{"id":2075,"date":"2022-05-18T06:53:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T06:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2022-05-29T07:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T07:50:09","slug":"the-cat-who-saved-the-books-a-book-for-book-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"The Cat Who Saved the Books: A Book for Book Lovers!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are you a book lover?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you hoard books because you are a book lover or because you want others to know that you are a book lover?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you read books over 500 or 1000 pages or do you pretend to read them by glimpsing through the summary?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you speed-read books or do you take your time with them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you read books that you \u2018should\u2019 read or do you read books which you want to read?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you annotate books only to forget about them in a month or do you remember the way you felt when you were reading them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~~THOUGHTS~~<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before I picked up The Cat Who Saved the Books, I thought it would be a feel-good comfort book about book lovers or something with action involving a cat. But, it turned out to be quite sage. In its own way, the book shares valuable lessons about taking care of books. If you claim to be a book lover, you will be shocked by some of the mini-stories in this book. But, it\u2019s a wonderful read for all readers & book lovers. It will make you question your own reading habits, but in the best possible way.<\/strong><\/mark> It is not a guilt-trip. It will make you broaden your reading because you will want to. It will make you read more diversely because you will want to. In its subtle naivety, it achieves something truly remarkable.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are four labyrinths, each containing a person who hurts books. We have our protagonist Rintaro & the cat saving these books. In each labyrinth, we come across a different story. And, simply put, it\u2019s just amazing how the duo saves the books. And while saving them, gives the readers something to think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this book is on your TBR, I suggest you read it between two intense books, so that you can balance out the whole severity of your reading. And, if it\u2019s not on your list, you should really add it because this book is the definition of the joy of reading. I have rated The Cat Who Saved the Book by Sosuke Natsukawa at 4\/5 stars!<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n

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~~QUOTES~~<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Books are filled with human thoughts and feelings. People suffering, people who are sad or happy, laughing with joy. By reading their words and their stories, by experiencing them together, we learn about the hearts and minds of other people besides ourselves. Thanks to books, it\u2019s possible to learn not only about the people around us every day, but people living in totally different worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A book that sits on a shelf is nothing but a bundle of paper. Unless it is opened, a book possessing great power or an epic story is mere scraps of paper. But a book that has been cherished and loved, filled with human thoughts, has been endowed with a soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Reading isn\u2019t only for pleasure or entertainment. Sometimes you need to examine the same lines deeply, read the same sentences over again. Sometimes you sit there, head in hands, only progressing at a painstakingly slow pace. And the result of all this hard work and careful study is that suddenly you\u2019re there and your field of vision expands. It\u2019s like finding a great view at the end of a long climbing trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s not true that the more you read, the more you see of the world. No matter how much knowledge you cram into your head, unless you think with your own mind, walk with your own feet, the knowledge you acquire will never be anything more than empty and borrowed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Until next time,<\/p>\n\n\n

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