Any book ,which inspires me to read more books, is a book worth reading .The Joy of Books :Confessions of a Lifelong Reader by Eric Burns is one such book.Eric Burns is a former TV journalist with NBC News.This book was published in 1995 when there were no e-books and no Kindle.But still , it makes a strong plea for printed , literary books.
The Joy of Books is about history of books as well as a history of reading .It makes a case in favour of printed books over TV or Movies.It gives an insight that books" raise possibilities",It also narrates many instances of book burning and censorship,and the psychology of people behind such attitudes.
The author points out the relationship between a writer and reader as also between a reader and another reader.We read books for the pure joy of reading .The author also compares how our experience is different when we read a book for the second or third time.It is a short book of 182 pages , and is worthy of your time .
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