Why and how books will change your life and I bet my life everyday on this

Everyone who has personal contact with EML knows that I believe that everyone has one or two books that will change your life. I have had two in my life that was there when I needed something that will give me the anchor I needed at a time of my life when I didn't know where to turn. Both times I was not looking for an anchor or even knew I needed one. I just read a book that was either required or just looked interesting. But once I read it, it applied to my life and gave me insight to the problems I was having. In one case, I didn't even know I had the problem and when it was discovered, I thought about what I had read the year before and how it now helped me understand the problem. What I got from those books was life changing because I learned life lessons without having to go through the pain.

Some books just make you feel good. They make you feel safe when the world doesn't. You will relate to a character, sometimes not even a human character, and learn that you will make it through because that character did. Books can take your mind away from the real world and let you control how you use them. If you want to keep rereading a few pages, you don't have to keep reloading or waiting for a page to load.

You may be 5 or 95 when you find your first. You may only have one book or you may have a dozen. The only way you can find them is to read. The more books you read the better your chances to find that special book that will change your life.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is my nephew's favorite author and now I see why. This 2009 Newbery winner lets the reader know that sometimes it is the humans that must be feared, not the so called monsters. Nobody Owens loses his first family to a murder and now lives in a graveyard. It does take a graveyard to raise a Nobody. A vampire, a werewolf, a witch, and too many ghosts to keep straight will keep you guessing who is who while enjoying the ride. If you like this book, you will have to go to the public library to get the rest of his books since they are aimed at the post YA audience.

Alcatraz verus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson was a great read. I made the following wordle about it. I feel kinda bad about letting you know about this book since it will put you in danger from my buddies, but it is a risk you will have to take. The book is worth our lives. Just image finding out everything you thought you knew about the world is wrong and have to out smart a bunch of evil librarians that would kill to keep the "correct" knowledge from the people they rule. That means you, dear reader. There are 3 sequels before we got to the author.

Why I am doing this?

Some of you think if it is on the computer, it must be better. So I am now going to start putting my book talks on this blog so you will maybe read the books I talk about when I see you in the library. If you can't remember the title I talked about a few months ago, you would be able to find it here. (At least if I can get it on here in a timely matter.) If you have read the book and want to add a comment about you can.