Reading is the source to get knowledge and have a deeper sense of almost everything. It increases the ways you see things and hence improving your perception of certain things. Reading opens up your mind to new horizons and hence your vision becomes wide. Reading enables you to think out of the box and to be unique. Reading hits the Right side of our brain which is the creative and innovative side of the brain. Reading familiarizes your brain with new ideas and fresh content. It also helps you to boost up your mood. According to research reading, fiction studies improve brain thinking to many levels. So yes, go grab yourself a book and try to absorb the knowledge around you.

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