Once Opened

She had no other choice. She knew it was wrong but doing the right thing hadn't worked either. She knew there would be a price to pay and she was prepared. It didn't matter if her soul would be lost for all of eternity. It couldn't be any worse then life was right now. Out of the mist she appeared.

  She knew in that moment all hell was about to be unleashed upon all.  

Falling In Love All Over Again

I have loved books since I was a child. Over the years my personal book shelves have grown and shrunk. And I love my kindle and ebooks because I have gotten the chance to find so many new great authors and different genres that I wasn't aware of before. If I combined my virtual books with my physical books they would fill the walls from floor to ceiling.

I have read so many virtual books (ebooks) that I missed holding a physical one and remembering why I fell in love with books to begin with. I love the feel of a book in my hands. I love turning the pages. I even love the smell of books, and yes they do have a smell, lol. Plus there are rare times that a book has affected me to such a degree I have wanted to throw it across the room but dared not because it was on my kindle. But if I had the actually physical book I could have and just having the ability to is something I miss.

Two of my most beloved books I have had for years

The cover is bent and marked up with wrinkles. The cover is taped on. The pages are yellowed. I have page numbers circled and I underlined several things on lots and lots, lots of pages that I liked, stuck with me as both a reader and a writer.

I did the same with this one. The spine is broken I read it so much. I have missed being able to write notes in my books. I miss underlining things. So I am going to start and add books back to my personal physical library as well as making notes, underlining things in them.

These books was in their 3rd printing in 1984, that was 2 years before I graduated high school. That was 32 years ago. God, I feel ancient now, lol. These books made me fall in love with the Native American hero. It is also the first kind of books that bought in acceptance of an interracial relationship. And no one really thought anything about it. Between Constance, Madeline Baker and several other authors these type of historical romances was the breaking foundation for other interracial relationships in novels in my opinion.

It's just amazing what a wide range of adventures and realizations you can have as a reader. Books can take you anywhere you want to go, anywhere in time and history you want to live while delving into that stories pages. If there is any 1 thing I am grateful to my mother for is the fact that she made me read books, encouraged me to read and love books.    

No Where Else To Go

There was no where else to go. I had to get out of the weather. My body shivered with every dreaded step that bought me closer to it. I could feel the chill settling deep in my bones. My mind screamed, not in there!

I know I should have just kept walking until I came to another house but this was the only one I had seen in three hours after being stranded on this damn road.