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Give Me A Book, Any Day_Response to Blog City Prompt Nov. 8

Blog City Prompt, November 8 2018:





Prompt: "Books are the movies of the mind." Sue Grafton Do you agree with this quote?

Give Me A Book Any Day

Although I watched movies (on TV and in the local tiny theater) and some TV series as a child, and though there were many I loved and some I'd like to forget but can't, my first choice is always to read. Give me a book any day, and I'll be: [complete this sentence]

Ecstatic


Enlightened


Educated


Enthusiastic


Inspired


Shocked


Startled


Frightened


Remembering

and I will do all of the above because I visualize the story for myself, in my imagination. Okay, maybe that is “watching a mental movie,” but for me books are so much more than that. With a film, all we get is one person's view (the director), based on one person's screenplay, interpreted by several persons (actors), photographed or rather videotaped by one or more persons. So we see what they see, although we are free to interpret our way. But I want to “see for myself,” and I do just that when I read: I bring my own past history, contemporary issues, thoughts, self-analysis and yes, triggers, to the page and through all of this I “understand” the story for myself, in my own special individualized way. Don't we all?

Just Give Me A Book—Any Time.