Let's talk about happy books now.
No, seriously. There is one author that, most likely, the majority of the literate population has been exposed to at some stage. His work introduced children everywhere to the beauty of words and wordplay. To name a few titles, there's the Fox in Socks, Green eggs and Ham (Sam I am) and The Cat in The Hat. The author, if you hadn't already guessed (if you haven't, I urge you to get out from whatever rock in the Himalayas you've been hiding under for all this time), is Dr Seuss.
Seuss is the definition of easily accessible literature, for all ages. If an adult can read a Dr Seuss book without smiling, they either can't read, or haven't experienced childhood before. Dr Seuss is why kids get into books, which is an achievement; considering that words of wisdom today come from corporations like Treyarch and Infinity Ward (The two main companies responsible for the content of the Call of Duty franchise).
Dr Seuss, as well as being an amazing author, was an extremely wise man. If you google Dr Seuss quotes, I can guarantee that you'll find something that is significant to you, and what you feel.

 "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
Treat this as the thought for the day.

On the topic of the extremely cheerful The Handmaid's Tale, chapter 16 finally tells the reader what the purpose of the handmaids really is.
Handmaids are, quite literally sexual and childbearing objects for the commanders (this made me feel quite unwell), so as to keep a strong race going. Because what's a better way to oppress people than indoctrinating and producing only indoctrinated children? Gilead is at war, according to chapter 5, and people who believe only in Gilead will fight this war to the point of their own deaths. It's a sickening idea, but look at human history; the wars all over the Middle East, the Chinese revolution, the Great Purges. It's happened all before. This book, in all of it's patriarchal, dictatorial, freedom-restricting elements has happened before.
If literature is the container of an idea, and ideas can become reality, by that logic, literature can contain reality.
Remember that.

Song for the day -  Boss Wave - Xilent (Dodge and Fuski Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa1VixqOfb0