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What are some things you like or dislike about reading? Do you agree with some of the things I’ve written below? Do you have some things that you think I’ve left out? Things I like about reading….. Relaxing… I find reading to be relaxing. It allows me to get get my mind off of whatever…
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A book hangover is described as “a condition in which an attachment to a book or series that has ended causes the reader traumatic emotional distress.” It also mentions that it normally lasts for “one to two weeks or until a new book of higher-than-average quality enters the reader’s life.” Normally, when I finish a…
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How do you save money so that you can go shopping at a bookstore near you? Change Jar = My hubby and I have done this before……keep a jar to throw all your loose change in. When the jar gets full, you can take it to the bank and dump it in their machine to…
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Yesterday, I was listening to the radio in my car while I was driving to work when I heard something interesting. They said that reading is the key to success for your kids……more so than sports, cooking, sowing, or any other extracurricular activity. How do you get your kids to read with all this technology…
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What do you do to reduce distractions so you can read? I’ll read at home where I can control my surroundings a lot more than somewhere out in public. I can turn the tv off (or anything else that is making noise). If I can’t turn the noise off, I can at least move to…
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Have you ever had any teacher, regardless if it’s a current teacher or a past teacher, that has encouraged you to read? Were you happy or unhappy when a teacher encouraged you to read? Did the teacher ever force you to read certain things or were you allowed to choose your own reading material? There…
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How do you feel about book snobbery? A book snob is known as a person who scoffs at mainstream or popular titles. Or they’re someone who trashes books they think aren’t “literary” enough. I’m someone who reads because I find the book entertaining (and also because I find reading to be relaxing). If you don’t…
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What do you believe are the benefits of reading? Let’s go through these together and see if any of them apply to you or not…… Stress reliever: A lot of people finds reading to be a task that is relaxing and helps them to unwind at the end of the day, especially if you are…
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