Books can be relaxing, energizing, or just plain boring but you really can't know until you read to find out. Wine can be just as much a surprise in a less expensive bottle with great taste as an expensive one that lacks character. They imitate wine: white wine loses identity if kept in a bottle too long just as some books lose there relevance if not read in a reasonably timely matter as their published. Some are like red wines, which do not lose their essence and bouquet no matter how long they are on the shelf. Books like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice have kept their appeal to all manner of readers for almost 200 years.
Unlike wine, books can have many other characteristics. All today's knowledge is contained in books somewhere but, fortunately.you don't have to have all the books to gain the knowledge, just a computer with access to the Internet. Novels can capture our imaginations by using today's knowledge to think of what might be possible in the future. We call this science-fiction. When we are bored and can't find things to do, we examine instruction books on crafts.and the art of almost anything you can name. When we want to share the thoughts of scholars, biographers, historians, and related others we read non-fiction and when we just need to be entertained, relaxed and allowed to sublimate...we read novels.
While many people need pets for touch and caressing and blind adoration, a book can make someone feel all the things necessary for their existence. All you need is the ability to convert the written (or typed) words into pictures both physical and emotional. We know that many cannot enjoy books whether because their vision disallows it or their ability to comprehend the written words is lacking. For these people, I can only have great sympathy because for me it would be like being stripped of the use of one of my five senses.
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