Hey everyone,

So you know what’s strange? Less than 20% of adults read for fun after high school. Can you believe that???!!!! To me that’s crazy! But then again, I adore reading. I find it fascinating to be able to open a book, look at a few words, and be teleported into a whole different world, a whole different life.

But anyway, don’t just take my word for it. In fact one wonderful author put this into a quote in one of his books and he says, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” Now I dare you to guess who wrote that. Go one, take a guess, I’ll wait. The funny thing is, you’ve probably seen his show based on the books, but are unlikely to have read them (and if so, you’re really missing out). Ok fine, I’ll tell you. It was George R.R. Martin. Yep, that guy who came up with Game of Thrones.

Now this is really cool for me because I could talk about books forever, so it’s nice to know that other people read them too. So I’m really glad to be a college, where a bunch of other young minds are just as *excited* about learning as I am.

So fun fact time! Did you know that reading can:

• Reduce stress (escapism for the win!)
• Prevent or slow Alzheimer’s and dementia
• Increases your knowledge base (duh!)
• Increases your vocabulary (indubitably)
• Improves memory (it links new ideas to old ideas)
• Improves focus and concentration (it makes you focus on only one thing, so you stop thinking all scattered-like)
• Let’s you be a better writer (they go hand in hand :P)
• And can give you inspiration (OMG, I wanna be like them!)

But I don’t know why I’m bothering to tell YOU this. I’m sure you already read like ALL the time, after all, you are reading this right now!!!!! Amazing! Alrighty, I think I’ve lectured you enough.

Go out there and read, people! Have a great time, until next week!