Whether you love novels, biographies, self-help or any other genre of books, reading is one of the best ways to discover the world. The Zane Grey books were the ones my mother talked about, as I was growing up, that she had read as a young girl and it put inside her the desire to see the beautiful Southwest and eventually the world. I know she was a bit disappointed in me and my brother because we were not huge readers growing up like she was. We were both into sports like our father. However, both of us have become avid readers as adults.

Through books I have discovered a fascination for both quantum physics and history that I would have never known had I not started reading. Books allow you to explore the deep oceans of the past, present and future; the galaxy; the internal workings of our minds and bodies and how that affects us throughout our lifetime; and many such things that we could never do in our day to day lives. Through books I have become a better father and grandfather, a better communicator for my work and a good thinker and researcher. I now cannot imagine my world without the ability to read or listen to books. If you haven’t read a book lately, visit your local library and pick one out today.