New book = new friends

I started a new book today and it feels a little like I'm getting to know some new friends. It's nice to watch their good-natured bickering; there are hints at past adventures which I'm sure I'll hear about in time; and there is a sense that something interesting is going to happen. So partly I'm grateful for books, libraries, authors, literacy all those wonderful things that make reading possible. Also, I'm hopeful that my stories will elicit similar feelings in my readers.