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Absolutely loved these points Shruti. I picked up reading pretty late in life and started with Pride and Prejudice. It was difficult to get through and I could not understand why people keep telling me to read more. Luckily I didn't give up and I fell in love with reading when I finally got that one right book for me. I then knew what to pick up next. But I learnt all of this the hard way. This content is gold for people who want to start reading. Thank you so much for inspiring us to read !!!!
That's awesome!! I'm glad you found your way. Reading is a journey and I feel so many people give up just because the beginning is hard. But once you discover the kind of books you like, it can transform your life!
i’m starting to read after a long time again and i’ve also started off with pride and prejudice. i have to admit it’s a tricky one but i think i’m starting to get the hang of reading and finding that joy again :)
I started with Harry Potter and it is fiction/fantasy but ,like you said, It wasn't hard at all and now reading books - even the ones with complicated words- is easy for me.
When i started my reading journey, i started with books published in my mother tongue. It helped me to develop my interest in reading. Then i moved to classics and there was no going back. Classics is my most favourite place to be in Book World. And today i am proud owner of 250+ physical books and some 200 e books... Somehow i can never relate to audio books as i love reading books myself.. I agree with all your points. Beginners should watch this video. Helpful one👍🏻👍🏻😍
My first book is harry potter and the philosophers stone Of course I don't want to get in trouble by buying a wrong book I love adventure,magic,fantasy all those stuffs so I picked up that
Harry potter is what made me an avid reader. When I look at my battered old copies of Harry potter books on my shelves, I see my entire childhood ❤️. I discovered the reader in me in 2001 when I was 10 years old when I picked the first Harry potter book. 😍 I'd say Harry potter is always the best option if you want to get into long series as a beginner. Then came the twilight phase when I was in college 😂 good Lord! I tried re-reading the entire series recently and I couldn't even get past the first book tbh. I'm 31 years old now and now I see the real problem with those books. But I can't deny that the 19 year old me was totally obsessed with that world.😑 Then came the vampire-binge reading phase. 😂 Vampire academy, bloodlines, a shade of Vampire... I discovered booktube only after that. Then I could get good recommendations that I really needed. Booktube changed my reading tastes and made me realize what I actually wanted. This community is just awesome. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow!! Keerthi, this sounds EXACTLY like me!!! My reading journey didn’t start with Harry Potter, but that was one book series that I loved more than any other. And I literally grew up with Harry. And after that was my Twilight phase and my Hunger Games phase. And then I discovered RU-vid in 2008 that introduced me to John Green and his books. And John Green led me to BookTube in 2010. And I’m also 31 years old and omg our reading journeys are so similar ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lol, i started reading with Harry potter, then been through twilight phase and am currently in what u call vampire binge reading....i am 17 now and i so wish i never get out of these phases when am 31😭
Amazing tips Shruti!! They are not only useful for new readers but also for book bloggers. I am often asked to recommend books for beginners. I generally recommend books written in simple language by authors such as Ruskin Bond or books which are fast paced to build their interest. Now I am definitely keeping in mind your tips while recommending 😄
My first book was the adventures of Tom Sawyer and huckleberry Finn... That actually matched the whole reading vibe... So actually just what goes with you best that would be the books you should pick... 😊😉
Why education system recommends classic books as a part of our syllabus 😭😭. I remember we used to have Gulliver's travels by Jonathan Swift in my school. I didn't liked that in school as well as now.
I'm a beginner and I have started my reading journey with Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and it is going very well💙🧡❤️ And now I'm planning on reading Cassandra Claire books 🥳🥳🥳🥳 PS: I'm 14 years old.
I hope this finds you well .please help me , I am 21 years old boy studing first year of college in India,.The very unfortunate thing for me is i can,t read due to low sense of English language tell me what should I do.when I try to read I can,t comprehend it .some time I understand every world but even can,t understand. This things makes me feel low in life Please I need some suggestions from you Thanks
Need ur guidance. For me being of age 40 plus medical professional who haven’t read other than medicine (English language books of only our medicine ) 😂 till now. But I know I would like fantasy and fiction. ( romance is absolute NO) plz suggest. Marathi being mother tongue , I I read almost all history.
