I leave the TV Off most of the day. Set an alarm for one hour or two hours and just relax and read. Any social media on my phone can waste so much time. Reading is the best and Free books from the library at a young age always made me Happy to go there.
when school turns reading into a chore, it drains away all of the joy from it. i'm glad i started to read voluntarily in my teens and found the joy on my own 📚😻
Great video! I work in a library and often advise people who are struggling to get in to reading to approach reading like it's exercise for the brain. Many people seem to feel that reading should be easy and relaxing but I don't necessarily believe this to be true.
I had a hard time reading "A Tale of Two Cities" and Shakespeare when I was in school but when I read Mark Twain and The Invisible Man by Richard Wright I quickly regained my love for reading. As an adult now I understand books like "A Tale of Two Cities."
This is so true, I have a few friends who only read popular book tok books and, not that there is anything wrong with them, the fact they are reading is a miracle in itself, but I find it is so much harder to get into the classics as I find when I read book tok books, they don’t take as much excessive and I find I get bored so I like to read classics. But that’s just me
Great video, thanks! As Umberto Eco said: books are not written to be believed in, but to be pondered over. That is, the book is what makes you think, and that's the main thing. Plus, as you rightly said, reading is a brain workout. I try to read when I can. This not only distracts, but also helps to maintain common sense and not to go crazy. For three months now, the Russian army has been shelling civilians in our city with rockets, aerial bombs and drones. Two weeks ago, the Russian army sent drones directly to the city hospital. When rescuers arrived, the occupiers released another drone to kill the rescuers. As a result, 9 civilians were killed and 21 people were injured. Today at midnight, the Russian army attacked a residential quarter in one of the districts of our city with a rocket, there are injured and destroyed buildings. Shelling continues every day. Therefore, reading is something that really helps not to go crazy.
The last book I read was Dracula by Bram Stoker. It was a challenging read at times, but it was exciting. The male characters in the book were very good to the women in the book [except for Count Dracula, himself, every man was kind to women], so it made me feel like the author thought women were important. Also, I want to read other things that Bram Stoker wrote now. He's fascinating. Also his birthday is in 3 days and my birthday is in 5 days. So happy early bday to me and Bram Stoker [who is long gone]. 🦇🧛♂️🧛♀️
Wise words from a young lady. I loved this video, with wonderful insights. The author of Icebreaker is neurodiverse, and her main characters that she never have an official diagnosis. As an Autist/ADHD, AuDHD, I love reading these stories. However, I can see myself in books all the time no matter if the character is neurodiverse like me. I have mostly been reading detective fiction novels, and some classics. I am also reading at least a chapter a day of ‘War and Peace’ when I heard another BookTuber state that I could read the book in one year, at my own pace. The book always has frightened me with its length. I have not read 1984, I am not much of a fan of dystopian fiction. I have read Brave New World, in Danish because it was required in my compulsory Danish language courses here in Denmark as an immigrant. A relocated Native American. I have a lot of books on my classics shelf to take up after reading War & Peace. On the side I am reading Tommy Orange Booker long listed Wandering Stars, Native American historical/modern fiction. Another Native American fiction book called the Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters for Indigenous Peoples Month/Native American month. Plus Finishing some Detective Fiction books series. Going to try Agatha Christie again, even though she annoyed me when I was your age.
The problem with being pushed into classics without context or personal experience is simply prior reading experience. People who have parents who read and who inculcate a love of reading in their children very early are a gift for this reason. Imagine having read through simpler but interesting literature by the time you're 8. Now you start reading a little bit of fun literature like mustery thrillers, fantasy, science fiction and with them a little of historical fiction, some pop science and history. You've got someone with an excellent base and a decent enough vocabulary. This kid will be ready to chew through Cervantes and Dumas in days. It will be hard but by the time they are 15, they will have read a vast portion of what people today buy in their adulthood. I speak this from the personal experience of having friends all throughout school and college who had this advantage. It's mind-blowing.
Same with me and my sister. We are avid readers, thanks to my mom and grandma. In school, reading assignments were a breeze and I'd often finish the books ahead of time or had already read them and retain near memory of them when it was time to recollect it.
