How my day got a billion times better

I shall preface this post with a very simple fact about myself... I like books.

Alot.

Reading has been something I absolutely love to do ever since I learned how back in kindergarten or first grade or whichever grade it is that you learn to put together cohesive sentances.

I read at a college reading level by the time I was in fifth grade, and from then on it was m parents telling me to quit bring a book to the dinner table and at my damn dinner. Needless to say, its been pretty much the same ever since.

Books are one thing that have a weakness for. I will halt my life to finish a good one, or drop some serious dough for one that catches my eye. I throw all this seemingly useless information at you to give you some kind of relative understanding of the joy I felt today at the monthly church sale at the top of my street.

Another useless fact you must absorb in order to effectively wrap your head around today's scenerio is my deep affinity for yard/church/garage sales. I (as well as my mother) love a good bargain. So imagine, just imagine, my overwhelming excitement when I enter the aforementioned vicinity and see a sign proclaiming that the first book you find that you like is FREE. That's right, zero dollhairs and zero sense.

Free is my favorite number.

Followed closely by the lovely number of $0.10 per book after the initial one.

I pretty much had a fit.

So, I perused the selection and found several books that piqued my interest, some titles I'd not seen before, some old classics that I'd like to revisit and own for myself. Because simply stated, when it comes to books, I am a packrat. Although I am no antiquarian by any means, I love having a full bookcase as well the shocked look on people's faces when I reaffirm them that yes, in fact, I have read every one of those books in that case.

Today, in case you were wondering (which I know you were!), I bought

• Z for Zacharian,
• Animal Farm,
• Dr. Jekyll & mr. Hyde,
• On the Black Hill,
• a book on Degas, and
• a book on masterpieces that highlight picasso, Chinese block printing and early Renaissance artists.

I'm a nerd, I am quite aware.

So, tell me, what are some of your favorite books?