Books Are Like Lovers...I think

Let me start by saying that I married young. I was 20 when I met my husband, engaged at 21, married at 23 and mother at 24. So, I don't have a whole lotta experience with the whole "lover" aspect of things. But I know what I know...

Therefore - Books Are Like Lovers. There are great books and there are down-right super lame, bad books. The great books are seductive, they take control of your life - much like a good lover. They encompass the whole of your days, it is all you can think about, it is all you can do. Same as such with a lover, seducing your every thought and pulling your attention away from important life matters. You can stay in bed all day with a good book and a good lover. You can go for days without eating with a good book and the same goes for a good lover. The thought of the book makes you smile, so does a good lover.

A bad book is ignored and discarded. So is a shitty lover. Enough said.

Here are some books I would consider leaving my husband for:

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
• The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank (not what it sounds like - hubby bought it as a joke and it is fabulous! Go figure!)
• Brida by Paulo Coelho
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
• Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Note to husband: Lee, you know I am kidding. Well, kind of.