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In honor of Book Lover's Day on 9 August, my writerly pals and I are having fun by sharing all the ways we adore reading. Please enjoy my first (and likely last) RAP, Really Awful Poem, an Ode to Books, with apologies to Gertude Stein, the Bard, Dr. Seuss and poets everywhere.
Then visit the awesome bloggers listed at the end of this post who share more libre love. 
Ode to Books
A RAP, Really-Awful Poem By Cat Michaels
Books!
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Hmmm: Thrice: A book, is a book, is a book. Alas, I could not read them on a boat ....I get sea sick. Nor on a goat ....I am a city girl. I only do goat cheese. But I read books here and there. I love reading almost everywhere Using all kinds of clever devices Which take away my breath and suffices as my brain's creative spices. 
Books in print are longtime pals Ever since elementary school locales. Dick and Jane started it all. Then the Grinch and Nancy Drew as I grew tall.
Now it's sci-fi.
Mysteries. Historical fiction. But JK's HP is still my addiction. 
I love books most when they talk to me.
In fact ... books even walk with me! Earbuds, sweat, and all. 
Tablet reading!
You turn me on when I plug you in. Your font and light controls are awesome. You make my book world spin.
And what delight to share tablet prose
With that special little one who knows that Reading a great kidlit story makes life way more hunky-dory. 
Photo: B.L. Hall
And my deepest readerly secret?
THE END
I had such fun writing this for you! Thanks for reading my RAP.
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39 Comments
8/6/2016 08:05:48 am
Always good to meet a fellow Librocubicularist, Kristen. Thanks for your smiles. And isn't a great book always perfect for smiling! 8/5/2016 04:43:34 pm
Hi Cat! I enjoyed your post today for Book Lovers Day, August 9th! 8/6/2016 08:07:26 am
Rosie, I love finding different reading spots, but like you, my fave is night-time reading in bed. 8/5/2016 06:03:22 pm
Hi Cat! 8/6/2016 08:09:12 am
David, I love your RAP! You are absolutely right: Book love is delirious and contagious. Thanks for rapping with me. 8/6/2016 12:45:42 am
I laughed and smiled the whole way through this post. I too am a Librocubicularist! I often find myself falling asleep though when I read in bed. Thanks for the fun read Cat. 8/6/2016 08:10:45 am
I agree, Carmela: falling asleep is a Librocubicularist's biggest obstacle to finishing a book -:D. 8/9/2016 10:47:17 am
Jd, I love being able to share with readers and getting to know them better. And finding a kindred spirit is the best!
Debra deTreville
8/6/2016 11:56:47 am
:D :D
Auden Johnson
8/6/2016 02:40:20 pm
Yay, fellow Potterhead. It didn't know what a librocubicularist was. I'm one too! 8/9/2016 10:45:27 am
Absolutely, Auden, a huge Potterhead here. Good to meet another librocubicularist, too. Hi Cat, you commented after reading my book lovers day blog that you didn't think you were as much a bookaholic as I am, however after reading your RAP, I believe the proof is in the pudding. You read in bed and even when you are walking. Sounds like a bookaholic to me! It was fun reading. :) 8/9/2016 11:17:40 am
Hmmmm. I had not thought about it in that way, Sandra. Thanks for helping me see a different perspective.....proud to be a sweaty, walking Bookaholic- LOL 8/8/2016 02:58:50 pm
A fun post and hopefully NOT the last RAP. Very nice! "Librocubicularist" -- who knew? LOL! 8/9/2016 11:00:26 am
James, you inspire me to RAP anew....maybe after some quality librocubiculari time, I will write another -:D 8/8/2016 11:25:59 pm
Hey there Cat - 8/9/2016 11:05:28 am
Rhonda, (((Your))) RAP is awesome! And "vocab-u-neologist" is a hoot. I should add that skill to my linked In profile tee-hee. 8/9/2016 08:07:44 am
Hi Cat! Happy Book Lover's Day! Love your poem and Cheers to Nancy Drew books:) Tracy 8/9/2016 11:08:30 am
Nancy Drew turned more girls onto reading, Tracy. Here's to more great tales like that, especially on Book Lovers' Day. 8/9/2016 08:54:18 pm
I try, Eiry. You inspired me on that last line-:D. Many thanks. 8/10/2016 07:54:46 pm
Appreciate your feedback, Carol. It took awhile, but it was fun to write because it was a differnt style, and I didn't worry about being grammtically correct. 8/11/2016 04:48:16 pm
Hey, give yourself a whole lot more credit! Your words were awesome! I smiled and snickered throughout! It was pure delight! I love being completely immersed in a fictional book where nothing else exists except the books characters and surroundings. I don't see, hear or notice anything else. That is my favorite type of reading! 8/16/2016 12:04:04 pm
Appreciate your feedback tons, Julie, and glad my RAP made you smile. So, fiction is YOUR addiction, too -:D. 8/16/2016 12:08:09 pm
Mystic, It was great fun to write, and I'm tickled you found it fun, too. 8/3/2017 01:47:35 am
Always enjoy your RAPs Cat, they are so much fun! Your comment about eBooks goes along with my suggestion of trying new ways to celebrate this amazing day. Bibliophiles unite! 8/6/2017 09:10:31 am
LOL....It's gotten so if it isn't on audio, unless a child's book, I rarely read it. Audio-bibliophiles unite, too -:D
Rebecca
8/4/2017 05:18:03 pm
Love it! You are so clever, Cat. I am not much of a Librocubicularist though. I do however love to read when I'm on the couch. Wonder what that makes me? ;) 8/6/2017 09:11:56 am
You made me smile, Rebecca, imagining a couchocubicularist -:D! 8/7/2017 09:18:42 am
Happy Book Lovers Day Cat and friends! 8/12/2017 02:50:11 pm
Technology is a wonderful....when it works, Rosie! Hope your blog behaves itself. Thanks for RAPping with us about book love. 8/12/2017 02:47:20 pm
Love RAPping with you Carol. Appreciate you stopping by the blog -:D Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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