A book may be understood from two perspectives. The first perspective is that a book may be understood as plain sheets of papers that are bound together for purposes of writing. The second perspective is that a book may be understood to be a printed document or handwritten document with cover pages that are bound together to be read.
The second perspective hinges on the topic of this contest which is the benefit of reading books.
The importance of reading books could only be truly appreciated by those that have formed it as a habit to read books. By this statement, reading books go beyond just going through the contents of the book. It involves making an intentional efforts to study the books. This is to say that when a book is read, it may not have been studied, but when a book is studied, then definitely it is read.
Having made this point clear, I now go forward to deal on the questions raised by the host of this content as below:
Knowledge is power and the power that comes from knowledge is carried in the books that are read. When we read books we get informed about how were, how things are and how things could be. This equips us with the knowledge of the things that we need to know so that errors or mistakes could be avoided. So reading go a long way to enrich our knowledge. To make it clear, creativity and skills comes from knowledge.
Writing has a positive correlation with reading books. Books that are free of grammatical errors and punctuation marks, collectively known as mechanical errors in writing, are produced from reading of rules applicable to writing skills. There are set rules of applications one must understand in order to have an informative and error free written content.
As a habitual reader, I prefer reading the following books:
- Academic books
- Business/Investment books
- Finance/Politics
For me, reading these books keeps me informed and updated on issues that cuts across at least, each angle of human endeavors.
There no gain saying that reading is a very important exercise one needs to be doing on regular basis. There are lots of transformative or life changing informations that are written in books. These information needs to be uncovered by the art of reading the needed books containing the required information.
As a matter of importance, the following are some of the importance of reading:
Being educative:
Through the art of reading with regards to academic books on one side, and enrolling in educational institutions on the other side, one becomes educated. When this happens, one is armed with the needed information that would make him or her ready to get a job.Being updated with the relevant happenings in the society.
Reading books helps to build speech power
Reading books could help to generate fresh ideas
Reading books could help to refresh your memory.
Finally,Generally, reading is an exciting exercise that everyone should create time for. Inventions, creativity, innovations or developments are all made possible just because there is time devoted to reading and research. Great ideas are hidden in books and when books are not read, there is no development, innovations, ideas or developments in the society.
Again, when we don't read it causes the brain to go dormant. This damages some cells in the brain. This makes it a matter importance to cultivate the habit of reading.
Reading educates
Reading informs
Reading empowers
Reading refreshes the memory