Reading Paulo Coelho and Hot Library Smut

Though I am constantly buying both new and used books, I am not a constant reader. It's like I forget I can read in getting so caught up in acquiring books. They make me happy just by being here, just by being published. Bookstores are quiet sanctuaries to me -- places of peace.

I just finished Tuesday Erotica Club which sounds like erotic literature but isn't. The book discusses sex a bit but the story is really about 4 different women in a writing club and their lives. Now I'm on to By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho.

I remember the first time I saw Beauty and the Beast (the animated film). The library in the Beast's mansion was heaven. I could never imagine having that many books to read. And so I identified best with Belle than any other Disney "Princess" because we both had long brown hair, and liked to sing, and LOVED books. And, like her, I always found myself very misunderstood by the general public.

My dream library in the mansion I will never have includes a library almost identical to the one in Beauty and the Beast -- all hardback or leatherbound books. Books on top of books from floor to ceiling with those ceiling-high climbing ladders attached to the bookshelves for easy access.

I thought I may never see anything like that library but it seems that even Disney gets its inspiration from somewhere.

http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/hot_library_smut/

The above is HAUGHT. Some of the prettiest libraries in the world. I thought I had enough reasons to want to travel the world -- turns out I only perpetually add to the stack. I must go to these libraries.

I realized randomly tonight why I don't like being around drunk people. Losing control is such a giant fear of mine and the idea of being drunk has never appealed to me. It's like not being able to be myself. And when other people are drunk, it's like I can't see them anymore. I just have to wait until they come back. You'd think that something awful had happened to me involving alcohol but nothing ever has. Maybe one too many after school specials about the issues involving drinking got to me as a kid as there was no alcohol in my parents' house.

That being said, I don't have a problem when people drink. But it makes me afraid.