Books, Books and more Books

I love to read. I love to collect books, all sorts of books. Fantasy, Fiction, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Non-Fiction, I love them all. I love the covers, the smell of the book, but I especially love what they have to offer. I am one of those people who invision what they are reading, so while I am reading the words, I am standing there watching the story take place. Who would have thought that our imaginations could take us as far as inside the pages of a book. It is a great excape, an adventure that life my not be able to give us. I wish the everyone could take an adventure reading a book, but with all the technology they are busy playing video games, surfing the net, and watching T.V. I am guilty of this, not doing all of those things but letting my son do those things and not making sure that he is reading. Don't get me wrong, he gets his share of books at Christmas time and for his Birthday, I see to that. But I have also purchased PS2 for him and that is what he spends his free time doing. I can only hope that one day he will discover the world inside a book and be hooked just as I am.
Ok, what started me thinking about books this morning was the radio. The question: "If you wrote a book about your life, what would the title be?" Now being the optimistic that I am, I thought this would be great, I could not wait to hear the awesome titles people would come up with. To my dismay, they were awful and depressing. Doesn't anyone ever reflect on the good things in their life, do they all replay the bad things over and over? And who would want to read a book about all the bad things that happened to this lady on Wednesdays? Now that is an adventure that I do not want to take. Yes, I have read "Angela's Ashes" and a few others that were not so uplifting, somehow that was different that listening to these depressing people on the radio this morning. Stand up people, stretch and smile, you are alive today and have a chance to make a happy memory...take a chance and let the sunshine in.