I’m an adult, but I read lots of YA and middle grade books. I read everything really but I have seen a lot of people look down on reading YA and kids books as an adult
People will look down on you and judge you no matter what you do, so if you enjoy reading YA books and it makes you happy, it doesn’t really have to make sense to anyone🙌🏼🤍
Loved your video - I was asking the same question recently why people read and what's the point of reading if we keep forgetting what we read. Meaningless ..But your video brought me back on the track.
@@vitaalinaaa It was good. He obviously took inspiration from Wilkie Collins with the epistolary, detective collecting documents format. The theme of duality is constant in the book. Van Helsing is a mirror of Dracula. He draws blood to save lives, Dracula does it to take lives. Van Helsing was saved by Seward sucking poison out of a wound (like a vampire). Dracula is a foreigner who wants to speak English well enough that no one can tell he's a foreigner, and Van Helsing has an over the top exotic style of speech with a thick accent. Cooperation/isolation - Dracula isolates people to prey on them, and the people in the story protect themselves by cooperating and sharing all of their information. Whenever they stop telling one of the members of the group what is going on, Dracula is able to attack that person. Renfield alternates between total insanity and being able to discuss philosophy with doctors. Life and Un-Death, etc. Almost everything in the story is presented as two sides of the same coin. The part where Lucy got attacked like 7 times was frustrating. That part was just badly written, IMO. The solution is really obvious: Hire some nurses and have them sit in the room and watch her. Other than this frustrating plot hole, it was great though.
I leave the TV Off most of the day. Set an alarm for one hour or two hours and just relax and read. Any social media on my phone can waste so much time. Reading is the best and Free books from the library at a young age always made me Happy to go there.
when school turns reading into a chore, it drains away all of the joy from it. i'm glad i started to read voluntarily in my teens and found the joy on my own 📚😻
I totally agree!
Its quite shocking how few people know about the book Unveiling Your Hidden Potential
Great video! I work in a library and often advise people who are struggling to get in to reading to approach reading like it's exercise for the brain. Many people seem to feel that reading should be easy and relaxing but I don't necessarily believe this to be true.
I had a hard time reading "A Tale of Two Cities" and Shakespeare when I was in school but when I read Mark Twain and The Invisible Man by Richard Wright I quickly regained my love for reading. As an adult now I understand books like "A Tale of Two Cities."
This is so true, I have a few friends who only read popular book tok books and, not that there is anything wrong with them, the fact they are reading is a miracle in itself, but I find it is so much harder to get into the classics as I find when I read book tok books, they don’t take as much excessive and I find I get bored so I like to read classics. But that’s just me
Great video, thanks!
As Umberto Eco said: books are not written to be believed in, but to be pondered over.
That is, the book is what makes you think, and that's the main thing. Plus, as you rightly said, reading is a brain workout.
I try to read when I can. This not only distracts, but also helps to maintain common sense and not to go crazy.
For three months now, the Russian army has been shelling civilians in our city with rockets, aerial bombs and drones.
Two weeks ago, the Russian army sent drones directly to the city hospital. When rescuers arrived, the occupiers released another drone to kill the rescuers. As a result, 9 civilians were killed and 21 people were injured.
Today at midnight, the Russian army attacked a residential quarter in one of the districts of our city with a rocket, there are injured and destroyed buildings.
Shelling continues every day.
Therefore, reading is something that really helps not to go crazy.
Just finished reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. Proud of myself for finally getting to it. Oscar Wilde was a genius.
I loved that book also, and I totally agree, Oscar Wilde was a genius
You made such great points throughout the video! Thanks for sharing your perspectives 🙏🏽
The last book I read was Dracula by Bram Stoker. It was a challenging read at times, but it was exciting. The male characters in the book were very good to the women in the book [except for Count Dracula, himself, every man was kind to women], so it made me feel like the author thought women were important. Also, I want to read other things that Bram Stoker wrote now. He's fascinating. Also his birthday is in 3 days and my birthday is in 5 days. So happy early bday to me and Bram Stoker [who is long gone]. 🦇🧛♂️🧛♀️
Fascinating insight, thank you for sharing it and happy early birthday to you 🥳
Wise words from a young lady. I loved this video, with wonderful insights. The author of Icebreaker is neurodiverse, and her main characters that she never have an official diagnosis. As an Autist/ADHD, AuDHD, I love reading these stories. However, I can see myself in books all the time no matter if the character is neurodiverse like me. I have mostly been reading detective fiction novels, and some classics. I am also reading at least a chapter a day of ‘War and Peace’ when I heard another BookTuber state that I could read the book in one year, at my own pace. The book always has frightened me with its length.
