Hi, My Name Is Ruth

Hi, my name is Ruth, and I'm an addict. I know what you're thinking, "Great, now we can hear cool crack or heroin stories instead of this Sassafras day after day." But no, the sad truth is I'm a book addict. I got my fix at the library the other day. They were talking about a book on NPR the other day, so I reserved it at the library. They sent me an email telling me to stop by and grab it. I just stopped for one book, and ended up with 5. Plus the book I was reading at the time, and the two The Girl have checked out that I want to read.

I love the library. Books everywhere. Big books, small books, books that have pictures, hard back, soft back. I can't believe anybody wouldn't love books, but The Man doesn't. He would be happy if the only book in the entire house was the phone book. And maybe a couple of car repair manuals, and some tool catalogs. I admit, I have a lot of books, but I wish I had more. I would like to have one of those giant old libraries that has a ladder that slides all along the wall. That would be cool.