A Book is an Escape

A book is an escape. Sometimes life gets a little challenging or noisy or stressful. A book provides the perfect bridge into a new world (shame on me for using a cliché. Mrs. Bross would be horrified). A book distracts you from everything else that might be going on and allows you to solely focus on the little world of the characters with in the story. Sometimes it could teach you how to deal with some of the struggles in your life by showing you how the characters deal with similar problems. I’m sorry for the cheesiness. Other times the book might be totally different from your life and you get the opportunity to be taken away for that 45 minutes while you tear through the story. Not literary! Or librarians will hate you for life. Either way, you have a free ticket to another universe that you can use pretty much whenever you want. And who doesn’t love to travel?
I think books should actually *gasp* be on paper. Yes, I’m a little old fashioned. For one, it’s better for the environment. 40-50 books create the same carbon emission as 1 e-reader. Books: 1, E-reader: nada. Reading on a screen for extended periods of time gives me a headache. Books: 2, E-reader: still zero. The author gets more money from the book he/she spent ages writing. Books: 3, E-reader: 0. Fine, books do require the killing of innocent trees (Books: 3, E-reader: 1), but they are just more fun to read! Okay people?! Maybe I just don’t like e-readers because my grandma gave my sister one for Christmas, and I didn’t get one too. Or maybe book s are just plain old better.
In all seriousness, I love reading actual books instead of from a screen. It makes the temporary escape seem more real to me. This world is so filled with technology, we’re dependent on it. Sometimes, using paper and ink is the best way to go.