Literature - Soul Food for the Mind.

Today I am starting to write about books. This is my passion and unfortunately it has taken me 50 years to come to understand that literature is one of the most important loves of my life. There is something about a book - its cover image, its size and shape, the hidden messages inside and the years of effort by the writer to get to this point in time. A book is a representation of an individual's mental processes. The authors fantasies, how they see the world, their social history, national culture and much more are all there for the absorbing.
Once written the book then takes on a life of its own. It may be collected, exchanged, reread, passed down the generations, lost, found, broken, trashed - an infinite range of futures.
Cultures grow up around the stories or the characters. They are used as educational icons, passion and eroticism may be inspired, movies may follow, sequels, new authors may take on the characters and settings. Collections are examined in minute detail, signatures valued and fortunes lost or found.

This blog as well as my web site Where To Start Today are where we will talk about what we are reading, publishing and any aspects of the world of books that strike our fancy.

Please feel free to tell me what you think of the books you are reading or affecting you in some way. Hopefully we can have a journey that will be an enriching part of whatever future we have left on this blue planet.