For the books on your shelf, the questions in the margin and the habit of coming back.
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The pace of our daily lives seems to get faster and faster with each passing year. That leaves us with less free time, less energy to do things for ourselves, and generally with a couple of really tough choices to make. How should we juggle having a full-time job, raising our children, taking care of
Our performance as readers depends on quite an extensive series of factors. From our mood to the level of determination we have, to the difficulty of the reading material, the position we do our reading in, everything plays a role in how effective our reading session is. That being said, one of the things most
Our love for books and reading takes many different forms. Each reader has unique preferences, unique reading habits, and a different way of loving books. Here at Basmo, we support the passion for reading in all of its forms, and we encourage every single one of our users to figure out every single thing that
While reading is an amazingly beneficial activity, we also tend to figure out all kinds of creative ways to make it even more pleasurable. Eating and reading at the same time, drinking a cup of coffee or tea, and even enjoying a glass of wine while reading are all pretty common choices. Reading while eating
While reading is in itself an amazingly entertaining and rewarding activity, we often tend to pair it with other activities that have the potential to enhance our experience. Whether we do it to make reading more enjoyable, to save time, or simply because we love to, the effects are generally positive. The way we choose
Our daily lives seem to get more unhealthy year after year. We tend to spend more time working, sitting around, looking at our phones, and our sedentary lifestyle seems to become the norm. Delivery services allow us to order online pretty much anything we can think of and have it delivered to our doorstep so
When it comes to healthy activities, there is very little that can actually take reading on. The numerous mental and physical health benefits of reading are well-known and represent one of the reasons why so many people keep wishing they could just read more. Perhaps one other activity that has similarly numerous benefits while being
Reading in the car while someone else is driving can be an extremely pleasurable activity. You’re taking full advantage of your commute time, whether you’re being driven to your workplace, on vacation, or anywhere else. You spend some quality time while traveling, so what could go wrong? Unfortunately, quite a lot. For those of us
While reading is probably one of the healthiest hobbies you can have these days, with multiple benefits for your mental and physical health, it can also be accompanied by some relatively unpleasant experiences. One of the most common ones is getting a headache when reading, and if you ever experienced it, you already know what
As readers, we tend to be madly in love not only with the actual activity of reading, which, let’s face it, is pretty great, but with books and other reading-related accessories and gadgets. While gadgets seem to have taken over our lives in the past decade, with all kinds of cool gimmicks like smartwatches, fitness
With our daily lives becoming more hectic one day after another, even the most avid and passionate readers are starting to struggle with maintaining their healthy reading habits. And while that is perfectly understandable considering how busy, tired, and stressed we are on a daily basis, that still leaves us craving for a little bit
While reading is generally an introspective activity we tend to do by ourselves in perfect silence, it’s a well-known fact that we are, as humans, very social creatures. We enjoy the company of others, we share a need to be a part of a community, and we generally tend to prefer to share our experiences
