I had a wonderful and abnormally social weekend: my father was visiting from Vancouver so much time was spent catching up but very little was spent with my books. Now that he’s heading home, I wish that, rather than going to work this morning, I could just curl up in this beautiful library and read all day!
from Perfect English by Ros Byam Shaw
The Captive Reader 
Such gorgeous bookshelves! Do you ever find your eye wandering to them during a scene in a movie?
To spend the day reading is a luxury that I haven’t had in ages. Doesn’t stop me from dreaming about it though! Perhaps you’ll get your chance sometime soon.
Some weekends I just hole up in my apartment and read all day. It’s magnificent. Maybe next weekend!
I know what you mean about the bookshelf in movies. There is one in particular that comes to mind in a Hugh Grant movie, but I don’t event remember the name (About a boy?), just how the books were spread over two open floors. Must do some Googling on it. I also cringe every time a library or work of art is damaged in a book.
Claire, I sometimes find myself having freaky thoughts like: “If I was in prison… imagine the time I would have to read!” I sometimes scare myself 🙂
Glad you had a n ice weekend. I’d love to be curled up and reading in that gorgeous library too!
Frankly, I’d take just about any library, but this is one of my favourites.
That library looks like I could spend a week locked up there and never get bored. I wish I could get my own library room like that once..
Something to aspire to, right?