback, Elmer Kelton in paperback, cookbooks grand mammy....most have 200 of them alone, I love children's books, poetry by James W. Riley, a little of thisss a little of that.....mysteries, lots of Taylor Caldwell, Catherine Cookson, 8 or ten different Bibles ...different translations and commentaries, I have some books I have had for 15 years that are just old favorites. It is funny but when I go back to read some of the old books I find how much my tastes have changed......I just bought some frank yerby and frank slaughter for memory sake but I will probably have a look at them.
And C. S. Lewis......that is a man I wish I had been able to meet and share interests.
Books take me way out away to places I could never go.
In the fourth grade my teacher told me I couldn't read! My little mind said...the heck you say....of course she meant I didn't retain and perhaps didn't comprehend.....but I thought she meant recognize the words on the paper. Back then...dark ages.....the only library was down town on the bluff of the mississippi river in memphis tennessee......I lived in the surburbs.....soooooo, I got on the bus and rode downtown and visited the library and checked out books then walked down the docks to meet my Dad and ride home with him.
I remember the first books I checked out....LEIF THE LUCKY and ERIC THE RED.......and I am female.......I liked adventure.
From that time forth I became a consumer of books....voracious appetite for reading.....still love it. I didn't say, but I am 66 so you know between 10 and 66 I have read a book or two. How about Ray Bradbury....Fareheit 450 and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.....I didn't say I can spell....but I can sound words out.....
