Books are quite a huge part of my life. In my short 18 years, I will admonish to gathering quite an extensive library. Spanning four large bookshelves and estimating around 500 titles, I am proud of my collection. There are a few details specific to me, books, and how I feel about them that I wish to share.

1. My library is in alphabetical order by author, just as a real library would be.
2. I am a firm believer that a hardback is genuinely superior to a paperback.
3. If you dog-ear book pages, you are the child of Satan. How dare you hurt the poor, innocent book like that?
4. The smell of a book actually plays an important part of the reading experience, just as the amount of butter on the popcorn effects the movie.
5. One pet peeve of mine is that book series must match. All must be same edition, share like covers, and are either all hardcover or all paperback (no mix and match allowed).
6. A book is a book. I am not, or more accurately cannot be, discriminatory based on genre, age, or outward look especially if I wish to be considered a true connoisseur.
7. I can honestly admit my second favorite thing to do, next to read, is to just sit in front of my bookshelves in complete contentment.
8. Favorite book, you ask? How would you feel if I asked you to pick your favorite child? Hmm?
9. As cliché as I sounds I really could spend hours in a bookstore- if only my bank account didn’t hinder me.
10. Books may be an obsession for me, but hey, I could be addicted to cocaine instead so let’s look on the bright side.

I leave you with this quote, with which I firmly agree:

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” –Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.