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As a child my father took upon himself to make sure my English was good. At that time I wanted to become a journalist so he decided to train me. He did that by buying me a lot of story book, and when I say a lot I mean a lot. 

So that’s when I started developing love for reading. I would read one book like 3 times. I read both educative books with questions and answers at the end alongside story books. 

My favorite books back then were;
- **Give Me a Clue** by *Theodore Clymer* and
- **Oliver Twist** by *Charles Dickens*


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I too a break from reading for a while. I got introduced into Wattpad, a novel app. Here I got to read a lot of stories. But there are 2 stories that stuck on me and thought me a lot! I couldn’t get enough of them. These stories are; 
- **After** by *Anna Todd* and 
- **Storm and Silence** by *Robert Thier*

I would recommend everyone to read these books. I learned a lot from reading them.
From After I learned that there’s no rule book to life, just be who you are and pray for the best most possible outcome. 
From Storm and Silence I learned that you should fight for what you believe in. As long as it’s the right thing and you feel it in your soul don’t give up. 

Well there are some sayings I came across while reaching, just can’t remember who said what but I will say it anyways. They are; 
- If you are reading a book and not giving out any emotions then you aren’t reading a story. 
- Everyone lives one life and reality but a reader lives multiple lives and realities. 

#### Hope my post inspires readers and writers out there, thanks for reading. 

Cc: @majerius, @b-naj

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