{"id":4010,"date":"2023-12-05T17:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainashchapter.com.au\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2023-12-05T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T07:37:26","slug":"10-reasons-to-give-books-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainashchapter.com.au\/?p=4010","title":{"rendered":"10 Reasons To Give Books For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf841. Books are easy to wrap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Books always look lovely with their pristine corners folded in and their pleasing geometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf842. Books never go out of fashion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">You can keep books indefinitely and they never go out of style. They also never go out of shape or become the wrong size for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf843. Books nurture passion and promote mental health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many interests and ideas catered to in books. Many books follow characters as they overcome hardships and problems, which gives the reader the opportunity to learn through someone else\u2019s experience. Empathy, resilience, and understanding can be learned through reading. Do you know anyone who could benefit from reading a book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf844. Buying books support authors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">No one becomes an author to get rich. Buying a book will help a writer. And\u2026if you\u2019re thinking buying a book like Spare by Prince Harry is lining someone\u2019s pocket who really doesn\u2019t need it\u2026consider, many publishing houses take on those big celebrity projects in order to be able to publish lesser-known and debut authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf845. Books are inexpensive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Books cost less than gin, or electronics, or tickets to Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf846. Books are the ultimate re-giftable gift, the gift that keeps on giving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a book-passer-on person, or a lender, the book often nurtures many more than one person. I hoard my books, so I will never be this person, but I love people that are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf847. Books take the receiver on a journey:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Neil Gaiman says \u2018Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it\u2019s much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf848. No one is allergic to books:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Except our own MAC author, Amanda Gambas&nbsp;\ud83d\ude14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf849. Books contain no calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike many other gifts this time of year, champagne, chocolates, and hampers, books are guilt free little bundles of joy. Increasing your intelligence but not your tummy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf8410. Books are the BEST!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">If you know a reader and are not sure which books they have read, a book voucher is a thing of pure joy and pleasure. To walk into a bookshop and make guilt-free purchases is an excellent gift.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some links to some of our beloved local bookshops. <a href=\"https:\/\/belgravebookbarn.com.au\/,\">Belgrave Book Barn<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dymocks.com.au\/stores\/vic\/dymocks-knox-city\">Dymocks Knox City<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qbd.com.au\/locations\/knox-city\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAjrarBhAWEiwA2qWdCFW_XfRej3sTC1g4KFU7DctDmAaC8Ekal_bys_92L5gcBWSF2NihYBoCHw0QAvD_BwE\">QBD Knox City<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitebg-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/through-the-looking-glass-belgrave.business.site\/\">Through The Looking Glass,<\/a> in Belgrave is excellent for second hand books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.01322%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mountainashchapter.com.au\/?attachment_id=4061\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mountainashchapter.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AdobeStock_302030601.jpeg?fit=5658%2C3770&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5658,3770\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;irinayurchenko - 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