Hey There, Old Friend!

Decorating/arranging/re-arranging your bookshelf, or maybe just looking at it admiringly, according to me, is probably the best pastime ever!

It’s wonderful, isn't it? How much books have to offer you, without ever asking for anything in return?

I was just arranging my bookshelf (which I like to call My Little Paradise) a while ago, and like always, I couldn't help awing at all my babies. Placed in rows of genres, colors, stories and dreams, they looked like they were calling out to me. Books that have been read said, “You can always stop by my pages again, you know”, books that are yet to be read uttered, “I’m waiting for my magic to be discovered”, and then of course there were those books- Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, Aladdin… they pouted and whispered, “Hey buddy, long time no see”.

People have their own ways to escape from the mundane routine of life, and for me, books have always been the escape route. They have listened to me, understood me, pacified me, made me laugh, made me cry, all this without ever uttering a word of exasperation. Quite the true best friend, aren't they? J

“If I ever met you,

Down the road or someplace new,

My lips would curl into a smile

And I would just say ‘thank you’ “ J

So, that’s it for tonight. I've gotta go and drool over The Winchesters now, and then get lost in the world of And the Mountains Echoed. Goodnight, y’all.

Lots of love,

Creative Insanity.