Can Reading Make You Happier?

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Can Reading Make
You Happier?
By Ceridwen Dovey
June 9, 2015
Link to the article

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Glossary to the article
1. To gorge on books
to read books greedily in large amounts
2. A reading prescription
a list of recommended books to read
4. An avid reader
describes a person who is very
enthusiastic about reading
5. To be highly
selective in reading
to choose books to read carefully
3. Reading circles
Clubs or companies where
their members read and
discuss books together
6. To read a book up
to read a book till the end

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Relevance of the raised problem
There is a great number of people who have some
problems and woes in their lives. Not everyone
can deal with problems, some of them break
down because they feel loneliness and unable to
solve their problems. Sometimes other people
really can’t help because they have never had
such sort of trouble and nothing comes to their
minds as suggestions of solution.

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The author’s solution to the problem
1. Bibliotherapy
2. To get experience from the books
3. To join the community of readers
4. To read only fiction

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My vision of the problem
I would agree with the 1st and the 2nd points.
They seem to be very useful.
I completely disagree with the 3rd point.
I don’t think this solution can suit everyone.
I partially agree with the 4th point.
It has both advantages and disadvantages.

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Questions for the listeners
How can you comment the statement: “A book may be
of the nature of a soothing syrup or it may be of the
nature of a mustard plaster”?
Do you agree that “people who read a lot of
fiction tend to be better at empathizing with
others”?
Have you ever experienced that the same
book at different periods of your life made a
completely different impression on you?