Mosaic Monday: Old Books

"A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins. "

~Charles Lamb, Last Essays of Elia, 1833

Do you have a favorite book, battered and dog-eared, that you read again and again, for the sheer joy of it? You know the sort I mean -- the one where you slip gently into the story as if visiting with old friends. Just the act of opening such a book can sweep us away to another world.

There is a line from one of my favorite movies -- You've Got Mail -- where the main character wonders whether her quiet life has been a timid one: "So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?"

As someone who has also led a "quiet life," I'm not sure if I'm the right person to answer that question. I quite like my quiet life. But I am an enthusiastic visitor to other places and times through my favorite books. And it seems to me that a really good book can lead us to discover our own inner landscapes as well.

So don't forget to tell me in the comments, what is your favorite book -- the one that you read over and over again, the one that takes you to new places?

Now let's have some mosaic fun! Here are the instructions:
1. Publish your Mosaic Monday post.
2. Once it is published, click on the title of the post. This will lead you to the static link for your post. The static link is the page with only that post on it. Copy the url from your browser at the top of the page.
3. Paste the url into the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.
4. Type your name in the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.
5. Click on "Enter."
6. Please link back to this Mosaic Monday post so that your readers can find other wonderful mosaics.

That's all there is to it! It's always a good idea to then check and see if your link is working. If you have any questions, feel free to email me: mrcarroll(at)optonline

And a quick reminder: if you would like to join Mosaic Monday but don't know quite where to start, there is a tutorial on mosaic-making on my sidebar. Just scroll down, and click on the small blue mosaic.