Great content! valid for readers like me who are not exactly the beginners.. * Even after reading for 4-5 years, I still struggle to buy a new book which I've mentioned in one of your videos earlier. Readers are certainly get attracted to prize winning books, books with highest reviews etc. I personally find them relative, a longlisted book can be far better than the winner sometimes! Books having 5 stars reviews can also disappoint you. *I don't have any taste of memoir, though I'm having "Playing it my way" and "A century is not enough". *Once, I was scared of big books too, then I read "A strangeness in my mind" and "Anna Karenina" both of which I liked very much. *About audio book, I don't know if you are aware that most of us Bengalis are very fond of Sunday Suspense in Radio Mirchi FM channel where very famous RJs narrate short stories in FM - a big chunk of these stories are written Satyajit Ray! *Famous author's writings I wont pick up again - Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, both absolute disappoint to me :-( *The 4th point! really?? I feel exactly opposite way, the books I loved most, I would not probably watch movies based upon those, really. I will be completely heart broken if I can not love the movie like the way I adored the book - so horrific to imagine. *One request - can you please review book of Margaret Atwood??
For point 4 I said that - I've you've watched the movie, don't not read the book. Basically the ulta of what you thought hehehe. It's because a lot of people have told me that just because they have watched the Harry Potter movies, they are not going to read the books. Because they know the story already. And I feel that sometimes, books have so much to offer!! So they should read the book even if they have watched the movie. Also another note on this point. Just sharing my experience as well with this issue. I used to feel exactly like you - that I will be heartbroken if the movie portrays the book badly UNTIL I worked in a production company. Making movies is damn tough. And the way I see it now is that adaptations are a completely separate thing from the source material. There is a reason that films say that the movie is "based" on the book. It's not supposed to be exact. It's supposed to be the director's or screen writer's interpretation of the book. Once I saw it that way, I could enjoy films because I kept aside the fact that they were related to any book. I evaluated them as films - writing, production, acting, set design. And not as a book adaptation 😊
@@fandomnewbie okay. This was some deep rooted belief in me. Though there are some exceptions, such as Dan Brown's book. I've read all the movies of Langdon series, and I want to read those 3 books as well.
my first book is the man in the iron mask but I didn't understand it that book have also 5 previous parts around 600-500 pages now suggest to me what I have to do
HI there, i have started reading by purchasing THE ALCHEMIST. I am also a high school student and interested in fantasy but also a beginner in this field as i am reading the former said as my first one. could you recommend me some fantasy and other genera's as a beginner, who wants to fell in love with reading.
I would recommend waiting till you're a little older. Maybe 14ish? There are some dark things that happen in the book. But if you're okay with that, go ahead!
hey mam. I'm a beginner and the first book I like to read is sapiens . a brief history of humankind. so which type of book is my type. plz, answer mam.
Fantasy Six of crows series Harry Potter series Percy Jackson series Hunger games series ( dystopian series) Divergent series. Mystery novels Girl on the train All shari Lapana books
Will try to. But as a rule of thumb, almost all the books I recommend on my channel are adult books which have an age rating of 16+. If it is a children's book or a YA book, I will mention it :)
@@shubhangisharma2967 😂😂 even my first favorite genre was horror and then fantasy after reading the Harry Potter and other fictional books! After reading "Beware the Snowman", I read four more Goosebumps' books consecutively. So, basically Goosebumps was my start of reading a novel as a beginner!! I consider it as a good start but I just wanted Shruti's opinions on it❤
Basically elf version of Harry Potter, however the abilities our different and we see completely new things as well But overall I've liked it...for now.
Have you read Let it Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson. It's a Young Adult book about teenagers in a small town and the different things that happen to them during Christmas time.
Are there any bifurcation in level of reader, I heard that there r level like level 1,2,3 n so on, so if you can categories that n give some examples of books for these levels and some authors as per this levels. I have practice of reading atleast 2 pages every day.
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@@fandomnewbie hello di... I'm Mohita his daughter... Yeah and I really need your help... I created my account and they say u get a free books for 14 days... Should I confirm that Or is their other way..
I am not able to redeem this offer of 3 months storytel subscription. It is asking for some gift code as well. Has anyone tried using the storytel link mentioned in description?
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