It took me forever to grudgingly come to grips with the new reality of digital books. I love my books, love their smell, love to run my fingers over the covers, love to stack them high to the ceiling and consider the depth and breadth of my collection.

 

I've come around. There are just too many good book-loving opportunities to pass up: I'm talking amassing a stockpile of digital books, which is getting easier and easier to do.This past week I added some of my very favorite stories from some of my very favorite authors, and listed links for many of them at Romantic Reads. As much as I love my book tower, I can't carry them all with me everywhere I go. But my NOOK allows me to take Blossom Street with me. And Fool's Gold, California, too!

Her leading scoundrel, Van Gast, is the sort of swashbuckling anti-hero you expect to find in old movies. He lives for the score, the adrenaline that comes from being in a life-or-death spot, and the adventurous life of a sailor. Van Gast's world is full of disreputable characters, none more attractive than his female equal in all things: Josie, a lady as elusive as a butterfly. They are made for each other but live in a dangerous world full of criminals, thieves, and fantastical characters bound up in a magical bond of servitude. Yup. Magical. Pirates and mages. Pretty much the perfect novels.

Also at Romantic Reads this week: the ongoing discussion of what we're reading now, a growing network of lending friends, and, of course, my continued additions to my NOOK book assembly.

 

Until next week, happy reading, and happy collecting!