Welcome to Sunday Coffee Hour an open thread conveniently located at the intersection of Religion and Politics. I thought today we could talk about one of my favorite things in the whole world, books.
I keep my books until sometimes they are falling apart. I always reread my favorite books. My original copies of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been taped and glued many times in an effort to keep them together. I finally bought new copies of each but I still keep the old ones. Some of the books I love like the Judge Dee mysteries aren’t as easy to find any more so I carefully tape and glue those back together too. My Mary Stewart mysteries are pretty beat up looking also. I was fortunate in being able to replace some of the older ones with used copies in fairly good condition when I couldn’t repair the originals any more. One of my most often read books and the one that looks loved is The Little Prince. I have it in English, French and German.
How about you? Do you have books that look like well read old friends?
PS: Thanks to Dixiecollie for jumping in and doing the Thursday diary. I caught some sort of a bug that had me bed ridden for several days.