Scenes & Incidents: Dinner-Time Among Insurgents
Ten reasons books want you to read them
So their ideas spread beyond their covers, no matter how well-designed those covers are
It is in a book’s nature to be read, by reading them you’re helping them lead their best lives
So they can learn about you, while you’re learning from them
They like the feel of fingers on pages, or swipes on a screen
So that when you return them to their shelves, they have new things to tell their neighbours
Even though they like sitting, closed and properly arranged on a shelf, they need to have their spines cracked now & then
The more we read them, the better they get at telling their stories
They respect the efforts of their authors, and want you to as well
They like being brought to different rooms, or even out of the house sometimes
Because without readers, they’re just collections of letters