The most important reason to read is, quite simply, to enjoy yourself. Whether you’re reflecting on the nature of existence or finding out how to stuff peanut butter filling into a powdered donut. Regardless of your reason for reading you should enjoy the process.
Writing is more than the simple application of pen to paper, finger to keyboard, or voice to phone. It is the fruition of concepts and ideas that have grown and changed over time. It is the flowering of creativity through application. It is the realisation of the conceptual side of a storyteller’s mind.
Books create the opportunity for people to share with others a mutual love or, hatred of an author, an idea or a movement. These are five books that are guaranteed to get you caught in a conversation with friends, family and people on the bus, if you read them in public.
Tighearnan John Kelly 