[AzulOscuro]

Today there’s another day to commemorate something important. This time, the book’s day.
Each book is like looking through a window to a whole world. In some of these worlds we stay for longer than in others according to our likes, interests, moment in our lives we decide to open that window, but most of them, moved us to something. To action. Action of thinking, even when this action might only consist on rejecting and closing that window.
I’m sure most of these worlds surprised you and I would like to know which of the books you read, surprised you the most or left a deep track in you. I’m curious to know about it.

[mote.of.soul]

For me, Azul, I think the books I've read about World War Two, moved me the most and taught me many things about the world. About the world, about the political and cultural spheres globally, technological developments, and about the extremes present in human nature no matter what part of the world you look at. And WWII was an event [a catastrophe] not that long ago too, which affected people and families in many, many nations, in many, many ways. And it changed the world in unforeseen ways, as well.

Yes, so much can be said about WWII, but where did I find this information? In our friend the book.

Good topic Azul, thanks.

[Nammu]

The books that mostly educated me were science fiction. They can talk about any subject and open minds to new ways of seeing old issues.

[AzulOscuro]

Originally Posted by mote.of.soul

For me, Azul, I think the books I've read about World War Two, moved me the most and taught me many things about the world. About the world, about the political and cultural spheres globally, technological developments, and about the extremes present in human nature no matter what part of the world you look at. And WWII was an event [a catastrophe] not that long ago too, which affected people and families in many, many nations, in many, many ways. And it changed the world in unforeseen ways, as well.

Yes, so much can be said about WWII, but where did I find this information? In our friend the book.

Good topic Azul, thanks.

It’s funny that I have here in my studio, two books I also enjoyed a lot, about II World War.
I used them when I was at Secondary Education to check and enlarge my information when we touched that topic.
For me it was also a too much interesting topic. I learnt a lot from it.

Thank you for sharing!

[AzulOscuro]

Originally Posted by Nammu

The books that mostly educated me were science fiction. They can talk about any subject and open minds to new ways of seeing old issues.

Here, a non very science fiction Literature’s aficionado, surely it’s because I’m literally a potato in technology and it makes me hard to understand but I loved the reasons you gave to be a follower of sci-fi books.

Thank you for enlarging my perspective.

[*Beth*]

I've been a reader since I was a child. I can think of books that touched my life way back to third grade.

I enjoy Alice Hoffman's novels, Anne Tyler's...I re-read John Steinbeck's East of Eden over the winter. Magnificent novel!

Lately, I've read 4 novels by Chaim Potok and not only enjoyed them, but learned from them.

Right now I'm reading Elton John's biography. It's quite fascinating.

Yes, reading is a step into another world.