Reviving the passion of reading!

By Abdulaziz Al Jahdhami — The irresistible passion of reading has been revived in the past week during Muscat International Book Fair 2017.

Although not all people are aggressive book readers, but most of them are having the common habit of reading books, stories, newspapers or magazines instead.

Even though it’s not a habit of heavy or consistent reading, people are still preserving this commendable habit.

Not only that, but they encouraging children to get used to the habit of reading.

I know and have heard people who are accustomed to the habit of reading newspapers during the first hour at work every morning.

What an amazing habit that they start their day with warming up their brain and keeping themselves updated with whatever is happening worldwide.

Although it’s a reading for pleasure, but it’s very useful and insightful of course. Undoubtedly, those few minutes of reading every morning are a real dose of knowledge on inspiration.

The annual book fair is one of the much-awaited cultural events around the year. People of all ages and interests are impatiently waiting for this platform which brings publishing houses and bookshops from different parts of the world. To many people, the book fair is an opportunity to refill their shelves and library with books.

As the saying goes, a book is a dream that you hold in your hand.

Perhaps that’s why some people believe that whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

For that reason, reading enthusiasts get very provoked by the book fair where they long to catch new books to read.

They try as much as possible to increase their stock even with more books every year.

Where do we place ourselves?! Are you one of the passionate readers who never sacrifice the daily reading habit?! Are you among the reading enthusiasts who regard reading as a must-to-do daily routine every morning?! Are we really good friend of books or we just read once every blue moon?! There is no shame on not being one of those; in other words not of those having reading as a habit.

I am sure everyone has his or her own way of practicing any sort of reading.

Regardless how much we read every day, week, month or year; what matter is that we keep reading and reading.

Even if the amount of reading is just a few pages every time; we should keep it continuing.

By the time, we will love it and get used to that till it becomes a real habit that we cannot let go.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Thus, the frequently we read, the more we get attached to the exercise and then develop the interest.

Am sure not all visitors of the book fair are good readers or reading-enthusiasts, but everybody comes to please his or her interest of reading.

All of them are looking for certain reading materials that satisfy their thirst of reading and seeking knowledge.

As an annual reading platform, the book fair marks an insightful source of knowledge-sharing as it brings people of all interests and ages together.

You see people are interestingly digging all over the stalls looking for something that meets their demands and concerns.

For some, visiting the book fair is a kind of entertainment to enjoy their time. It is very thrilling to see individuals, parents and groups of school students visiting the fair.

It’s an opportunity to show kids and students the real significance of books and reading as a habit.

Getting them into the fair is an efficient encouragement to allow them to pick the books and stories they like.

Purchasing books is always good; definitely they will be of real value and good use someday.

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