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I really fucking love books

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MrsMakka · 29/04/2017 19:31

I do. They are the one constant in my life, they've never let me down. It doesn't matter what happens during the day, 7.30pm, DC in bed,out comes the pile (or the Kindle).

I don't have money for holidays - doesn't matter because after 7.30 I can travel to any country I like, and some that don't even exist. When there's no happy endings in real life, open a book and you're swimming in them.

I love them. They're the best things ever. My life would be a barren, lonely wasteland without them. Books have given me so much. Wonderful, clever people out there have written them just to enrich my life, to give me pleasure, or knowledge, to help me relax, mostly for free as their book costs me nothing from the library (or £2.81 from Amazon at the most)

Fabulous bloody things.

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WhatALoadOfOldBollocks · 29/04/2017 19:43

Me too! I always read a few pages of a novel at bed time and I love it. And I've got shelves of books on all the hobbies and studies I've done. Ahh, just lovely Smile

Xmasbaby11 · 29/04/2017 19:41

I love them too! Though I don't always find what I want for such low prices and probably spend at least a tenner a month on books. However I also use the library. Books are amazing!

krustykittens · 29/04/2017 19:40

Me too! There are books in every room of our house and I always think of the library in the Unseen University in Discworld, where the books talk to each other on the shelves. Every time I look at my books, phrases and passages flash up in my mind and it does feel like they are all whispering. I love being able to step inside someone else's skin.

SadlyNotNormal · 29/04/2017 19:39

As someone who is struggling to finish a novel at the moment (and by that I mean, I'm a writer), it's a comfort to know that they are such a balm. I, too, adore books. When I'm in the middle of a good book, I don't want to leave the house and have to resist the temptation to cancel plans with people!

SabineUndine · 29/04/2017 19:39

Me too. I asked for Janet and John book 1 when I was 5 (cos everyone else had one) and have not looked back since. Always have a couple of books on the go, always have a pile waiting to be read.

And Smokecloak, if you can't say anything nice, just read what other people say, eh?

AWhistlingWoman · 29/04/2017 19:38

I love them too! So much.

lemonpoppyseed · 29/04/2017 19:37

Me too. I can't even begin to imagine a world without books.

BuzzKillington · 29/04/2017 19:37

Me too!

I was just telling dh how much I bloody love my Kindle. I will be browsing the internet and see a book review that I like, I buy the book and when I go the bed, it's there ready for me Smile

In the evenings, I am always thinking, 'when can I get away with going upstairs to read?'.

ShyGirlie · 29/04/2017 19:36

I totally agree! Oh the places i've been...

Friendlylightupbear · 29/04/2017 19:34

I agree op, i love books!

FrenchLavender · 29/04/2017 19:33

YANBU.

This isn't AIBU but even so, YANBU. I love them too.

SmokeCloak · 29/04/2017 19:32

How very MN.