Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.
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Books do furnish a room.
If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.
Don't give me books for Christmas; I already have a book.
They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are collectible will continue to be collected; people with lots of bookshelves will keep stocking them; and anyone who likes to make notes in books will keep buying books with margins to fill.
To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.
I'm the sort of person who would be perfectly happy spending an entire day in a rare books room.
During the holiday season, it's easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is simply the gift of time. I can't think of anything a writer would appreciate more than being given time and space to work.
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.