Why is Reading so important?

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It can expand your vocabulary, knowledge. Makes you interested about things. Gives you an inside look into certain situations. And it is just fun.
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For everything; it is like an air for me, it is even unlikely hard to gain faith and religion unless we read, perhaps in different ways.
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I agree. But importantly, after you read something, always think about HOW TO APPLY it. Otherwise, it is just simply adding you knowledge only. Knowledge without application is useless.
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Reading gives exposure to a lot of information on diverse subjects. It gives room to learn, explore, discover, and even apply the knowledge gathered. It enables the ability to make informed decisions and have a wide view of the consequences that will follow those decisions. Generally, quality reading that has specific goals tied to them, produces growth.
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My emotions only open up to books
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Post by AlexGrav »

I agree with the 8 reasons.
And I would add that for me reading is a need. If I had the choice between watching TV, playing video games or reading I would read. You may think I'm a fool but when I enter a library it's almost like a shrine (I don't trust in any Gods) because it carries the knowledge from generations to generations.
When I was in University I was always at the library since I could find many things I couldn't find on the internet. One day I taught myself it would be very interresting to read the whole library, of course I failed.
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It's given me a large vocabulary and knowledge base in general, as well as making me a better writer (seeing proper and interesting style so often really helps a lot!). And it's a great hobby to have when I'm working a 12-hour shift in security.
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Reading is important beacuse it feeds our imagination and the natural need about good stories, reading opens the whole world and we can learn about anything we want.
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Post by Tommy Mayengbam »

One of my friends asked me a question a few years back.

"Besides enriching our vocabulary, how does reading books help us?"

I'd been a reader even before I reached my teens, but I couldn't give her an answer. However, the question has been constantly on my mind since then.

Fast forward 3-4 years, and I say, "I credit my writing career to my love for reading. Had I not read constantly all these years, I wouldn't have dared step into the world of writing and pursue an unconventional career."
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