A book is a window into the emotional standpoint of a certain situation. When you think about a book, you realize that bound between its covers are the sweat and tears of the author whom of which spends numerous hours wording the story just right. If it takes emotion to write a book, then obviously within the text there is emotion. What makes a book so good to me is what I feel when I read it, which I’m sure can hold true for most everyone. Holding the pages in your hands and looking straight through the window of text to find the emotion trigger is what makes a book so great. There are hundreds of books all written about the same thing but the emotion of the book tends to be the deciding factor in what is popular and what is not. For me, Nicholas Spark’s works are all great reads. They all tug on my heart strings and make me what the experiences that the book is describing. A lot of people say Sparks’ books are all the same or predictable, which may be true, but the emotion is his writing is what sets him above all the other love stories out there, in my opinion.
Now, I think that a book is also tarnished and different if it is not physically there with you. I am clearly not a big fan of all the electronic reads because I just simply feel that part of the book experience is lacking. There is most definitely something magical about holding the pages bound together and sealed with a creative cover while you read. It creates the experience. Every book has its own smell, its own sound it makes when it closes and its own vibe about it. To me, a book is there, in your hands being flipped and flipped by yourself, not the touch of a button.
