Even better than holding, touching, smelling, and hugging new books is taking them home and reading them in your own bed, under your own covers, with your own lamp shining beside you until someone yells for you to turn it off and get some sleep.

— The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared
by Alice Ozma

On this Thankful Thursday, let us praise the summer reading season!

Oh, the beauty of light days and long nights.

Of books and stacks and anticipation.

Oh, the sweet, sweet immersion a good book brings.

It's Thankful Thursday, a weekly pause to express appreciation for people, places, books, and more. What are you thankful for today? What's in your stack?