Flowers? For me? Oh, you shouldn't - oh. You didn't. They're for your mother? Fine. Whatevs.
But you did get me a book? Now we're talking.
Despite difficult book relationships at times, a deciding factor in agreeing to domestic bliss with my better half was the discovery of a key shared book. I say I gave the book to him, he says he gave it to me. Potato potahto. (I gave it to him.)
So which book have you found shared love in? Or, for the misanthropes out there, which was the straw that broke the relationship's back?
Once more, I'll post something nice out to whichever answer I like best. Although that will probably only apply to UK people. But come on! Everyone can just join in anyway! Yeay! Hang on - you didn't even get me flowers. Why am I feeling bad about this?
Sam the Copywriter
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I bought "A Little, Aloud" by Angela Macmillan for my boyfriend. I imagined long, lazy weekend mornings spent reading to each other. It turned out my boyfriend really struggles to read out loud and after testing found he is dyslexic. Oops!!
Posted by: Celeste | February 11, 2011 at 09:57 PM
I read fiction, my husband reads nonfiction. And when we cross over its never something the other would read. However when I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I suggested he might enjoy (this was a bit before the media started a lovefest with S. Larsson). He not only loved it but couldn't wait for me to finish the next two books. The first book(s) we could discuss together in a long time.
Posted by: Jeanne Heuer | February 13, 2011 at 03:41 PM
On our first date, I came up with a pretext to invite my now-husband over to my tiny flat, in part so I could see whether he would gravitate over to my bookshelf and comment on any of my books. It worked: he picked out the book I'd just been reading and loving - What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe - and started telling me how much he had enjoyed it. We talked about it for quite a while and I realized I hadn't talked so deeply about books in a long time. He was a keeper! Since then he's bought me a few other Jonathan Coe books (and a whole bunch more books - our flat is crammed with them) and we've shared our literary tastes with each other for six years.
Happy Valentine's Day to all the book-lovers out there!
Posted by: Nadia | February 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM
My ex used to write the date he began reading a book on the flyleaf - and the date for completing the book on the last page. At first he only wrote in his own books. The day he started on mine was the beginning of the end.
Posted by: emme | February 15, 2011 at 12:51 PM
The boyf is mostly interested in books about running (yawn!) so I have to share my book love with my friends. If it turns out they haven't read Middlesex or Jane Eyre (two of my favourites) they receive them in the post, nicely wrapped, shortly after! It is so nice to have books in common.
Posted by: Chuck | February 15, 2011 at 02:24 PM
My husband reads just about anything and so do I. We both have huge 'to be read' piles on our bedside tables and once we have finished a book we swap them. Very occasionally there will be episodes of slightly heated debate over who is going to read a book first - particularly with historical fiction. The last time this happened was when a copy of The Broken Token by Chris Nickson arrived in the post.
Posted by: D.J.Kirkby | February 19, 2011 at 07:53 AM
I bought a book a few years ago and fell in love with its words, the pictures they painted and the voice behind them. Then met the author, and fell in love again. Books are constantly exchanged between us: birthdays, Christmas, Valentine's Day- they're shared and talked about all the time. Impossible to imagine our relationship without them. They, his, at least, brought us together.
Posted by: Tara | March 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM
I simply love books. I always make sure to put budget for buying books and magazines. I just don't fill my stomach, I make sure to fill my mind. Keep reading!
Posted by: Oberry Sarmiento | April 05, 2013 at 08:33 AM
Me too is a bookworm person. My day is incomplete without reading any books. I found it enjoyable and educational too. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Mule Meador | April 19, 2013 at 03:20 AM