1. Books come in a variety of sizes and fit all body types.
2. Small children can drool on them with no harmful side effects.
3. You can hide love letters in their pages.
4. Late at night, you can use them to soothe your worried mind.
5. If travel is not an option, a book is.
6. They smell nice. Old or new.
7. They rarely are damaged in shipping.
8. Books give you BIG ideas.
9. When you have the flu, you don't mind having one in bed with you.
10. They look fabulous stretched out on a bookshelf in your living room.
11. Rereading a good book is like visiting an old friend.
12. Books fit in your purse or bag.
13. Your dog has no interest in chewing on one.
14. You get to find out you are loved every time a friend passes on a book to you.
15. A book is just as good when it's second or third hand. Sometimes better.
16. Books are good conversation starters.
17. In a stark bustling airport, a book acts like a cozy blanket.
18. Books entice strangers to peer over your shoulder.
19. A book fills the space between the time you arrive and your friend does.
20. Hot tea and pastries taste even better when reading a book on a rainy day.
21. A book never cares what you are wearing.
22. Laughing out loud while alone is permitted while reading.
23. So is crying.
24. Reading a book to a child is a two-way treat.
25. In a noisy room, reading a book will make it all go quiet.
26. After you leave the beach, you can get the sand out of a book.
27. Books stacked on the bed stand are promises you make to yourself.
28. Reading a book is like a bargain all-afternoon matinee.
29. You can agree to read, without having to agree on the same book.
30. Books provide a refuge for adolescents.
31. Even after you read for hours, you usually don't require a hot bath or shower.
32. Sometimes you fall in love with a book's characters.
33. You often learn new words which you then can try out on a spouse or best friend.
34. When you love books, you get to visit bookstores or libraries.
--Respectfully submitted in the heat of the holiday season and at the height of the book-is-a-dying-form discussion by the kindleless...
Copperfield's Books, your local independent bookstore.