Books are the gift that keeps on giving. They don't just entertain or distract us, but they can give us so many other things. Books mean different things for each, but they can provide the reader with a new perspective, empathy, hope, laughter, ways to cope with difficulties, and the list goes on. Books can also build friendships between book lovers who meet in a club or discuss their favorite stories on social media. They can connect people from thousands of miles away in different countries in a way like none I've never seen before. Some of my greatest encouragement and joy comes from those who follow me on social media and discuss books plus life with me. Those bound copies of Pride and Prejudice or Anne of Green Gables can link people who otherwise would never meet and probably have too many differences without books to unite them in other circumstances. Would the world be more peaceful if we ignored politics and just talked about our favorite books? Maybe... just maybe. Since most celebrate some kind of holiday in December where gifts are exchanged, why not think about giving your loved ones a book. The gift will last long past the day they unwrapped it and it may even be life changing for them. I know it was how I decided to become an author. Reading about Laura Ingalls writing about her own life and getting it published inspired me to write. Her tales gave me friends when I thought I never would have any, and I still have the Little House on the Prairie series my grandma gave me for each birthday.
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