What is a book?

What is a book?         

To fully understand what a book is, you need to understand what a book is composed of. I believe a book is composed of thoughts translated on to paper. The content of the book isn’t a large indication of what makes it a book. What makes a book a book, is the literal collection of thoughts collected on pages, and bonded into one bundle. I think there is a physical element to books. I wouldn’t classify anything a book unless it was like any other book. I think this way because there’s already a developed culture for books.

 Books are made to sit on book shelves to display their titles for the convenience of a potential consumer to quickly see either a known author or recognized title. For that purpose I think books are universally recognized to look a certain way. You may be able to read the same content in a book somewhere else, but without the literal flipping of pages, reading a book online can look the same as reading anything else.

Why do I read?

Why do I read?

I read primarily for two reasons. One reason is to imagine, while the other is to escape. To elaborate on the first reason, I read to imagine real life scenarios. Even if a book is fiction, many books contain very real concepts. Because of this reason I like to read books and imagine my own scenarios. I mix certain plots from books together to make my own concepts. This leads me to my second reason, I read to escape. Because I like to imagine, my thoughts aren’t always rationale or realistic. Because of this, I escape from reality. I try to put myself into the book, or a specific scene that takes place in the book. When I read I’m never usually focused on anything else, but what’s going in the book. Reading also reduces the amount of stress I feel on my daily routine, because it’s quiet, and relaxing opposed to every busy day I live though. I’ve found that I’m best relaxed when I do escape reality, because if I do, I don’t have to feel or think about stressful factors in my life. I can simply read a book, and concentrate explicitly on that book.