When we moved the first time, over 20 years go, we told the movers we had a lot of books. They showed up with something like 10 book boxes, and had to send back for more. The second time we moved we told them to bring 50 book boxes. We have now been in this house for 19 years. I have been trying to make myself get rid of books for about the last 5 years because I have one entire room and parts of others that you can't get into because they are too full of books. However, I have only gotten rid of a few and I keep buying more. So when I say that books are my addiction, I am not kidding!
I am a big fan of children's literature. So I was CRUSHED when my son did not seem to like books until about age 5, but then his reading progressed quite well; the school did not know what to do with him, and made him plow through "Moby Dick" in 7th grade because they had run out of books at his reading level. My daughter, a senior in high school, is also a good reader and a pretty good writer. With no kids in my family to read to (and the next generation still a long way off), I am starting a story time at the small museum where I work. So while my daughter is reading "Heart of Darkness" for her AP English Lit class, I am checking out books from the children's section of the library. Oh, well. . . .