I have not read 1984, I am not much of a fan of dystopian fiction. I have read Brave New World, in Danish because it was required in my compulsory Danish language courses here in Denmark as an immigrant. A relocated Native American. I have a lot of books on my classics shelf to take up after reading War & Peace. On the side I am reading Tommy Orange Booker long listed Wandering Stars, Native American historical/modern fiction. Another Native American fiction book called the Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters for Indigenous Peoples Month/Native American month. Plus Finishing some Detective Fiction books series. Going to try Agatha Christie again, even though she annoyed me when I was your age.
The problem with being pushed into classics without context or personal experience is simply prior reading experience.
People who have parents who read and who inculcate a love of reading in their children very early are a gift for this reason.
Imagine having read through simpler but interesting literature by the time you're 8. Now you start reading a little bit of fun literature like mustery thrillers, fantasy, science fiction and with them a little of historical fiction, some pop science and history.
You've got someone with an excellent base and a decent enough vocabulary. This kid will be ready to chew through Cervantes and Dumas in days. It will be hard but by the time they are 15, they will have read a vast portion of what people today buy in their adulthood.
I speak this from the personal experience of having friends all throughout school and college who had this advantage. It's mind-blowing.
you're so right! that happened with me. by the time i was 17, i was reading "lolita" and other classics on my own.
Same with me and my sister. We are avid readers, thanks to my mom and grandma. In school, reading assignments were a breeze and I'd often finish the books ahead of time or had already read them and retain near memory of them when it was time to recollect it.
I’m an adult, but I read lots of YA and middle grade books. I read everything really but I have seen a lot of people look down on reading YA and kids books as an adult
People will look down on you and judge you no matter what you do, so if you enjoy reading YA books and it makes you happy, it doesn’t really have to make sense to anyone🙌🏼🤍
thank you for this! honest & wise
Young lady. Good topic.you become a leader.you see the truth.the brain is working much stronger.meditation. globalization.❤
God bless you sister in Christ ✝
I love your voice and your knowledge about this ❤
Thank you so much!❤
Loved your video - I was asking the same question recently why people read and what's the point of reading if we keep forgetting what we read. Meaningless ..But your video brought me back on the track.
I am glad I could be helpful and thank you❤️
Books are incredible!! Never mind when you read this.
Totally agree!
The life become longer because you open new questions that you have to cloze.and the way to do it.
Ur speech relates to me
ı think you should establish a book club ı will enjoy to join that club :)
I was thinking about doing something like that, maybe soon it’ll come true🤭
great video!
Thank you!
Reading doesn't increase lifespan. Intelligence increases both.
hi ! how did you happen to come across that book talk that you mentioned?
On TikTok😅
she def can fix me
❤
Andriy Borodin ne vmie grati valibol
4:26 I read that page literally a couple of hours ago.
That’s crazy! How are you liking the book so far?
@@vitaalinaaa It was good. He obviously took inspiration from Wilkie Collins with the epistolary, detective collecting documents format.
The theme of duality is constant in the book. Van Helsing is a mirror of Dracula. He draws blood to save lives, Dracula does it to take lives. Van Helsing was saved by Seward sucking poison out of a wound (like a vampire). Dracula is a foreigner who wants to speak English well enough that no one can tell he's a foreigner, and Van Helsing has an over the top exotic style of speech with a thick accent.
Cooperation/isolation - Dracula isolates people to prey on them, and the people in the story protect themselves by cooperating and sharing all of their information. Whenever they stop telling one of the members of the group what is going on, Dracula is able to attack that person. Renfield alternates between total insanity and being able to discuss philosophy with doctors. Life and Un-Death, etc. Almost everything in the story is presented as two sides of the same coin.
The part where Lucy got attacked like 7 times was frustrating. That part was just badly written, IMO. The solution is really obvious: Hire some nurses and have them sit in the room and watch her. Other than this frustrating plot hole, it was great though.
Unveiling Your Hidden Potential by Bruce Thornwood (thank me later)
Books are too long for modernity. Why read when you have tiktok nd instagram
Great video!