B = Books

 "There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there's also some great books." -Jo Walton, Among Others

Okay, so not a very imaginative B for a book blog, but that's why I'm here: Books.

Beautiful, bountiful, books.

A book is a dream recorded.

A book is an adventure waiting to be had.

A book is a hero undiscovered.

And a villain just a little bit bad.

Okay, so poet I am not. But there are a lot of things to like about books. They can offer education. From a baby’s ABC book to your childhood textbooks to how-to manuals… Like how-to build that cabinet from IKEA, books journey with us every step of the way, even if we don’t like them.

And if you do like them a whole new world opens up to you, or should I say worlds? Because the best part about books is their ability to take you somewhere new.

With so many genres - spine tingling horror to the warmth of fairytales, to contemporary fiction with cities as familiar as the one you live in, to the strangeness of an exotic lands located in high fantasy. You can travel to far off galaxies in a sci-fi novel or to the past in historical nonfiction – there is a book for everyone.

Let’s not forget that new book smell.

I’m thankful that something as beautiful as the written word exists.

Do you like books? What kind of stories do you like to read? If you don't like books, why not?