Changes

• *they are the great escape – you switch off from life. Anything too electronic makes me think of work• *I love the smell of them, the look of them (all those colourful spines on the shelves, favourite covers facing out like artworks)• *they are always there when you need them – I tend to have stacks of books at home in each room, in the car, usually too many in my voluminous handbag …• *they last for days, weeks, and often when you get back together years later they're just as much fun as you remember. One glimpse of a yellowed cover in a second hand book store and the years fall away – it is like meeting an old friend• *they go wherever you go - and take you places you've never (or always) dreamt of. Would you risk an e-reader on the beach or reading in the bath? What are a few wrinkled pages among friends?