“What a blessing it is to love books. Everybody must love something, and I know of no objects of love that give such substantial and unfailing returns as books and a garden.”
No contest on the books — and love of flowers …
And Elizabeth has an honest-to-God favorites shelf! Go figure!
“In the centre of my library there is a wooden pillar propping up the ceiling, and preventing it, so I am told, from tumbling about our ears; and round this pillar, from floor to ceiling, I have had shleves fixed, and on these shelves are all the books that I have read again and again, and hope to read many times more — all the books, that is, that I love quite the best. In the bookcases round the walls are many that I love, but here in the centre of the room and easiest to get at, are those I love the best — the very elect among my favourites.”
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Summary post HERE.
Further reading progress updates:
3 / 190 pages
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Original post:
ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1783311/reading-progress-update-i-ve-read-30-out-of-190-pages
