Year 49: The Books
Finding myself in the words of others
Dear Friend
How are you feeling today?
What are you reading this week? Anything interesting or thought provoking?
I’m curious to know, so please do share.
As a photograph speaks a 1000 words and I’m a little short on time to write today, I hope you don’t mind my photo dump.
In my humble opinion, it’s a rather lovely grid of photos, highlighting the books I’ve loved, the new publications I have stacked on my TBR list, and the memoirs I enjoy dipping in and out of.
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours." — Alan Bennett
"Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a…