A Valentine's Tribute to My Husband (How He Understands & Supports My Love of Books)

So it's Valentine's Day and I wanted to do some kind of love themed post, and then I realized that there are already plenty of posts out there this week that are full of Valentine's Day reading suggestions and I don't think I even read enough romance novels to make a well done and thorough list on my own anyway, so I'm skipping that. Therefore, If you are looking for some check out Epic Reads' list of contemporary young adult romantic reads.

Instead I have decided to share with you a little bit about my husband. It's kind of a Valentine's Day Surprise for him. :D My husband and I don't overly celebrate Valentine's Day, but we do recognize it and I had the sudden urge to share with you the bookish ways my husband manages to rock my world. Now, my husband isn't perfect, (he sometimes leaves the toilet seat up, he can be really messy, among other small things) but in the end I love him, he is my everything and he is really good to me. I very rarely get personal on my blog and besides random mentions I never really talk about my husband. Just to spice things up for one day I decided to do something just a little different. So here it goes...(This is not a full list. I'm sure there are more things he does but I can't think of them right now, I blame it on my cold.)

A Valentine's Tribute to My Husband (How He Understands & Supports My Love of Books)

1. He buys me bookish gifts all the time for everything. Even when he gets me mainly other gifts for a special occasion that cater to my other needs, such as children movies, he always manages to give me a small bookish gift as well, such as a reader gift card, or a bookmark, something to make this bookish girl smile.

2. He lets me talk to him about books...ones he hasn't even read and never plans to and are in no way close to what he likes to read. Whether I need to gush or rant he is always a willing listener.

3. He holds me when I cry after reading a very emotional book. He doesn't judge or question (although he does occasionally, okay usually, chuckle at me) he just lets me sit on his lap and he strokes my hair while I blubber away.

4. If I need someone to go see a book to movie adaptation with me at midnight... he is always there, even if he works the next day. (Seriously he even did this for me for a Twilight movie when my girlfriends couldn't make it, that is real love people!)

5. When we are out running errands, which are normally no fun, he occasional surprises me with a visit to...you guessed it...a book store! I don't even have to ask or request it. He is the best.

6. He never (unless it is an emergency) bothers me while I am reading. Now at first he did, but once he learned I would bite his head off he stopped and now respects my need to read uninterrupted.

7. He took me to Harry Potter World at Universal for our honeymoon. Yup, I guess I'll keep him.

Thanks for hanging in there with me while I talked your ear off about my husband. Whether you are curling up with your husband, best friend, fiance, boyfriend, family member, dog, book boyfriend, or are single and proud, I am wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!

If you haven't found a guy/girl like this yet I hope you do. I don't believe he/she has to love books as much as you do (like that's possible, ha) but they need to support or at least respect your bookishness. Keeping my fingers crossed for all my friends out there to find their special someone. (Not that you need one, but if you want one.)