Power of a Book

By Terrie Lynn Bittner on Apr 26, 2008 | In Books I'm Reading, Musings | Send feedback »

Do you remember the first time you understood the power of a book? When I was a young teen, I read a teenaged novel that could have been written about me. The girl's insecure thoughts were my insecure thoughts, and I'd thought I was the only person in the world to feel that way. I was overwhelmed to realize other people had the same worries, hopes, and fears, and to see that there was a solution to them as well. When I finished the book, I sat for a long time and just thought. I wondered if I could ever learn to write something that would so completely reach into another person's heart and mind the way this book did mine.

I still do.

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