Do You Even Read, Bro ?

Books are timeless; Many of them contains information from the early years mankind started writing things down. Authors are the time travelers of written literature because their words can be read decades after they are written. With that realization, it is fascinating to read from people who were in the renaissance , or in WWII . From this very blog post, this can be read after a million years and may be used as reference from a research. Think about that!

As a reader who lost time to purchase books, it is hard to find people with the same interests. Only a few people were interested in Filipino Fiction, particularly "Trese". Reading about the adventures of people who doesn't exist seems to be more exciting than hearing about someone Else's adventures. Writers are able to fondle with the human mind, create emotion, fear, anticipation, and all of those makes a book so lovable. In highschool, it was just the basic set; Bob Ong, and a few self empowerment books. But as time goes on and new influences are met, it looks like there are more wonderful books to read and be addicted to. Waiting for the next issue, wishing something would have happened differently in the story. On the other hand, there are some books that makes some people go "What is this?! No!". A book that has tons of cliches is a predictable story line, and that is not good. And oh, They exist. Luckily, most of those books are not printed, they're only available online. Buying a book supports it's writer, and if the writer can fund his work, more books are written.

Reading is important; it can't be explained that simple but it is a skill one has to practice. A person who doesn't read as much will slowly have trouble writing or speaking. One doesn't have to be a bookaholic, one simply has to read sometimes. Yes it is hard to find good material but there is always for somebody. Try looking for a good book and it is impossible to say that it doesn't tickle the brain.