Author: Biyai Garricks

Let’s face it, history books can be very boring except you are a historian of course: but, there are other fun ways to learn about the history of the world without getting bored.

I have always been drawn to history right from my childhood days. My mother happens to be a historian and she was a huge influence. But, I also remember watching movies like ‘The King And I’, ‘My Fair Lady’, etc,  over and over again because I was intrigued by the times they were set in; and though they were fun movies, they also subtly taught me about events that occurred in historical times. For example, as a child, ‘The Sound of Music’ gave me a glimpse of people’s fears about the Nazis, while ‘Escape from Sobibor’, which I saw in my teens, exposed some of the atrocities of the Nazis more clearly than any textbook could. So…

Quite a number of people have asked me how I manage to read so many books. In these days of fast cars, fast foods and fast lives, it is not strange that people don’t seem to find the time to read as many books as they would love to.

Here are 5 tips that help me read many books each month, more than the average person even though I still hold down a day job.

1. Decide what type of books interest you: I love historical and Christian fiction so they are my first go-to books. I also have particular authors whom I love their work because in my own opinion, they write very well. This does not mean that I don’t read other genres but sticking to my preferred genre and authors increases the possibility of me reading more books. What kind of books do you like? Fiction? Non-fiction?…

Most people, especially new readers purchase books based on the hype from the media about a book or a catchy book cover without taking an important aspect into cognizance – The Book Genre.

A book genre is a specific type of book distinguished from others by some characteristic or quality. Books can be classified into two broad genres – Fiction and Non-fiction. Non-fiction books contain factual information such as biographies and self help while fiction books contain stories that are made up by the author such as mystery and romance. These two can be further divided into many sub-genres as listed below: