"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.  ~James Bryce"

I love to read. Yes, that is a simple statement, but it describes a vital part of who I am. Opening the pages of a new book, or a beloved , read-so-many-times-I-could-recite-it book always sends a shiver up my spine. New and grand adventures just waiting at my finger tips! There are few things better than that!

I decided to document a few of the most treasured or beloved books on my bookshelf, using a prompt from the amazing eBook "List It! Everyday". It's hard for me to believe that I hadn't, yet, documented my love of reading! The journaling prompts in the "List It" books have been fabulous for sparking ideas of what to record about myself and my family. Love it!

Some of the books that I included in my list were:

• The Holy Scriptures
• The Count of  Monte Cristo (Dumas)
• The Hunger Games (Collins)
• If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Hard (Dew)
• The Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
• The Iliad (Homer)
• The Harry Potter Series (Rowling)
• The Hobbit and the LOTR Series (Tolkien)
• The Princess Bride (Goldman)
• The Diary of Anne Frank

I have a diverse taste in books - loving everything in every genre. My most beloved books, however, are the ones where I take something valuable away with me, even after placing it back on the shelf. After all, "A good book has no ending."  ~R.D. Cumming.

Happy Reading!