I know you've seen Sarah's, but I wanted to show you all *my* book pictures. I love old books. I like books about history, but my favorite kind of book ever is a book that *is* history. When I pick up an old book (i.e. over a hundred years old), the first thing I notice is the book itself - not what's written on the pages, but how they're cracked and torn - the signs of much use. And I wonder about the people who owned the book before me and which ones read it all the time and which ones just let it sit there on the shelf and age. And then once I stop imagining the lives of all the people who read the book, I add myself to that history by reading the book and discovering the people within it. I love old books. :)
This is the inscription on my third edition (1907) Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott. I love finding things like this in my books. :)

These are pictures of the end of the preface in my copy of Yeast by Charles Kingsley. 1851. I'm in a blissful state.


And these last ones are random ones I took yesterday in the beautiful out-of-doors. *sigh* I think God just throws those perfect kinds of days at you and dares you to enjoy it to the fullest...which I don't think I did, but I love trying. :)






The last one was just thrown in there for fun. :)
I might do another post telling you specifically what books I got (both the ones in the pictures and the other ones), but I figured the pictures were more important for right now.