Reading is a pleasure for me. The image of a mother/grandmother reading with a child made me remind how I started to love reading; my father always had a book on his hands and I imitated him.
I usually read in different formats: paper, online, e-reader… but lately I use online sources. I prefer paper -it has something romantic that cannot be replaced with technology- but it is very useful to access to any kind of text (educational, news, entertainment…) from anywhere. You only need an electronic device and internet connection.
Depending on what I need, I choose a different kind of text. I prefer reading novels in my mother tongue, but I use English when searching for information related to my work. It is great to be able to use two different languages: results are wider and the probability to get what you need is higher.
We can observe in the images that there are different types of readers: some people reading for pleasure, other reading in an educational context (school), a group of a reading club… Some of them did not choose the books themselves (teachers did it for them), but there are many readers that probably decided what they wanted to read.
I used to read two or three books per month, but now, due to the lack of time, I barely read one.
I also used to spend much more time reading for pleasure in the past. I need to recover that habit but somehow I can't find the time to do so, and end up using texts as a vehicle of information, either for working or studying! I felt very identified with the start of your post, when I think of my father, he is sitting on a couch with a book on his hands. Thank you for posting!
ResponderEliminarThank you for your comment, Gloria! We should find time to read, but the end of the academic year is a hard time! :)
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