Biblioholic

I am an unrepentent biblioholic and Amazon.com is to me what the local saloon is to the town drunk.  There is no 13-step plan for biblioholics and I wouldn't join one even if there was one.  WIth ebooks and iPads gaining popularity, I may someday be able to pare down the clutter of my consumption of the forest of pages in the woods of my life... but not likely anytime soon.  I like to hold a book in my hand and turn its leaves, to caress its spine and to conjoin my eyes with its text.   It does for my consciousness what nicotine does for a smoker.  To have, to hold, to read, to cherish, I am addicted to the autodidacting discourse of a good book.  I am infected by a bibliomaniacal meme.  Below are the jackets of just some of the books I consider myself to be "currently reading."  

June 2013: I've finished all of the books listed below and I'll update my new reading list soon!