A good book is a best friend

I am one of those people who absolutely loves to read. A good book can get me through almost every sickness I get, a good book is always there to quiet my racing mind, and a good book is not hard to find. (So unlike a good guy.) Reading is very important. For some reason today's youth has gotten it through their heads that reading is a wast of time. Why read when you can see the movie? The answer to that is simple. You cannot get as close to the main character in a movie as you do in a book. You can't hear or know what they are thinking and you cannot feel what they feel. All movie directors try as hard as they can to change that but they will always fail. A book is so intimate and so classic that it impossible to fully take their place. You can't take a movie any where-though we are getting better at changing that-you don't have to plug in a book. A book does not have a screen that will hurt your eyes. There is something about the smell of the old pages and the feel of holding someone's imagination in your hands that is so magical. It is amazing to be able to pick up a book and travel to an enchanted world, or a dangerous island, or to transform into a werewolf. A movie will never be that magical, that enthralling, or that sacred. What is the Bible? Or the Book of Mormon? They are books. We have had books for almost as long as man has walked the Earth. I love books. I love how they can take you away on such a rough day. They are an escape that no movie will ever be able to match. As you keep your friends close, you should keep your books close.