Books have always been my favorite thing: my favorite present to get or give, the best way to spend an afternoon, my favorite find at a garage sale, inspiration or relaxation.
It took me a long time to warm up to using a library regularly after I got married, because I'm selfish with books and it was always painful to take them back. My mother-in-law is a librarian and she and Nathan impressed upon me the fact that our little small-town library is actually part of a gigantic system that works with many, many libraries in our state and neighboring states and can find me practically any book I might ever dream of reading, seriously, any book.
I tested this theory once by ordering a book which was the transcribed trial of the men who shot Elijah Lovejoy in 1837 in Alton, IL and it was there. Since then, I've really made much better use of our library and its wonderful capacities.
And eventually I got tired of going into book stores and seeing things I wanted to read and then not remembering them by the time I got to the library, so I bought a little blue notebook and scribble down titles and authors when I find something intriguing.
I've gotten quite a ways through the original list, which is here if you're interested, and added many more books to it. The list is full of classics and new releases and everything in between, and almost all fiction.
Non fiction is a problem for me because I get bored with it quickly, then the words just go over my head and I miss what I'm reading. But now I have a new task for myself, supplementing my reading list with this list from Brandon Vogt which I found on Pinterest. Hopefully it will not only help with my formation, but also ease me into non-fiction reading. I started out with Quo Vadis, which I realize is fiction and a great book, but it's a bit dense so I had to take a break from that.
You can see what I'm reading right now on the blog's main page. I'll have a review here when I'm finished with it.
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