#GiveaBook
Grisham says give a book for Christmas. Yes, that is the John Grisham, the best-selling author of one or more books a year after his first publication in 1989, with A Time to Kill. Then leading the Best-Seller List of all 1991 with The Firm, that’s 35 books with this year’s newest release, The Whistler, and if that wasn’t impressive enough, 9 of these books were made into major motion pictures. As an aspiring writer with dreams of reaching the masses with my own feature film adaptation based off my novel, I listen when Grisham speaks, or in this case, I read when he writes. I’ve always been a fan, but I can admit I started to pay more attention when he ‘Liked’ an Instagram post of mine (I was ecstatic), then to see that he ‘Followed’ me (I was on Cloud Nine.) It actually encouraged me to buckle down and pay more mind to what I was writing and posting.
I claim my writing as words of heart, mind, and soul. I don’t stick to one specific theme in my blogs, instead choosing to write by what weighs on my mind. My voice to the world in an effort to inspire, motivate, and educate. I hold myself accountable to how what I write may influence others and the fact that these words are forever more a part of history once posted. It was with this thought that I saw the above image shared on Instagram by Grisham and knew that was ‘it.’ I reached out to the Grisham Team for permission to share his image and was even emailed a better resolution copy. (I may have danced around my kitchen at such personal acknowledgement.)
Now comes the hard part, to write a blog worthy of sharing his words, with very little to add as Grisham pretty much says it all, “Give a Book for Christmas.” The 10 listed reasons are more than enough, but for me, I advocate book giving because of the educational benefits. I’m known for gifting books or gift cards to bookstores; is there really a better gift? When you give a book as a gift, you are investing in the future. Promoting an increased knowledge in comprehension skills, spelling ability, and imagination.
Take time to give the best gift of the season, the opportunity to travel the world in multiple time periods or dimensions. To lose yourself in another life, spawning new career opportunities that may never have been considered had it not been for that one year, that one specific book was placed under the tree.
Invest in future generations providing promises of unlimited potential, in hope that they dare to dream and realize that nothing is impossible.
