Books are like old friends. That's certainly the case with this one that an old (and still) friend presented to me as a gift 60 or so years ago.
It says something about the nature of gifts back in those days - the pleasure of the printed word.
It's on my reread list and I'm wondering whether it will feel dated by today's standards.
That's because I reread King Solomon's Mines a while ago and felt that some of its themes and attitudes were of their time and could be considered inappropriate by today's standards.
So in preparation for my reread I did some background research into the Coral Island.
That's a story in itself.
I'm still going ahead with the book and will try to recover the experience of that first read. Six decades ago.
I love the gift of the printed word. A gift that keeps on giving.
Yes, books are like old friends...the older the nicer.
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