If your house was burning down –and you could SAFELY grab a book on your way outside to safety– what book would you make sure you ‘rescued’? Why?
This is actually a great question and something I really had to sit and think about. If my house were burning down and my dogs and family were safe only then would I think about books. But when I think about books I would want to rescue right off the bat I would say all of them. Because why would I want to waste those books? I wouldn’t. However, after letting reality set in I would say I would grab the few books on my shelf of favorites.
I don’t have a ton of all-time favorites so I could quite easily grab the in a single armful and be on my way. The reason I would chose those over any other books, because every book on my shelf of favorites has a good reason for being there. Even though I can always buy a new copy, I would rather save the old ones so that I can have a familiar book in my hands, remembering how I felt when I originally read it and called it a favorite. I guess there’s just that bit of sentimentality and so I’d go for those originals.
Any books that you can think of that you would want to save if you could?
Among Stories 
I just think it is an impossible question…like asking to pick one child to save.
That’s incredibly true. I just sat here for a moment thinking to myself how do I pick one book. It’s not something I could do easily.
That’s a good idea, though, having a shelf of “favorites.” Looks like I need to do some organizing.
Here’s my musing:
http://meditationsbylaurelrain.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/musing-mondays-4/
I will try to save all my books. Here is my Musing Mondays post!
Funny how making the decision to move countries was as easy as breathing but that choosing a book to save? Painful. Here’s my musing http://thebookishsnob.blogspot.com
Enjoy your week !!
I’ll grab my journal or the Kindle!
I don’t have an e-reader, at least not yet, but if I did I might just go for it. As for a journal, I’ve been doing more of that type of writing on my computer than by hand lately. I’m getting all caught up in technology.