It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People seem to read so much more nonfiction than fiction, and so it always gives me great pleasure to introduce a friend or family member to a novel I believe they'll cherish but might not otherwise have thought to pick up and read.
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.
I'll read a book every now and then, but unlike most of my friends I don't always have one on the go.
It's extraordinary how many people read a book that's new and weird and befriend it.
I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.
One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arrive with a book, but I almost never read it. It would be like sitting at their dinner table and opening a packet of sandwiches.
One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
A book is a journey: It's a thing you agree to go on with somebody, and I think every reader's experience of a book is going to be different.
A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.