Thursday, December 5, 2013

What is a book? (Best Sellers)

A book is an empty sketchpad. When you get a blank piece of paper, you doodle, you draw, you write, and by the end, it is not a blank paper anymore. When you read a book, you think and it can change your opinion and you can learn, and you aren’t the exact same person you were before you read the book. To me, the format of the book doesn’t matter. I have a Kindle that I like to use but I also like a paperback too. A book shouldn’t be defined by what is holding all the words together, but rather, the actual words. One thing I like about an e-reader is that it is most of the time lighter and more mobile than a book. Something I like about a paperback is seeing your progress by the pages on the left side, not by a percentage. A good time to have an actual book (by actual book, I mean paper book, not an e-reader) is if you are reading to a group of kids from a picture book. It can be hard for them to see the pictures if they are further away. Some of my favorite times were spent with my cousin reading with her from my Kindle. With one or two people, the Kindle is easy to see and use. Another thing good about a Kindle is that if you have vision problems, you can change the font, color of the page, and font size to make it easier on your eyes. I like the sound a book makes when you flip the pages, and the spine cracks a little when you close it. That is something you just can't get with an e-reader. So what is a book? Words put together to tell a story. It doesn’t matter where the words are.

2 comments:

  1. Nice opening sentence and I slaso like seeing my progress by the pages not the percentage.

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  2. I like how you analyze the pros and cons of both an actual book and an e-reader. I agree with you on your definition of a book- it really doesn't matter whether you can flip actual pages or not, because what matters is the story. Thanks for sharing!

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