Zombie Book Readers

I saw an  internet meme, one of those which compares an “envisioned” topic with the “reality” of the topic. This meme addressed the zombie apocalypse. The top picture was of a group of zombies stumbling down a street, with the label “how we envisioned the zombie apocalypse.” The picture below was a group of teens walking down a street, each staring at a smart phone as they walked: “what the zombie apocalypse really looks like.”
Amusing, and an element of truth. Perhaps you occasionally stop and observe so many people staring at their phones while walking or standing. Texting, searching, reading, and sometimes even talking. (This is no holier-than-thou observation on my part—I imbibe the tech obsession on occasion.)
I was running a few errands today. While driving, I saw two people, in different places, walking down the street reading a book. A physical book, with pages made from trees. Not a smartphone, table, or Kindle book. A collection of bound pages.
No less dangerous than walking with your face buried in a smart phone. But it delighted me. Was this a new type of zombie? A zombie anachronista? An ersatz hipster zombie? Or just two souls who had forsaken their phones momentarily for a real book?
We love books at Sulis. We love physical books, but we are in all for eBooks and iBooks and  iPads and Kindles. Many studies have demonstrated that technology, for all its good, has made us read less in-depth sources. Instead, we read bits, headlines, tweets, and posts. These are all magical ways to gather information and to be entertained. But reading a book (fiction or non) is a different kind of experience. It has a different effect on your intellect and your growth as a person. We should not neglect one for the other.
I encourage you to read a book, along with the snippets of other things you read. Be it a physical book or book on your iPad, it matters not.
Maybe I will spot you walking down the street one day, engrossed in a physical book, because you have joined the growing (maybe) number of book-reading zombies.