I have an addiction. It is one I feed as slowly as possible. I collect books, and I guess it is going to happen because I am an English major.

I will admit I am not a snob. I don't have countless collections of Shakespeare, or the complete collection of the Bronte sister's works. I have some of them and some of all the authors I read while taking my courses. Now some of those have become favorites but that isn't the bulk of my private library.

Fantasy novels are my down fall. Yes, I will admit it. I have a problem. I have the complete collection of the Brothers Grim, the works of Hans Christian Andersen, retellings of fairy tales, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, every book by Terry Brooks, The Mortal Instruments Series, The Harry Potter Series, and countless others. I find young adult fiction sometimes to be better written than some of the adult fiction. i have a group where we suggest to each other authors to read, series worth trying, and sites worth looking over. I hate to admit to buying a book because my library is filled with my favorite children and eventually I have to turn someone loose because, well, there just isn't enough room for them all.

As if my book collection isn't enough I have a subdivision in this addiction. I collect comics as well. That one though is proving to slow down and may soon end. After reading and collecting comics since 1988, I might finally have had enough. The company I choose to follow is destroying the characters I love to the point I am losing interest. That is saying something after twenty something years and countless writers and stories. But at least I might finally get my library down to a nearly reasonable size. Face it, dating might be a problem because if i find a boyfriend he won't only get me, he is stuck with my library as well. Oh well. And I refuse to mention my cook books at all.