What is a book?

A book is a home. It’s a safe place. Reading a book is so much more than just a few thousand words written on pages. A book is my home, a home where I can escape real life and feel happy. The writing on every single one of a book’s pages is special. There’s always something unique about every book I read. Homes are different shapes and sizes. They have different colors and smells. A book to me is a home because every book is diverse. They are small books and large books. There are picture books, textbooks and e-books. No matter what kind of book it is, at least one person will love it just the way it is.

                A book is a book no matter how you read it, but there’s something magical about holding a paperback book in your hands. I love everything about books, including their smell and the feeling of pages wrinkling within your hands every time you turn a page. Every time I get a new book, the smell overwhelms me with happiness. Personally, an e-book on a Kindle or an iPad has no comparison to an actual book. Call me old-fashion, but reading an e-book does not fulfill my happiness. There is just something about curling up on the couch after a long day and picking up a book and being able to turn the pages that draw you into the story. Turning the pages of a book helps bring me back to real life, because sometimes when I read, my imagination takes me so far into the book that I start to believe that I am one of the characters in the book. Every time I get a new book onto my (already overflowing) bookshelf, something inside of me smiles. There is no better feeling in the world.

“If there’s no future for books, there’s no future…” (Tom Piazza). I love this quote because I agree 100% with it. Even though I personally believe paperback books are better than e-books, a book is a book. As long as everyone is still reading books, the world will be a better place. No matter the kind of book and no matter the type, e-book or paperback, someone will love a book just the way it is. A book is a home, a home where somewhere can escape to and be happy, no matter how they prefer to read it.