As a kid I loved reading and going to the library, I would
always forget to take the books back, I just wanted them for myself, now
reading is still as important as it was then maybe a little more important
today than then.
The book that hooked me on books the most was Harry
Potter without it yes I would have probably still liked reading but Harry Potter
gave me a life that I thought wasn’t possible, one where I could escape fight
battles, it taught me that sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to
do, and to fight for what you believe in, and people and governments can be
corrupt and evil so don’t always believe what you’re told and sometimes a
random act of kindness can make someone’s days and the world right.
I now have books everywhere, and I feel happier in a
bookstore than a club, and more alive reading than doing those things you do
when you’re drunk. Books have taught me to live life for myself not for others,
that life can be both fair and unfair even at the same time and that the world
is a vast and scary place but it is still so wonderful.
So here’s to the books I’ve read and to the books I will
read and the most important thing that they will teach us which comes from Doctor
Who from the Tenth Doctor: “You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the
best weapon in the world.”
