Can A Book Change Your Life

Sometimes you just want to say "well ok it's just a coincidence". Other times maybe not. So this is what happened.  Returning home from a 24 hour golf day out of town in the Red Deer area just north and east of Calgary on Sunday morning I pick up the previous days local paper to catch up on the news. I find an article that I like called "Why That Book Changed Your Life" here is the link. Why That Book Changed Your Life. As I said finding the article of interest I placed it on my desk to read in depth later. Some time later I checked the Hobo Tomes e-mail box for any news. This what I found was there: "Found "Sweet Thursday" by John Steinbeck at Confederation Park in Calgary, AB on or around August 10, 2011.  Felt like I won the lottery!

Love the book, love the project!  Keep up the great work and I will let you know where/when I release the book into the wild.

Thanks for a special day!" And then later last night this arrived:  

"Just released it after a fine read on a long holiday!  Sweet Thursday was left at a bus stop on Rideau Street & Waller in Ottawa, Ontario at Midnight on August 28, 2011.  Very much enjoyed what is my first Steinbeck novel but certainly not the last.  I don't believe in coincidence and the timing of finding this book was absolutely priceless for an aspiring writer.  Thanks again". Whether or not finding and reading this book will be life changing for this person only this person can answer but it's great to have had a small part in making it happen. Just another positive impact reading can have on our lives.

This is the second time I've strayed from the lengthy blog I have been working on to address some interesting stuff. I'll get it posted soon. I need to escort some wandering books out west to Vancouver at the end of the week so I may not get the blog finished. Keep your eyes open for new reading experiences and maybe you to can have a life changing episode.