So one day I got inspired about trying to convey in words the way Brooke and I feel about the books we read. This is the result…it barely scratches the surface – but it’s a start ♥ ~Lisa
We don’t just love books, we adore them
We let them consume us – heart, mind, body and soul
We can’t get enough, from page one until the very end
When it’s over, the rush of emotions is euphoric
We don’t just read books, we devour them
We live in their world, live their lives with the characters
Feel their pain, their joy, their love, their sorrow
We make them a part of us that we can never get back – never want back
We don’t just crave books, We are passionate about them
The creativity and time it took to invent something that blows our minds
The words that seep into the deepest places of our spirit
It fuels us and makes us want more – always more
It may only be for a few hours….a few hundred pages…
But for us…every book…is a True Story ♥
Amy says
I agree! So well said!! <3
I live through the characters as well, people ask all the time about why I read so much, but it is an escape and just an amazing gift to read a book and love it. <3
Wendy Blackston says
I agree to when I read a book and it’s so good it’s like your right there with them going through all the emotions they are going through and I just wanted to say HAPPY 6 YEARS 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 it’s well deserved 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Autumn Oertel says
Just wanted to say you ladies ROCK! and i love what your doing! Keep up the GREAT WORK! this is the only blog i follow!!!!
Lisa True Story Book Blog says
Thank you so much Autumn <3
penpaperparenthood says
I am ecstatic that I found your blog! The reason to Breathe series tore my heart into pieces.
I immerse myself into my books and love every emotion. Whether I laugh, cry or scream at the events taking place…..I keep going until the very last page. I am proud to say that I am a Book addict! 🙂
Lisa True Story Book Blog says
So glad we’re in good company 🙂 <3
Stephanie says
Agree to all that is said above. New to this blog so help me out here. I was looking for the ‘love note’ from Evan to Emma. I just can’t seem to get enough of this story. I’m buying the books and passing them on to others. I refuse to part with mine, once I invest myself into a book, they become my treasures.
Any little piece of this story I will consume, heart and soul. Is there a letter, or was the mention of one pointing me to here…?
Lisa True Story Book Blog says
Hi Stephanie – yes, we have Evan’s love note – Click Here!
Kristy says
I really understand where you are coming from. When I read a book I get into them 100%, as if it were real life. I am very passionate about what I read.
Judy Thomas says
Love books! I read everything from Nora Roberts to Stephen King 🙂
Shannon says
Well said. I love books because they take me into another world.
Trish F says
I guess your just the right person to write a blog about books. Happy reading!
michelle salais says
Love it! “Every book is a true story!”
Dorothy Boucher says
well said and love it 🙂 thanks for sharing all you do 🙂
MARYLOU SAKOSKY says
sounds like you love the same kind I do …true stories .. So well written .. love it
shylo57 says
I too feel as you. To be transformed into another world far far away is something you can only do through a good book. I love to read and find watching a movie so much less enjoyable. The only problem is, that once I start reading a book, I can’t put it down until I have read the very last word. I have a policy not to read a trilogy until the last book has been released because the waiting to find out what is going to happen next to my favorite characters (me) is way too hard!
Lily Kwan says
I feel that way about books too. Thanks for sharing!
Lecia Lance says
Books are a great get-a-way!
Diana Corlett says
I’ve never thought to define my passion for reading quite like this…but, yeah, that’s it, in a nutshell 🙂
lindamanns says
This was a well written article. I wish you wisdom to continue writing
Lisa Hackney says
I know exactly how you feel. I’m now trying to instill my love of reading in our children.
Lisa True Story Book Blog says
OMG that’s awesome – that’s what my mom did and look at me now 🙂
olla says
thumbs up people
Rosanne says
This is so true and what inspired my love of books at a young age.
lindamanns says
I so agree. They carry me away to another time
Megan Filzen says
This was neat to read!
Tonya Bohannon says
Books are a great escape! They can make you have every emotion a human being is capable of feeling in one story. LOVE BOOKS!
Yarikza Alexander says
I am 40 years old, and I still allow myself to be transported in space and time to the different scenarios in the books I read. LOVE BOOKS!!! I love paper books…not such a fan of the new e-reading.
Enrica says
this beautiful love story
saleago says
I am so happy my love of books has wore off on my son. He is 17 and I still find him curling up to a good book. Makes me so proud!
