National Day of Book Lovers

Open your best book, search a library or bookshop for your next excellent read, and revel in the pleasure and relaxation that come with being a reader.

The mere sight of a book can evoke happy memories, whether it is the smell of an uncommon first-edition book discovered in an antique book collection or a clean, new book from the neighbourhood grocery store.

Growing up, I enjoyed reading both lengthy and short stories, as well as being able to lose myself in a story that was so compelling that, by the time it ended, I couldn’t stop wondering where I could find the next instalment in the series.

National Book Lovers Day is celebrated today, honouring the inner reader in every one of us!

The past National Book Lovers Day

Though the beginnings of the day are unknown, the books themselves are neither fabled nor mysterious. The book was made thousands of years ago to provide text and images to those who could not carry about stone tablets. Originally, the books were engraved on stone tablets. In case you were wondering, the original medium for these written records was parchment or vellum calfskin, which was thereafter safely bound with a hardwood cover.

Usually, straps or clasps were used to firmly fasten the wooden cover to prevent it from getting wet. Eastern cultures have been printing inscriptions on cloth with carved wooden blocks and ink since at least 220 AD.

The ability to print books has made printing books easier and less expensive in the more recent era.

In Germany in 1436, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press primarily to create Bibles. Of course, the printing press, typewriter, and computer had an impact on how books were written, produced, advertised, and sold.

But in recent years, there has been a considerably greater increase in the number of electronic devices that also serve as reading areas. These days, most cell phones, tablets, and PCs allow users to read books, which makes it much easier to carry around a small, portable library that you can use wherever you are.

How to Celebrate National Book Lovers Day

National Book Lovers Day can be observed and celebrated in a variety of ways, many of which centre around books and reading! It’s time to put a few of these concepts to the test or develop some of your own:

Go through a book

Finding a novel and reading it is all that is necessary to enjoy National Book Lovers Day.

Some people might be drawn to science fiction, swoon over a seductive romance, be enthralled with a setting in high fantasy, or be intrigued by a compelling mystery. What matters most about this is not the genre, but rather the fact that a book is selected and read for National Book Lovers Day!

To celebrate National Book Lovers Day, start a book club.

Bookworms could find it far more fun to share their books with a group of others! Host a book club where talks take place, a book is read in advance, and refreshments are served. Invite a few close friends or create some new ones.

If you don’t feel like coming together with a large group, you might want to try something similar called a “Buddy Read,” which is only for two individuals.

Consider some of the following titles for your book club:

• F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

This book, which is set in Jazz Era New York City, relates the story of wealthy Jay Gatsby’s ambition to go back in time and reunite with his previous flame, Daisy Buchanan.
Read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter. The themes of legalism, guilt, and persecution are covered in this book.

Eleanor Oliphant, Gail Honeyman’s pet elephant, is doing well. A very organised (and very boring) woman realises that both she and the world are going to undergo a significant change for the better when one act of compassion interrupts her routine.

From I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. In the 1930s, a young woman and her eccentric family live in abject poverty in a dilapidated castle.

Give books as gifts.

It’s perfect to give thoughtfully picked books as gifts to loved ones on National Book Lovers Day.

Select a fun chapter book for a young student in primary school, an antique book for a collector, a science fiction book for a science fiction enthusiast, or a parenting guide for a friend who is expecting a kid.

Uncertain about the type of book to give someone?

Giving them a gift card to their favourite bookshop is the perfect way to celebrate National Book Lovers Day!

View a Book Adaptation

Even those who don’t appreciate reading novels or don’t have the time to read them cover to cover can still enjoy these stories in a more streamlined form by watching the film adaptations.

This charming adaptation of Jane Austen’s first novel, with Oscar-nominated music, stars Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (1961). The highly regarded adaptation of this classic novel is widely known for Gregory Peck’s superb performance as beloved lawyer Atticus Finch, who spoke out against the racism that was pervasive in the 1930s.

Schindler’s List, written by Thomas Keneally in 1993. This movie, which is partly based on the Schindler’s Ark novel, tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi Party member who saved the lives of at least a thousand Jews during World War II.

Organise an Event for National Book Lovers Day

Several people take pleasure in planning activities to celebrate National Book Lovers Day at work or school. Consider holding a book exchange where workers or students bring in books to swap with one another.

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