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Sunday 13 July 2014

Reasons To Read New Suspense Novels

By Marylou Forbes


In the world that is dominated by new age technology, people are slowly shying away from all the things that they classify as being old school and uncool. People stop listening to the radio and listen instead on their iPod. People ditch conventional wristwatches for high technology ones that are able to function as a sort of extension for your phone. People hardly read hardcover and paperback books anymore, much less new suspense novels.

It is a saddening fact, but more and more people are actually refraining from reading good old hardbound covers and paperback editions anymore. If they want to know the story of a bestselling novel, they would just wait for it to be turned into a movie. They would also rather read one online, as mobile phones and tablets are relatively lighter than most books.

What these people are missing out on is that wonderful feeling of having to open a new book and flicking through the pages. There is also something comforting in the scent of a book, be it the bookshop scent of a new one or the musty musk of an old one at the library. A regular book does not need to be charged nor runs out of battery. You can read it anywhere, anytime, without worrying about it being snatched away from you.

As it is, there are so many benefits of reading, even fiction ones. People often scoff at the fiction genre because they say there is nothing to be gained from it. Sometimes, readers are often discouraged from reading fiction such as romance novels, sci fi, crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense.

Actually, a good book has its merits and reading one has its advantages, fictional or not. Even though works of fiction are imagined stories, this does not mean that they are not truthful. Sometimes, the made up stories are even the most honest you can read, and it is because the author is protecting the identity of nobody. Most fictional works are even a take on real time events, and they way they are told often rings a bell of authenticity to them.

It also serves as a form of mind exercise. Studies prove that regular mental stimulation can help fight off most brain and mental ailments. By reading one book per day, you are actually driving dementia and Alzheimer away.

Reading can be quite engaging, too, and it keeps your mind off things. Suspense and mystery types compel one to read from beginning to end, and develop their own judgments and ideas. Before you know it, you have already forgotten about the nagging problem at the office that has been bothering you all day before you decided to read.

Reading books allow you to expand your world. People think that the whole books take you to places thing is just a load of crap, but it is actually true. By just flicking through the pages, you get to be an Asian temple keeper, a European spy, an American traveler, and so much more. You get to know what it feels like to become a surgeon, a detective, a novelist, an artist and a lot more even if you do neither for a living.

It also makes you rethink things you thought you already knew. A fascinating suspense genre will make you understand what happens in the mind of an individual that makes him the unfeeling psychopath that kills people off. It also gives you ideas on what to do in case the unthinkable happens in real life.




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