Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. And if you don’t believe in this mantra, then you are not a bookworm.
The pleasure that one gets from reading a good piece of literature is undeniable. The enjoyment, the ecstasy of reading a novel by Agatha Christie or Charles Dickens, on a cloudy evening, sitting in a cozy corner with a mug of hot chocolate in hand, is matchless. People from every age group resort to reading as a great pleasure in their leisure time. At the same time there are those who think that reading books is a complete waste of time; they’d rather watch television.
Poor souls! They don’t realize that watching TV is not nearly as informative and knowledgeable as is reading books. It not only provides you with creative skills but also helps you to expand the horizons of your vocabulary.
Reading is a kind of mental exercise, that refreshes the mind and body. Reading does not merely mean reading your course textbooks; rather it’s a habit that develops in a person from the very beginning. It means that the person who is a habitual reader reads for leisure, for enjoyment and nobody has coerced him or her to do so, like most of us were made to do with our textbooks. And probably this is the reason that we forget our class lessons easily because we take it as a burden.
Although I agree with the students out there that studies are really hardwork and we have to be serious about it. But the fact is that if we read something for purely the purpose of entertainment, it stays in the mind for a much longer time than is the case is with school books. We should try, and especially parents should try to inculcate the habit of reading in their kids from the very beginning, because it proves to be a major help later with respect to many modes of life. That’s another story, so we’ll talk about that later and today we will try and take advantage of the Net in this regard.
So the first cyber book library is http://www.storymania.com/. This is a cute site where stories from every genre are available. This site is made for the writers as well as readers. All you have to do is to click on the reading option and start. Moreover, through ‘Story Mania DIRECT’ you can directly sell your work to the public or buy books from authors. There are message boards and chat rooms to communicate with other readers and authors. You can interact with them a great deal. If you are a writer then ‘Story Links MANIA’ will be great help to you because by using this option you can list your web page on this site so more and more people can know about your work. Through ‘Story Art MANIA’ you can even display your artwork over here.
http://www.writing.com/ is also a place for both readers and writers. You can make your very own portfolio and put your pieces on the site. In this way you will have your own URL too. In addition to this there are loads of stories and novels for you to read. Renowned authors do not write them but they are very interesting. You can even have tips from the editor and seniors of the site by subscribing to various newsletters. The most striking feature for many is the GPs i.e. Gift Points. These gift points help you to upgrade your membership. Actually they work as a substitute for money. Generally you have to buy them but you can also get them as a present from other members if they like your writings. You can also take part in campfire creatives, story and poem writing competitions and many other exciting activities.
And yes obviously since we are surfing the e-world, how can we forget http://www.e-books.com/ here you can read all types of novels, be it Mystery, Fantasy, Science fiction or Action. You can find all in one place. Though the books offered on this website are not written by very well known authors, but the true readers will really like these books nonetheless.
But for little children I would recommend http://www.magickeys.com/books/. There are three options on this site: little children, young children and young adults. You can choose from these options. If parents want their children to have good reading and speaking skills they can also download talking e-books. This is the newest feature on this site. This will improve the efficiency of children over spoken English. And finally, the dessert is served in the end, remember. http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/title.html is the best reading site one can ever find on the web. This site will prove attractive to readers in their teens as well as those in their twenties or even above, because this site includes some of the best works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Jules Verne and Mark Twain to name a few. There is a huge list of classic books available here as well. The main eye catcher is Homer’s Odyssey and the Gothic vampire story Dracula by Bram stoker. Other books include The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This is the best online library available on the Internet.
Well what do you think? Are these sites enough for my fellow bookworms? I hope that the people, other than the bookworms, who don’t think much of book reading, too will enjoy these sites. Because reading in itself is a very good hobby and it is really true that books can prove to be most intimate friends. At least you can confide in them and they always remain loyal to you, they always give their readers a new lesson, a new experience.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. And if you don’t believe in this mantra, then you are not a bookworm.
