While most people claim that reading has tons of benefits for our mental and physical health regardless of what and how we read, we are dedicated here at Basmo to teaching you how to get the best out of every single reading session. Yes, reading anything, anywhere, anyhow is still going to be great for …
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While most of us are perfectly aware of the reasons why reading is important for us adults, it’s also crucial to pass down our love for books and reading to the younger generation. The importance of reading to children is crucial and it has been extensively discussed in the past years. With a serious impact …
While we all take reading for granted in our adult life, it can be somewhat daunting to try and remember the struggles we went through in school while we were learning to read. Struggling to decipher the written words, mumbling letter after letter trying to figure out the words the letters are forming, and slowly …
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Finding the motivation to read books nowadays is probably one of the biggest challenges a book lover needs to face in this fast-paced life we tend to live. Even though we love reading and we are perfectly aware of its many benefits, we sometimes tend to favor other activities when it comes to winding off …
When we think about reading, there is so much that comes to mind: it’s an essential learning tool, a great pastime activity, a form of entertainment, or simply something we tend to do whenever we get in the mood to do it. But is reading a hobby? Or is it something else, more important and …
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While most of us take reading for granted and don’t give it much thought as an activity, others take it a whole lot more seriously and dedicate time and effort to understanding it better. Most of us have the tendency to not even consider the complexity of reading as a mental process and basically do …
Reading is an integral part of our education and an activity that can enrich our general knowledge throughout our entire lives. Reaching proficiency that is required for us to be able to successfully use reading as a learning tool depends on us being able to master all four important levels of reading. What are the …
There’s no denying that reading can be a fun and entertaining activity, one that has many benefits and that has the ability to make time fly while you are on a journey in alternative universes where everything is possible. While for some reading is just that, a nice form of entertainment and a door to …
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Our love for books and reading is easy to understand. Reading is an amazingly beneficial activity, one that can keep us entertained for hours on end, one we can learn a lot from, and one that can help us relax and detach from the stressful lives we live. Books are not only the support for …
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The human brain is one of the most complex, mysterious, and spectacular things in the known world. It can process information, coordinate everything our bodies do and require little maintenance throughout our lives. What’s even more interesting is that even though it has nothing in common with our muscles from a strictly biological point of …
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Our love for books and reading has taken many forms lately, and it is only natural to embrace every single aspect of this amazing passion and explore it. Probably one of the most surprising developments in the world of reading is the fact that it seems to have taken over a certain part of each …
While we are all well aware of the many benefits reading can have for our mental and physical health, not many of us know that the reading experience can be enhanced through a series of small adjustments. One of the most important things that can change your reading experience and the overall results you get …
The importance of healthy reading habits in our lives goes way beyond the “visible spectrum” of benefits we get from reading books. While the obvious effects of reading include better knowledge, stronger learning abilities, and various other benefits that are related to intelligence, reading also brings other subtle improvements in our lives in areas we …
Reading is an important part of our lives and plays an absolutely crucial role in our education from a very young age. Even though our school years make reading look like a chore and change our perception of this amazing activity, most of us manage to overcome that and become passionate readers later in life, …
What is Fake Reading and How Can You Overcome It? Read More »
Despite a radical decline that seemed to be a never-ending constant trend in the past years, reading seems to make a nice comeback as an entertainment form and as a habit for many people. This can only be seen as amazing news, and the more impressive thing we noticed here at Basmo, is that this …
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Listening to music while reading is probably one of the most relaxing, rewarding, and pleasurable activities you can choose to unwind after a long day. We are all well aware that music can be therapeutic, and the benefits of reading are also old news for most of us, but what does it happen when we …
Having a rich imagination is something that is often attributed as a default ability to people and is considered an innate personality trait, not a trained skill. Here at Basmo, we believe that even though the genetic component can’t be ignored, imagination is something that can be developed or improved through a series of techniques …
Reading and Imagination. Does Reading Improve Imagination? Read More »
Even though reading is, in general, a solitary activity we do by ourselves and involves a certain level of introspection, we are all social creatures. We enjoy companionship, we love sharing our thoughts with others, discussing ideas, and hearing what others think about the books we are reading. And since our lives seem to be …
Reading is generally fun and rewarding, and one of the main aspects of it that most people appreciate is the huge variety of topics, styles, and amazing stories that books are written around. There probably isn’t a single topic you will be unable to find a book about, and when it comes to the level …
