In progress.
Books
About
A book is defined as a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. This is the definition I was thinking of when I made this page.
It can be further defined by the division of a literary work, script of a play, or can be used to reference the act of studying. The word book is also used when you're making a reservation or claiming a seat on transportation, keeping a record of bets, binding matches and stamps, or leaving suddenly. Books don't always have words in them.
I have always loved books. Even if I don't read them I like to collect and be around them. When I was beefing up my at-home library, I got myself a few books per genre/interest so that I'd have a selection when I wanted something new to read, but didn't want to buy something. Though I've minimized my library since, it still serves that purpose in some ways. (I am thankfully better at identifying books I'd like to keep.)
As a kid, books were an escape; they are how I got away from my life as a "weird" child. I had undiagnosed autism, I was depressed, and on top of that, a natural loner so I didn't recognize that it was "bad" that I liked to be alone. My depression stemmed from rejection and abandonment, not loneliness. Being alone was wonderful. One could go anywhere in a book, and I am not just talking about books from the POV of a cat or dragon, but also biographies and historical accounts of places and times you'll never go.
My experiences/history
I was a bookseller for 6 years and I've been a reader my whole life! I love reading books about books and have a few in my library waiting for my attention.
Quotes
from Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham (published in 2024)