What is a book?

A book to me is a world. A world where you can feel and experience what the characters experience. Where you can join the adventure and feel the joy the terror and the pain. A book can take you to another world without leaving the comfort of your home. I agree with Joe Meno that a book is a place. I also agree with Tom Piazza when he says that you make the world of the book through your imagination. I believe a book's true value comes through the pages the satisfaction of turning the pages gives it more suspense when you're reading a really captivating novel. I can't stand reading a book on a device because it hurts my eyes after staring at it for long periods of time. I find that when you read a book on a device it loses it's true value of being a book. You miss out on the feeling of the pages between your finger tips and the scent of paper tickling your nose when you open the book for the first time. You also miss out on the feeling of flipping the last page of a book. Also when reading on a device you're more likely to get distracted by other things on the device. A book is such a wonderful thing. It holds information and it's the key to another world. A world that can only exist in your wildest dreams. What's incredible is how the author can make their world come to life just because of a book. When an author writes a book it's like receiving the key to their world and suddenly you see the world differently. The reader imagining what the author wanted them to see a whole new world and a different way of viewing the world.