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I love reading! When I was in my last years of high school I didn't read much, partly because there was so much work to do, and partly because I couldn't find anything good. I broadened my horizons soon afterwards and now I read as much as I can.
The last books I can remember reading:
'And The Ass Saw The Angel' by Nick Cave
'Being Dead' by Jim Crace
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Hemingway
'The Catcher in the Rye' by JD Salinger
'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller
'On The Beach' by Nevil Shute
'The Company' by Arabella Edge
'Evolution's Captain' by Peter Nichols
'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind
At the moment I'm reading 'Brother of Sleep' by Robert Schneider but I'm not totally into it. I'll finish it though.
I used to read a book a week when I was a kid, and usually pretty thick, adult books too. Reading when you'e a kid does all sorts of good things. Your vocabulary is increased a hundred times more than other kids', your spelling ability goes up, your imagination gets a good workout, you learn to entertain yourself. The benefits of reading when you're young are countless.
When, or if, I have children, I'll be reading to them every night, and they're going to be the best readers in the world. I hope they have a great appreciation for it. I thank my parents for it, they are big readers too and the house is lined with bookshelves, full of every kind of book you can imagine. The bookshelves are even in alphabetical order, in their own sections!
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