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There's something about a book which just draws you to it. Not the physical book itself, or the perfectly typewritten ink marks on the page which form words, of course. But the story - the story, and the medium it is told in. I mean, there are many ways to tell a story - film, music, literature. Of course, the latter somehow remains my (and to a large extent, everyone else's) favourite. 

I think it's the choice it gives. A book just contains words on a page. The rest is for you to figure out. You could read them as they were - words on a page, or your mind can start to wonder. How does she look? How does he look? How about their house - what's their house like? What colour are the walls, how about the floor! Oh, how are their neighbours? 

You can choose the amount of time you wish to stay with them, to be part of their lives. To watch them, root for them, hate the evil one, love the vulnerable one. Unlike a movie which dictates the 119 minutes you spend with them, a book lets you choose the amount of time you wish to stay with the characters. How constantly you wish to be around them. 

But I think most of all - a book creates a world for you. You form all the opinions and choices around how you live and how you wish to live. Sometimes, you even wish the protagonist was you. 

There's something about the printed word. I'm still figuring it out. But until then - 

Happy reading. 

P.S: I've finished Book I of The Hunger Games.