On Facebook recently, I spotted this list of reasons why people should read novels, and I thought I'd add my own interpretations of each point being made:
FACT 1: Reading can make
you a better conversationalist
“Have you read The Girl On The Train?
No, Oh great, let me give you a detailed summary of the plot, then – and don’t
worry, I’ll have to go back numerous times to fill in details I forgot and
there’ll be lots of pauses while I try to remember the names of characters, but
you’re not to jump in during those pauses as I intend to get right to the
end.”
Fact 2: Neighbours will
never complain that your book is too loud
Until you throw your hardback copy of Midnight’s
Children at the partition wall in frustration.
Fact 3: Knowledge by
osmosis has never been perfected. You’d better read.
I learned everything I know about Narnia and
Middle-Earth from books.
Fact 4: Books have stopped
bullets – reading might save your life.
Only if they are shaped like a Kevlar vest, or made
out of bullet-proof glass.
Fact 5: Dinosaurs didn’t
read. Look what happened to them.
They evolved into birds which massively outnumber
humans – there are 40-60 birds for every human currently on the planet.
The only
reason to read a work of fiction is because you enjoy it. Nothing else makes it
worth it.
Except (maybe)
in order to pass your Eng Lit exams…
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