When You Give A Girl A Book

My generation seeks an alternate world through Snapchat filters and virtual realty. Many of us have forgotten the power of a good book and I am saddened by the rising number of people I know who have "not touched a book since High School literature class."

When you give a girl a book, you give a girl love. When you decide to show her the value of a good piece of literature, she will cherish knowledge for the rest of her life. For as long as I can remember, I always had a stack of books waiting to be read by my bedside table. I fell in love from a very young age with the idea of creating a whole new world in my head with every page I read. There is so much magic in such a simple object.

There are books, and then there are books that move you. Books that make you want to be a better person. Books with so much heart behind them that they make you cry. The possibilities with reading are endless and all it takes is some time and a willing heart. In a world full of internet and media, dare to be the girl who escapes it all for a few hours and retreats to her own mind and a good book.

I learned how to make friends through the fifty plus Junie B. Jones books. In middle school, the Divergent and Hunger Games series taught me how to deal with pressure and how to stick to my values despite challenges and adversity. I spent most of my High School years reading classic literature to remind me that there are many things I can learn from old, cherished parts of history. I read up on many books the summer before my freshman year of college on how to deal with major changes and new environments. I am constantly learning how to deal with life by escaping from it a chapter at a time.

I understand that time has a play on the reason some people do not read. There are some months that I rarely touch a book and others where I read 10 in three weeks. I have found that I read when I need to find perspective or escape my current stressful situations. Writers I will never meet have inspired me more than some people I see everyday. This is the power of books that so many people miss out on because they would rather spend an extra hour on their phone everyday.

So when you give a girl a book, you are letting her know that she will never truly be alone. You give her the advice that she may not receive otherwise. When you give a girl a book you are letting her know that there is more to life than the one she lives.

I can't pick favorites so here are 10 books that I REALLY ENJOYED.

1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls