I just read a lovely little book, "The Heroine's Bookshelf" by Erin Blakemore. She took heroines from a variety of fiction books and talked about their qualities: courage, faith, simplicity, fight, magic etc. Great little book.
The preface was good too and made me realize how much I appreciate reading. I've belonged to a book club here in Arlington for about 20 years now. We've read many, many books. I love being exposed to books that I might not have chosen otherwise. I also enjoy sharing the books with friends.
I keep track of my book reading on goodreads.com. That's another little treasure. I love looking back over the past years that I've maintained a record and seeing all the books that I've read personally or read to my children.
