Self help: My experience with reading
Reading as you've probably heard since you were 5 years old, completes a man. As much as i'd like to call this the most cliche saying since the beginning of time the truth behind it is unavoidable. The more you read, the more you learn and become aware. And the more knowledgeable unquestionably become complete i think. For me a really good book is just a thrilling adventure. A journey you take with the characters, uncovering plots and the plans, being thrown in the dark only to come across a huge revelation and so much more. The overall structure just sometimes leaves me in teary admiration for the writer. It's just THAT good sometimes. I want to share my own experience with reading in the hope that it inspires someone to read and lets also talk about the benefits of reading and why it's such a good practise. I started reading around the age of 7 or 8 and curling up with a good book with guava was my definition of a good time until i was 16. That's not to say i was...