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Today is #BookLoversDay!<\/span><\/h1>\n

#BookLoversDay – there’s nothing better than relaxing with a good book – any day of the year.<\/p>\n

Books, I love them all. Hard cover, paperback (trade or mass market) or ebook (kindle or epub format) I just love books! And then there are the genres – crime, romance, chicklit, memoirs, science fiction, fantasy. Perhaps I should preface the rest of this post with…<\/p>\n

“My name is Melanie and I’m a bookaholic.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"#bookloversday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This great day is also celebrated in August but when November arrives, it’s place in the limelight returns. During this month, this special day always falls on the first Saturday.<\/p>\n

There was a meme making the rounds on Facebook wanting to know the ten books that have stuck with you. Some of these were secondary school reading, others just because I wanted to, and some I’ve read more than once.<\/p>\n

The Woman in White<\/a> – Wilkie Collins
\n1984<\/a> – George Orwell
\nA Tale of Two Cities<\/a> – Charles Dickens
\nRomeo and Juliet<\/a> – William Shakespeare
\nHalloween Party<\/a> – Agatha Christie
\nThe Exorcist<\/a> – William Peter Blatty
\nTo Kill a Mockingbird<\/a> – Harper Lee
\nOf Mice and Men<\/a> – John Steinbech
\nFarenheit 451<\/a> – Ray Bradbury
\nDracula<\/a> – Bram Stoker<\/p>\n

Can a person ever have too many books? I think not. As I was creating the hyperlinks for the books on my list, I even scored three FREE<\/strong><\/span> ones!<\/p>\n

Perhaps I’m in need of an intervention?<\/p>\n

What 10 books have stuck with you over the years?<\/p>\n

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