What are you reading?

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Originally Posted by greco

kindle-less and for good reason...to each their own

I love books the texture of their pages the ink forming
their words

a book the patience it shows to my reading
from right to left or from back to front and back again

when we fall asleep together and I accidentally crush it with
my body in the morning to find it happy to be alive and
read

I love to throw them into my "man's" bag as we go off to the
office and there take a few moments together between folks.

the feel of their weight in my hands, my total control of how
we will proceed...alright going off here.

yes, I love books, hard cover, paperbacks, books.

love in print.

Greco

Your views speak to my love of 'physical' books, as well.

And there is a sweet feeling that overcomes me when the book has been a gift to me. Someone has thought enough of me to want to share something they had spent their precious time ingrossed in perhaps over days, weeks, months. Take it a step further...to in turn, pass the book on to someone for their pleasure and on and on it goes. Pay it forward.

Some of my dearest, sweetest thoughts left to me from my precious father were those written in the front of his favorite books.

I certainly understand the want/use of a kindle or something similar for some folks, however for me, my books are a part of my being. They help define my interests, my likes and yes, even my needs.

I studied British Literature throughout college. I just don't think I could read William Shakespeare from an e-reader. At least not for a long time.