A book on virtually any subject, when written well and falling into the right hands, can produce a transcendent emotional response. And one such experience can lead to another and another, in a delightfully unpredictable way that is different for each person.
It is said that no love is sincerer than the love of food. Perhaps no love is vaster in its particulars than the love of books.
As adults, we can use the power of book love not only to entertain us, but also to inspire us to do new things, and to make significant changes in our lives. We can even use our love of books to help others, and maybe save a bit of the world.
That’s what reading is all about — the pure pleasure of it, how it changes you, how you live your life differently because of what you read.
— Steve Leveen, The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life, p. 8