Happy Valentine’s Day lovely friends and fans! We love you guys. We also love books. Therefore, we love characters who love one another. And you love them too.I asked our Facebook and Twitter following who their favorite fictional couple is and here are the most-loved (liked) answers:

1. Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice

2. Claire & Jamie from Outlander

3. Catherine & Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights4. Gone with the Wind’s Scarlett & Rhett

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I am so impressed with the most “liked” resolutions our Facebook fans shared. Not that I was expecting tons of people to encourage going to the gym and eating less candy over doing good in our world, but nonetheless, I am pleased to share this list with you.

1. Listen more, talk less.

2. Less time on the iPad, more time interfacing with a real book!

3. Now that I’ve moved closer to a city, I plan to volunteer again for an adult literacy program.4. My goal is to read at least 50 books in 2012, not including college textbooks. I’m going to donate books to places and people in need and get more of my friends and family to read. Every gift I give in 2012 will be a book!

5. To manage our energy consumption more responsibly and efficiently!

6. Read the Bible in one year. Increase my volunteer work.

7. Buy more organic foods, eat less processed stuff!

8. Never buy a nook or a kindle.

9. Self sufficiency, survival and faith in good over evil.

10. Start reading poetry!

11. Read more books this year!

12. To be more active.

What is your New Year’s resolution? Hope this inspires some meaningful ideas to spur in your head and heart!

I asked our Facebook and Twitter fans: “If you were Santa, what book would you give to every person?” Here are the top 10 most popular answers…

1. The Bible

2. The Little Prince

3. To Kill a Mockingbird

4. The Zombie Survival Guide

5. The Princess Bride

This year, our literacy partners at Invisible Children are proclaiming that the “The holiday spirit is the human connection”. Through their latest holiday campaign, they are helping to illustrate that with every purchase we make this year, we can choose to positively impact someone’s life – a concept very close to our hearts at Better World Books – and the foundation on which our entire business is based.

As a triple-bottom-line social enterprise, it is embedded into our mission, vision and even by-laws that we work towards the betterment of people and planet – not only profit. We are passionate about sharing our story with people like you to further the wave of conscious consumerism.

Today, you don’t only need to donate or volunteer to make an impact, you can simply be thoughtful about where you buy things you already need. For example, every time you buy a book with us, organizations like Invisible Children get funding – plus we donate a book to a student in need. Book for Book.

Here’s another way you can support Invisible Children with your gift purchases this holiday season… Read more…

Do you wish you had enough money to buy shoes, soap, shelter and books for every homeless child in our world – and also cute, trendy, smart items for your loved ones?While most of us cannot afford to buy two of every gift and ship one to someone in need and the other to our in-laws, nieces, long-distance lovers and bosses, there are companies out there who will do it for you, for free!

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We’ve all heard of Toys for Tots, but what about those old textbooks that you don’t ever want to see again? Is there a way they, too, can help children in need worldwide learn to read?

This holiday season we’re giving you the chance to create abundance with your unwanted textbooks!

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One of the coolest things about books is that they can make for a very thoughtful and personal gift. And when you get books from Better World Books, not only does the giftee feel special – but you save money, get free shipping, and we donate a book to someone in need. It’s a win, win, win!

We asked our bibliophile friends, fans and followers for their picks of the top 10 books to give as gifts. Here are their suggestions…

Dr Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go

Life is What You Make It by Peter Buffet

84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Animalia by Graeme Base

Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson

Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Tuesday’s with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Have you read any of the listed books? Will you give them as gifts to anyone this holiday season? What other books do you suggest? Thanks for sharing below!