Weekend Assignment

I've been pondering John Scalzi's Weekend Assignment 35: Thankful, and I finally think that I've come up with mine...

            Books

I have always loved to read... And a book can teach you, make you think, entertain you. They can relieve boredom. They can make you laugh, cry, and everything in between.

I particularly love fiction books. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Romances, it doesn't matter. As long as the writer does his job and sweeps me into another world, and makes me care enough about his characters that they become "real" people to me, I'm happy. Maybe it's escapism, but when I was a child books allowed me to leave my little world and explore a much larger one. Admittedly, some of these worlds didn't exist.... to other people. To me, they were often as real as my own, and often better.

I have flown dragons on Pern. I've met Merlin, King Arthur and The Lady of the Lake. John Carter and I explored Mars. Not the mars that you know from pictures from that silly rover, No, our Mars was filled with warriors and Princesses! I rode the Black Stallion on a long stretch of beach with the wind and surf blowing in my face. And, I cried when the "fairy" Podkayne was trying to protect died. I was there when Michael learned to "grok". And I know that two of the most important things in the Universe are a towel and Don't Panic.

So, yes, I'm thankful for books!!