The book is always better

So you think reading is boring? You always ask yourself: “Why should I read something that long, with no pictures?” And, in the few times you decide to open a book, you sleep drooling, right?

Don’t worry, I won’t keep blabbing about how good reading is to improve your mind and language skills. You already know that, and you don’t care! You’re happy enough watching series and movies with your other half. So, why would you start putting some effort into a book?

Let me just change your life, right now:

Forget everything they taught you at school - ok, maybe you’ve already got that far. Let me explain:

You’ve always seen literature as a boring school subject and, let’s be honest, you don’t use other school subjects in your free time just for fun, like calculations, for example. But I should tell you that literature is different and cooler than you imagine.

It does not take to be a genius to enjoy books. Do you like movies? I bet you’ve already seen a lot of movies adapted from books, you probably left the theater excited and willing to watch a sequence. There it is, and here it goes another “secret” that everybody knows about:

The book is always better than the movie.

I mean, much better! Think about any adaptation you love. Yes, that one! You’ll start saying it’s not that great after you read the book, better than that, you’ll have good reasons to say some bad words to the director of the movie for ruining your favorite part of the book.

You just don’t like reading because you’ve always thought about it as a studying tool and not a great entertainment platform.

So, what’s the best way to start?

For now: leave the classics aside, you’re not ready yet and they would rip your motivation off. Start by thinking about the kind of movies or TV series you enjoy watching, look for some books in that category, something modern thing, or ever the original book from that adaptation you love. Don’t try to look cult now, intelligence is a side effect of reading, it’ll come with time. For now: look at the bookstore as a big streaming service.

And have fun!