National Read a Book Day 2025
I used to be an avid reader. More so in a younger day.This, after a career of forced indulgence in reading scientific literature to the point of distraction in the name of subject matter expertise for presentation in the classroom of a local technical college.
One of those early reads was Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough, which I purchased from the Book of the Month Club back in the early 1970s — prior to it becoming the sorry piss poor excuse of a book club it is today.
Frazer's work is a comparative study of mythology and religion and taught me of man and his pursuit of spirituality and cultural evolution.
 |
Today is National Read a Book Day.
It is observed each September 6 and beckons the bibliophile to indulge reading and books.
The origins of the day are somewhat obscure with several places claiming ownership.
Though my book reading heyday is long over I still indulge reading albeit in more the electronic variants available than those published tomes I used to covet with such fierce affinity.
Regardless of how and what you read, I hope you'll take a moment to engage the mind in those pages which will truly take you places you may have never been.
Happy National Read a Book Day to you.