I have a confession to make…I have loved books all of my life. Now, there it is, off my chest. I feel much better now. Of course no confession would be complete without answering one key question: “Why?” Well there are 5 things about books that made me fall in love with them and for that love affair to have lasted almost half a century and here they are- 1. Escape from Reality In an age when TV is obsessed with ‘reality’ and Twitter and Facebook record every detail of the mundane nature of most people’s lives, the huge vista that novels open up to us is infinite and infinitely enjoyable. A good book can transport you back or forward in time, to any part of this world and any number of other worlds, or even inside the mind…