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In fact, for years reading was the only form of personal entertainment, and perhaps this is why reading has been in the spotlight for such a long time. Reading has survived the years, and luckily, the benefits have survived right along with the books. So lets talk about some reasons why reading is so important.

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.

Empathy is being able to relate to or understand how another is feeling. Reading, fiction or nonfiction, is about as close as youll ever be to being in another persons head. Reading the thoughts from others are understood in our brains on a different level to a TV show or film. Through film, you only see the actors actions rather than thoughts. Studies on reading fiction show that readers have a better ability to have empathy. Now, theres no way to properly measure empathy, but still, the findings were pretty cool.

Books are considered as a store of information using which we can gain information by reading at any time. Reading is something that will always increase knowledge. Whether we study or teach anyone, knowledge goes on increasing with time.