Stockpiling Books

There is nothing I love more than to have a stockpile of good books to read. I currently have one of the biggest piles I've ever had sitting on my bedside table. There are twelve books there right now. I was fortunate to receive a number of them from my publisher. One of the perks of having a publisher (and my publisher Little, Brown is the absolute best!!) is that they give you books. When I go to their offices in New York, which I only do once or twice a year, my editor and my publicist open up the doors of several huge closets that are FULL OF BOOKS and I pick out half a dozen of them to take home. It's like Christmas! Now, it's not that I couldn't just go out and buy those books myself because I could. But there is something about those big closets with their shelves and shelves of brand new books that is just magical. Who could resist?! I'm like a kid in a candy shop!