I love books; just about every one of those shelves is double stacked. Fact, fiction, and illustrations. And I’ll reread some over and over.

The Riddle of the Sands – my travel book, which I can pick up from any page. I’ve read it so many times that it’s become an old friend. Garrison Keillor – oh, I love the sound of his voice, and I can hear it in my head as I read his prose. John Updyke, such observation and power. Iain Banks – Superb. Jonathan Raban’s “Old Glory” – “This Magnificent Book,” it says on the dust jacket – and that doesn’t do it justice; he paints with words quite literally. I could go on; I’ve hardly scratched the surface.

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