Many people do not understand a love of reading.Why bother with reading?

Reading books can be an escape.A book is another ____ you can pretend to live in for a little while.You can have a ____ into someone else’s life and someone else’s problems.For the time that you ____ the book in your hands,you can ____ from the world for a while.You can choose your other world,be it ____ or future,male or female,near or far.Any type of world you want to escape to exists in books. 

You can ____ just about anything you want from a book.Fiction or non-fiction, both have something to teach.Non-fiction,of course,can ____ you facts.There are books with general or specific ____,like biographies and historical accounts. There are books about science,dinosaurs,art,cooking and everything in between. Fiction books,even those not based on fact,can offer knowledge about other’s lifestyles and thoughts. 

Reading is a great way to ____.It takes your mind off life.It doesn’t require much ____ or preparation though,just picking up a book.____, it can be done anywhere for any amount of ____.If you just need a quick five-minute break,a book will ____.If you have an hour to spare,you can ____ for that too. 

Books are informative,relaxing and can help you escape.____ up a book and see if it turns you into a reader!

The word “hobby” is an interesting _________. People usually do what they like in their own _________ time. That is “hobby”. Many people have their own _________.They keep pets, collect coins or travel a lot. They think hobbies can bring them happiness and they can help people _________ after their daily work. Almost everyone has many hobbies. Hobbies are good for our life. Hobbies can _________ us friendship and knowledge. Everyone should have hobbies. Everyone has _________ hobbies. Some people like going hiking. Some people like watching TV. Tom, what is my hobby? Right! I like _________ books. When I am free, I like reading all kinds of books. I think doing some reading is a good _________ as well as a nice hobby. Reading books can bring me _________. I can learn a lot about sports, news, stories and so on. I think we can make friends ______________ books. Reading books is good for our ______________. It can’t help us know more about our ______________. But some books are bad for us, so we should read good books. If you don‘t like reading, you will be out of ______________. Maybe many people ______________ my interests. Reading books can make us cleverer. Books are our best ______________. I hope more and more people will read books every day.

Emily loved reading. She used to be very shy. She _________ talking to others. So she turned to _________. In 2019 her dad got sick. It was very serious. Books became an even bigger comfort for _________.

Emily’s dad got better. And she came up with a plan to _________ others.

Emily started a book drive in her hometown. She _________ books. She took them to _________ being cared for in hospitals. _________, she has collected more than 10,000 books.

Emily and her father are very close. When her father learned of her plans for the book drive, he wasn’t surprised. “She was always interested in books,” he says. “_________ she always wanted to do things for the neighborhood.” Emily runs the book drive herself, but she gets some help from her _________. “We do the driving,” her dad says.

Emily still runs the book drive. The memory of meeting the children she helps sticks with her. “It was the ____________ day of my life,” she says. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”