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Why Everyone Should Love Reading

If you're looking for me, I'll be at the bookstore.

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There is honestly nothing I love more in this world than sitting down and reading a good book. And when I say good I don’t mean “oh it’s okay, I read a chapter a night to finish it.” No I mean good as in I start and finish the book in the same night. Good as in I forget the world and everyone in it and jump into the world that is my book. To me it is so cool to be able to leave your world and enter a whole new one in the form of a book. You get to leave behind whatever stress you may have and completely immerse yourself into your book and its characters. When I read a book I get emotionally invested and I truly believe that this is the best way to read a story. What’s the point of a reading a book that doesn’t affect you in any way?

I have always loved reading. I was that kid in elementary school who didn’t have any friends so I stayed in from recess to read. Now most of the time little kids like reading books but eventually this fades as they realize technology like video games exist and to some are more fun than reading. However, I never lost my love for reading. If anything it has grown over time. Reading brings me happiness in a form that I don’t receive anywhere else in this life and for that I am so grateful.

Now I think I have my mom and her book club to thank for falling in love with reading. I grew up watching (and still am watching) these same ten of women meet on a Friday out of month to discuss the book of the month. While there was always some gossip and only part of the night included talking about the actual book I still thought it was pretty neat how a group of women all the read the same book and came together to discuss the story. I watched my mom sit down every night and unwind by reading a book and eventually started reading my book on the couch next to her. This kind of became our thing. There is no doubt that her love for reading has been passed down to me; just another thing to add to the list of thing I needs thank my mother for.

I have read all types of books of all different genres but the New Adult genre is by far my favorite. It has stories that as a college kid I can relate to and is overall a great new book genre that has recently emerged in the last few years. While my mom hates me for this I am a sucker for a good romance book. Even though the plot always tends to go as followed; boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy loses girl, boy get girl back, I never seem to get tired of this routine. I love meeting the characters in a book and entering their world. I tend to even fall in love with book characters if it is that awesome of a book. And my favorite thing of all about books? Well that’s creating a picture in my mind about what the story would look like in real life. Creating a whole new world in my mind never gets old.

So if you’re not normally an avid reader I say give reading another chance. Go online or go pursue a book store and search until you find a book that seems interesting to you no matter what that book may be. Then sit down, forget all your worries, and let the book take over. Being able to read books is honestly such a great treasure that this world has to offer and I only wish more people took advantage of this as I do. So finish your Netflix series, go find a book, and be amazed.

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