WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF.......

NO

not the book of Love

cause whoever wrote THAT book  was messed up

No one can write a book about love really

you learn it, feel it, grow with it

through your own lifes journey

BUT HEY

(to quote Uncle Si from Duck Dynasty)

that's not even what this post is about.

It's about BOOKS IN GENERAL

I love books

LOVE !!!! books

I like to look at them, feel them, hold them on my lap

that's why I'm kinda not sure about the whole Kindle thing

(although everyone swears by it)

to me...it's kinda like buying a blow up doll

Not. The. Real. Thing. 

I am not a very domestic chick
I don't sew, crochet, cooking is "ify"
heaven forbid I am a moron when it comes to crafts
and creating anything

SO I READ
(safer) 

Ernest Hemingway said: "there is no friend as loyal as a book"
 

(pinterest)
I kinda like the look of books scattered around the house
in a neat dis-orderly fashion
if that makes sense

 Here are a few examples of some 
of the books lying around my place

 (don't mind Lucy's bed there in the back)

(hmmmm, kinda blurry)

(that's my daddy, when he was in the fire department, Captain)

 oh.....and a son and his wife

For those of you who have been following my blog

for sometime now

KNOW I have .... I CORRECT

Mr. Gorgeous has this HUGE arena on our property

in there I have about 3 boxes stuffed with books 

that I need to get to

Me and God have an arrangement you see

I can't die until I read ALL MY BOOKS

and

that includes the books on my "too read list"

I am going to be VERY OLD

 (tee,hee)

Or plan B

HE has to let me take them with me 

When I read my books I tab parts that I really like

then when I'm finished, I write them all down

in my little book

WHY???......cause I love to go back and re-read those quotes

and think about them

 I think it helps me learn

how to write better

how to express myself better

beautifully written words from amazing authors like:

.....kisses that ran together like a string of pearls

(Cold Sassy Tree..Olive Burns)

....  in a long and unprotected life I have seen and heard

vomitings of demonic humans (Travels With Charley..John Steinbeck)

....and the colors was like milk so soft and warm and

pouring over and into each other. (Gap Creek..Robert Morgan)

SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL 

Every now and then I try and read one of the Classics

just so I can say I DID

Mark Twain said: "a classic is a book which people praise 

and don't read"  

 (pinterest)

Cornelia Funk :  "some books should be tasted, 

some devoured,  but only a few should be chewed and

digested thoroughly

 (pinterest)

C.S. Lewis said: "you can never get a cup of tea large enough

or a book long enough to suit me"

So.............while all you clever gals and or guys

out there

are being creative with your hands

and are incredibly artsy

and some of you I know actually WRITE YOUR OWN BOOKS

I'll just tuck my feet under me

and read

and PRETEND I know stuff

  and p.s.

if you want to extend my lifes longevity

tell me a couple of YOUR favorite books