Ooh! Books! One of my favorite topics! Let's see. . .
I am currently building my "Reformed" library which now includes books like Calvin's Commentaries, Belcher's "Journey in Authority," Botkins' So Much More (for girls and women
), some more or less Reformed novels, and a few others. Most of the Reformed books around my house belong to my parents, thus they are available for me to read whenever I want. However, my pitifully small Reformed library is growing.
Now, for my secular library. Should I even start? Alright, I have this belief that says that all of the good books in the world are going out of style and that by the time that I have children there will be none left. Thus. . .I have been buying up all of the good classic books that I can find since I was young. I have hundreds of excellent literary works that I am saving for my children someday. I admit, book buying is a passion of mine. Whenever I see a good book, whether or not I already own it, the book literally calls to me saying, "Buy me! Buy me, Erin! Don't let me be wasted, I want to be owned and loved!" I find this call practically impossible to resist. I have doubles and triples of books like LOTR (anybody want a copy?), Pride and Prejudice, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and others. But, I have a huge library filled with awesome books. I have the Mildred Keith books, Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock Holmes, most of Jules Verne's books, and sooo many more. I have said, in the past (and to the amusement of friends), "Why go to places like Disney World when I could be spending all of that good money on books?" I'm a lost cause. But!!! do not fret about the cost of all of these, I buy them mostly at library book sales (huge bag of books for a dollar. . .). But, do NOT bring me into a bookstore...my sister will tell you that I literally have to be dragged out!