Mary Czerczyk says
I love to read. My love for reading books started in grade school
Maria Iemma says
I love to read and I am trying to instill the love of books to my grand kids. I appreciate your blog very much
Cindy Merrill says
I have to admit I would like to read more, but don’t really have much spare time, schedule very tight.
Jennifer Jo Archdeacon says
Books are a great escape.
Kelly says
I totally agree. I love to read. It becomes part of me. I love to read, but more so I love where words written on a page, can enter my mind and become…become something so amazing.
Laurita Martinez says
I totally agree! I love reading books that I can relate to! Your blog is a must have on blog reading list!
nikki robak says
hear hear very well said and describes how I feel about reading books
judethomas21 says
Exactly how I feel too!
Ronald G says
Books..especially by Stephen King (don’t be scepticle) have seen me through many very serious situations (hosptilizations) but I have really expanded my interests since I have retired and have lost myself in many different worlds……you make so many great comments
Celticlady says
I certainly agree! thank you!
denise low says
Thank You!!! Books are a great getaway.
Khadijah Kiera Helena Sachok says
This is literally the best way to describe the way I feel about reading. I love to write and read and am so happy to have found blog <3 I have literally fallen so in love with an author's work that I didn't finish a trilogy knowing that these where the only books he wrote and since he passed away will ever write. Books to me are not fiction. Books have gotten time through sleepless nights and broken hearts. If it wasn't for writing and reading I don't think I would be alive today to write this comment to be honest.
Thank you for this blog and thank you for positively advocating for those of us who breath and live writing and reading <3 🙂
Khadijah Kiera Helena Sachok says
This is the perfect description of how I feel, as a reader and a writer!
If it wasn’t for books I don’t think I would be alive today to write this comment.
Thank you for this blog and for positively advocating for readers and writers like me who live and breath books <3
You are much appreciated!
denise low says
You can go anywhere you want to in a good book.
susan king says
I find that I don’t want the book to end. If it’s a good one I want it to go on foreverer.
Kimberlee Wertens says
I didn’t know where to respond for the giveaway: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1eeafd78318/ I have not read any of the ten tiny breaths series. Thanks!
denise low says
Books are great. They will take you anywhere that you want to go. Thank you very much.
Viviana Varona says
For the J. Lynn giveaway. First love is just so beautiful and pure. And I love second chances because it’s great to see couples come back from misunderstandings and for love to conquer all. 🙂
Kristin K says
Great lyrics!!! I envy those who can sit on the couch, or curl up in bed with a good book! The peace and quiet you must feel, while reading. I am not much of a reader, I am more a visual person. I never could find the right genre of reading material that takes me away! 🙂
Mitzi Fisher says
This is such a great statement and I love a great book.
T. Cupak says
That was very well said and I love your blog site. Keep up the awesomeness! Cheers!
Mary Ovalle says
I am so glad I have somewhere to go to when I want to know more about new (to me) authors. I always get the scoop on writers and their books and new releases. It is very helpful information. I love, love, love books and it’s nice to know I’m not alone! <3
alison brodie (@alisonbrodie2) says
I feel REALLY lucky when I find a great book. It means I have something to look forward to after a busy/stressful day. It’s like immersing myself in a hot bubble bath – the luxury! A good book relaxes me and takes me out of the daily grind. (I sound like I work in a Charles Dickens workhouse!)
alison brodie (@alisonbrodie2) says
Book Blogs are invaluable for finding GRAT books. I wouldn’t have discovered The Opportunist (Tarryn Fisher) without True Story Book Blog.
Lisa True Story Book Blog says
Alison, I love hearing this! The Opportunist is one of my fav books of all time and it makes me giddy to know I brought it into someone else’s life! 🙂
alison brodie (@alisonbrodie2) says
Sorry for the typo!
alison brodie (@alisonbrodie2) says
I like your email format. I don’t know about other readers, but I prefer to read an excerpt of a book, rather than the synopsis. Of course, a synopsis is essential, but for me an excerpt is what helps me decide if the book is right for me.
Because of the excerpt of Denying Mr Parks, I DEFINITELY want to read it.
cherioggy says
I, too, live in the book! I love the escape it brings.
Judith Martinez says
I love it! That’s totally how I feel about books too.
Aline Pacj says
Love the blog, entered for a Burse by Ammy
Would love a fifty shades of Grey one.
shelly hammett says
You couldn’t have said it better!
Renee Sass says
You’re awesome! Happy Blogiversary!
Sue LeBlanc says
I absolutely love reading your Love Notes! I always look forward to reading them.