Craft and Create

What I mean by creative reading involves more than simply reading an enjoyable novel or two.  To me creative reading means discovering a powerful book that has some special or even profound message that resonates with you. Sometimes the message is so powerful that it can launch a new turning point in your life.

Clearly this is not something that you will find every day.  A book like this is a rarity.  But if and when you do find it – it becomes an important landmark in your life. Not only because it’s a good read – but because it can have such a profound influence on your life.

So where and how do you find a book like this?  Through reading of course and through recommendations. And sometimes from a lucky session of browsing in a book shop.

It often happens that a book you had high hopes in starts off with a lot of promise and then fizzles out towards the end.  Don’t let that stop you from seeing its merit. It’s possible that you got what you needed from the first part and that’s OK.

Now I would like to invite you to add any of your “powerful book” discoveries to the comment section below. It would be wonderful if we could come up with a list of really powerful books. If the book meant a lot to you please tell me about it and explain why it resonates with you.