Reflection 3: What is a book?

A book is an escape. It takes readers to places in their imagination that they haven’t been before. Books allow you to forget about the troubles existing in reality. When you take a vacation to a tropical place, it seems as though you’ve never had a single worry. That’s how reading feels. You can completely submerge yourself into a novel and get lost in it the way you do listening to ocean waves on a sunny beach. Each word captivates you and makes you never want to leave that place. This escape gives you the opportunity to be alone with your thoughts and dive into a world completely different than yours. Personally, I’d much rather curl up with an old book than a giant piece of metal. Electronic readers just don’t give the same comforting feeling you get by turning pages in a paperback. Although I agree that the story isn’t any different, the story is only half the experience. I love the smell of a book that’s been sitting on the shelves waiting to be read. A bad book is bad no matter where you read it, but a great book is made greater when accompanied by the heartwarming feel of torn pages and dog-eared corners.