Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books. What a great topic!
Here are 10 of my reasons why I’m thankful for books:
- Escape: I love immersing myself in the world of a book and shutting out reality while I’m reading.
- Learning: Although I’m almost exclusively a fiction reader, I still find myself learning so much from what I read — from medical conditions to world history to cultures that are different than my own, there’s so much to explore and experience.
- Connection: When I meet someone new and learn they’re a reader too, suddenly, there are endless topics to discuss and bond over.
- Comfort: When days are stressful or my brain feels overloaded, it’s lovely to be able to curl up with a well-loved book and feel calm and cozy again.
- Boredom busters: I can never be bored if I have a book with me (and I always have a book with me). Waiting rooms? Long lines? Holding for customer service? That’s okay — I have something to read.
- Book buddies: I love my inner circle of book buddies, those real-life people who love books as much as I do — we swap, share thoughts, make recommendations, and have book-related experiences that our non-bookish friends just don’t get.
- Nostalgia: Certain books take me back to places and people from my earlier years, so reading them again is not only a wonderful reading experience in and of itself, but also brings memories of family and experiences that are tied to those books.
- Imaginary journeys: I love it when the world of a book is so immersive that it just sweeps me away.
- Words, words, words: Beautiful writing, intricate wordplay, unusual vocabulary… these are a few of my favorite things.
- The glamour of it all! Oh, I’m kidding, but I do love just looking at my bookshelves and enjoying how pretty they all are.
What are you thankful for when it comes to books?
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Wishing all a very happy Thanksgiving!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
These are all good answers.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Funny, I struggled to come up with a list — so hard to actually explain WHY I love having books in my life.
Books are great boredom busters.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
They never fail!
Fab list! Book buddies are the best!
Yes! There’s never a dull moment, and we always find something new to share or recommend.
A great list and I agree with each and every point! I love my book buddies.
Book friends are really the best!
These are great! I agree 100%. And I hope you have the best Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
“I do love just looking at my bookshelves and enjoying how pretty they all are.” I am so glad I am not the only one who does this!! I reorganized my books last week, and I kept getting distracted from reading yesterday because I would stop and admire my bookshelves. 😂
I really need to do a major reorganizing project!
These are all great reasons! I’m thankful for books/reading because they led me to this wonderful community of book bloggers. I love hanging out here. On that note, I mentioned you in my list today 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Aww, thank you so much! It’s wonderful to have met so many amazing book lovers through blogging.
After tweeting your excellent post on our ‘X/Twitter’ account one of our followers (an avid reader and blogger) tried to leave a lengthy positive comment which disappeared when they hit ‘reply’. We are trying to test the system! #ReadersUniteAtThanksgiving
I’m sorry to hear that! Comments from people who haven’t commented previously are held for approval, so sometimes there’s a lag before they appear.
Learning from books is the best. I love being a pretentious know-it-all. 🙂
Haha, nothing wrong with being a know-it-all! It makes us excellent armchair Jeopardy watchers 🙂
All great reasons! I really love “nostalgia,” that is so true. Even reading a current release can sometimes spark something from the past.
Definitely — particularly when it brings up a place that has meaning, or even an experience (like talking about a certain concert or event from a time in my past).
You captured so perfectly all the reasons I love books and reading, too!! 😀
I absolutely love this list! I really love reading for escapism and learning in equal measure!
Loved seeing everyone’s answers for this prompt…I really like your “connection” answer because it’s so true! Not only have I met some great reviewers in this community, but I’ve also been able to find a local niche where I live with bookish folks. Not to mention I have relatives who love to read, too. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Great list. There are so many reasons why books are the best.