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while doing your christmas shopping, buy a few copies of your favorite childrens book: One for you to re-read, and the others to gift to your loved ones.
Did you like to read as a child? Do you read more or less now?
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It would be *very* difficult for me to choose a favorite book. Books hold a special place in my heart. I was a big reader growing up and still am... the things that I focus on have changed over the years a bit.
Here's one of my current bookshelves...
This is my "fairy tale" stack. And if you forced me to choose a favorite book... I would cheat and choose those two blue "The World's Best Fairy Tales" books. They were given to me by my grandparents, I believe for Christmas one year...1985ish. I can still remember my mom and dad reading me stories from these books in my childhood bedroom, snuggled in my bed underneath the large mural that my Aunt had painted for me. Fairy tales were definitely where it was at in my childhood.
Here are some "children's books". Yup, some of them are quite new. I like kid's books, so??? My husband has even purchased some of them for me... Hipira and Santa Claws. :)
I have also started collecting some older children's books when I visit antique shops or flea markets in the hopes of sharing them with my own rugrats someday. I just had to have these two when I found them at a little shop.
One of my horror shelves. I haven't been too big into horror lately, but used to read it almost exclusively while I was in graduate school. Well, that and a LOT of scientific papers. I guess I needed the escape. Yes, I have quite a few Laurell K. Hamilton books, none of her newest stuff though... sad to say that she's gotten a bit too ... dirty... for me. The Walking Dead graphic novels are the newest things on this shelf and those are actually my husband's.
One of my "classics" shelves. I've recently started re-reading a lot of these. But I'm also one of those people that is always reading 2 or 3 different books at a time, so progress is slow.
Cookbooks! I wouldn't say that I actually sit down and "read" these. But now that I have a home and a husband I certainly do enjoy getting a new cookbook more than I ever thought I would. :)
Finally, this is one of my favorite shelves. As I said, I'm a sucker for books. It's a rare occurrence for me to visit an antique shop and not come home with a new previously-loved hardcover. There are some goodies in here and my eyes are always open for more.
My most loved find is this copy of The War of the Worlds. The inside is inscribed "Clinton Granger, 1942" and whenever I pick it up I always find myself wondering about Clinton. Who he was, where he went. The binding is broken and the cover is loose but I still love it. Someday I'll actually sit down and read it.
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Make a place to read in your home. A place that welcomes calm and reflection and invites you to transport your mind.
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I don't have an actual reading nook carved out in my house right now. My bookshelves live in our "office" which isn't really an office at all. Right now I mostly read in bed before going to sleep. My nightstand is cluttered with books I'm currently reading, have already read or am waiting to read. A few years ago I purchased a gorgeous old wood-carved chair that just screamed "read in me!" It needs some love and reupholstering before I can do that though. I do have the perfect corner in my bedroom all picked out. Now I just need to save up the cash for the new material and labor. And to get that old lamp re-wired as well. Hmmm....
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