Books Smell

I have heard people, myself including, talk about the way books smell. For me there is something about a never before read book that smells soo...inviting. Some people like the smell of library books, or at least I heard that in a movie once..which of course makes it true. I can see that, although they have a funky, musty smell that I am not quite as attracted to.

Its really not any different than the smell of new leather, or new shoes. Smells are said to envoke memories...mine are of book fairs in school, the Scholastic book order forms, and places far away. The promise of new, never touched books. Its exciting!