Why read books?

There’s nothing more fascinating than the written word, than human beings as described in their natural (or unnatural) habitat and their exploits and musings. With the firm belief that we’re here to learn, that learning is a lifetime endeavour, and that my brain is indeed a muscle that atrophies if underused, I aim to learn something new every day. Reading seriously tampers with ignorance, so once we’ve cracked open a few good books, we can no longer claim we ‘didn’t know any better.’ We must always strive to learn, to understand, to gain new perspective, to improve. Reading… I cannot think of a better way to spend my time.