So I try to sell you a book...but what do you get out of it?
You get to be somebody else for a while...
Immerse yourself in a book and you get to see another world through someone else's eyes - a film, however good, could never draw you in as deep as a good book.
It's your imagination, drawn from someone else's words...
The text is only the beginning; words simply conjure the images from your own creative mind, prompts for your own inner-viewing. And because it comes from your imagination, you are instantly involved at an almost dream-like level.
Read it again and some things have changed...
Take the journey at your own pace. Reflect. Second time around and it all seems so familiar, only with extras and details you never found before.
Stretch your mind...
Its good for you!