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Reading is a pursuit to be enjoyed, books are something to be loved. They are an ocean of knowledge just not a means to complete assignments and pass examinations.

I have tried it several times before but I just cannot read a book simply because it  is prescribed in our syllabus. While attempting to read a book as a reading assignment, finally after a month of wasteful efforts I realized I just cannot do it.

If I would have found that across a shelf in the library, I might have got curious and read it. But the problem was I was trying to read a book just because it was a reading assignment but thats just now how it works for me.

I like to read books when I want to, the ones that interest me. For me, books are a means of knowing what I cannot always see, feeling what I might not get to experience myself and sometimes learning lessons my life was yet to teach.

I have been in love with reading for a couple of years now. I just cannot express what I have learnt from books in a sentence or two when people ask me why I read novels. But yes I can say for sure, Books have definitely made me a far better person than I was without them.

P.S.
Cheers!!! We also completed thesyllabus for our Korean class today.  😊😊😊

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