what are the advantages of reading books?

Answer 1

I though this was an amusing take somewhat different from the obvious answers of increasing vocab and comprehension.

Advantages of reading books

1. You can escape into the make belief world till the book ends. You can live the alternate life of the characters but beware the sudden empty feeling once the book ends and the characters take off to rest on the shelf or get into someone else's mind while they read the book.

2. You can read it while eating and if the food tastes bad, you will never realize it. Disadvantage is that if some insect falls into the food or the cook has decided to leave a strand of hair in it, you will never realize that too.

3. You can pointedly read it in a journey and avoid talking to pesky co- travelers. Road jams and delayed trains will no more be a problem. In fact you may even like the journey to be never ending if you want to finish that book. Picture a scenario where in you have to return the book to your colleague today and your bus gets stuck in a jam. You can use those extra hours to finish the book and manage to return it on time when you reach office.


4. If your friends are book lovers you can gift them books without having to worry about thinking other gift ideas. Try gifting those that you haven’t read so that you can also borrow it from them and read it.


5. Inexpensive hobby- each book can be read by many. It is not like clothes or shoes where in it can be used by 1 or 2 people only (you and your siblings). You buy 1 book and reap multiple benefits. Trade it off with books owned by friends. You can join a library of books but not of clothes or shoes or food. You can read it umpteen number of times if you have nothing else to do and you get a fresh impression each time you read it. But quite difficult to keep track of the people whom you have lent the books. Makes me shudder when I think of the number of times I have been near losing a book because the borrower happened to forget that they had taken it from me. So I write my name prominently on the book and also keep a note of whom I have lent the book. also beware of book molesters- dog ears, food/ coffee rings on the book, torn pages, scribbles, cover missing. Best to put a newspaper cover on the book.


6. You can read many versions of the same story by different authors and get a fresh perspective every time- like Ramayana/ Mahabharata etc.


7. You can read it to pass the time during that long stay in the toilet.


8. It is easier to understand the accented English in the movie if you have read the book earlier. You can also understand the various twists and turns of the plot better- I can’t imagine I would have understood Harry Potter movies at all if I wouldn’t have read the book beforehand. Especially if it is a pirated CD or that useless camera print without subtitles, all the more better that you have read the book before itself.


9. If your sibling or spouse shares the same passion for books, then good. You understand each other better and you can talk on common grounds. But if they are not too hot on books, then also good. You have no competition at home for reading that new book or that one book that you borrowed and have to return quickly. I remember the tough time I had when the book used to pass like the relay race baton between my sis and me. We had allotted time for reading and the moment time was up we used to stand on the head like the creditors collecting money after the credit period gets over. Life is easier now as my husband does not give me healthy competition.


10. Spoiled for choice- can’t even begin talking about the various genres available to choose from.

Answer 2

Quite apart from all of the above, a child who reads prolifically from an early age will find spelling and punctuation will be instinctive, and much easier than for people who don't read. There will also be an increased vocabulary.
I have friends who deride reading fiction as escapism. What is wrong with that? One also picks up a mountain of general knowledge and interesting, if useless, facts along the way.
Like one of the previous posters said, you also have a constant antidote to boredom.

Answer 3

Have you ever gone to see a film and thought 'That special effects bit sucked ***' or 'That kiss was no-where near erotic enough between Harry and Cho'? If you have ever thought that, that is the reason why you should read. Reading gives you ABSOLUTELY 100% control over what goes on in the book. all the action and effects are completely up to you and you control it. The whole story can go at whatever pace you want it to and you can pause, rewind, and fast forward instantaneoulsy. Have a think...

Answer 4

Show me a person who dose not respect books and i will show you a fool.There many thousands of books on different subjects.Some tell stories some are learning books some tell of times past and so it goes on books have been written on every subject for people to glean knowledge from.You even learn to read and write from books.Books expand your mind,you learn occupations from books,our laws are put into books.The lord said the pen is mightier than the sword and the Bible is the tops as far as books sold and printed.
The first books were written on and made out of Papyrus.

Answer 5

It improves your word-power, the fact that you have to draw your own pictures improves the thinking process. You can take the book at your own speed. It gives you access to thoughts that you might not have come across otherwise, the depth and breadth of books is far greater as a whole than TV or films, it will assist in your own writing, you can read a book nearly everywhere there must be other good reasons...

Answer 6

You can carry them to bed with you, or to the bathroom. The good ones hook you and your imagination takes off into lives and worlds you have not visited or even dreamed of seeing.

You learn, you will improve you vocabulary. Once you get good at reading, the fact is there is nothing you cannot learn from them. Math? You can read and learn. Science? There again. Where else can you learn anything in detail? The Internet for the most part is a Headline service.

Answer 7

Oh, where do I begin....

1. Reading books provides you with a vast wealth of knowledge at your disposal, and in the form of a story, applied in a way that it is easy to remember and understand. Some of the fiction books I have read have helped me in classes I took because of the information presented in both places. (Mark of the Lion trilogy vocabulary about Rome and some of my Biblical history classes... I got a really good grade in that class... Need I say more....)

2. It provides an escape from the stress of everyday life

3. It allows you to stretch your imagination (which is important for making breakthroughs in, say, science, by being able to think outside the box)

4. reading from a young age helps you retain information that you read later on in life, from, say, college textbooks... Really helpful skill

5. it increases your vocabulary

6. it increases your reading speed

7. it helps you understand more in depth a variety of cultures and people

8. it gives you a better foundation on how to write, whether it be papers, stories, or memoirs.

9. It creates a base of knowledge and common ground for those who enjoy reading

10. If you read a variety of books and genres, you become knowledgeable in those subjects, and you get really good at recommending books, helping people with homework, and becoming respected in your knowledge. If you want to be a teacher, or even if you nanny/babysit, this is a great skill to have. If you can spout off books people would like based off of their age, gender, and genre, that's pretty amazing

11. You can amaze your friends with random trivia. For example, a group of crows is called a murder, and Cary Grant's real name was Archibald Leach. Heehee. That's always fun.

Answer 8

You choose what to read. Even with multichannel TV and cinemas the choice can be limited. With books AND libraries there is no limit.

books are mind expanding in all sorts of ways - word power; immagination; little or no censorship.

books are a status symbol - who looks good watching TV?

books are portable - take to a restuarant if alone; great on train journey.

Answer 9

Lots getting imagination adn occupying yourself. Try reading these books to get your mind into it.

ADVENTURE
Dragon Rider Corneilia Funke about a boy and a dragon on search for the dragons in the himalayas but a golden dragon is trying to kill them.

Harry Potter series J.K Rowling: About a boy whose parents die and finds lots of worlds in magic.

Famous Five about five people who battle it out.

PETS
Puppy patrol series Jenny Dale:
Abandoned
Murphey's mystery
Forever Sam
Tug of Love
Huskey Hero
A Winters Tale
Sam and Deliah
Snow DoG
King of the Castle
Diggers Treasure
And Puppy School
Try reading these books

Jess the Border Collie Lucy Daniels
About a girl called Jenny who lives in Scotland and her intellugant dog goes on in adventure and Wisdom!

And many more! I hope i helped please read books The puppy patrol series is the best ever and i listed amny of them i have read them all!
Violet A xx

Answer 10

They build you imagination, if you watch tele all the time and don't read you will have a weaker imagination. On tele you watch a story being brought to life, they show you how it would supposedly look, but if you read you have to create a picture of what is happening in the story in your own mind. You should try to even out watching tele with reading!!