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Hello. Let's talk about books. Do you like books? Are you reading books at all? I guess everyone reads at least one book , even you. You are an Sololearner , and I am 100% sure you read , or you are reading a book about something you want to learn.

Some say that "Reading books may harm your eyes". Ha! If reading books is dangerous , what about your phone? Or your TV? Reading books will increase your creativity , and who knows , maybe you will like an book that much than you will get new ideas for a code.
I personally like reading books. To be honest , after entering this world of coding I spent more time here than reading, but sometimes , in my free time , I like to spend my time reading books.
Below there are some of the books I have read. You may not like them , because everyone likes another kind of books , but that doesn't mean that these books are bad. Don't judge a book after its cover!

Wardstone Chronicles

This is my favourite series of books.
It contains 13 books , and its author is Joseph Delaney.

The Wardstone Chronicles follow Thomas "Tom" Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son who is apprenticed to Gregory to become a Spook - a master fighter of supernatural evil. John Gregory is the Spook for "the County" and gives Tom practical instruction on tackling ghosts, ghasts, witches, boggarts, and all manner of other things that serve "The Dark".

Arena 13

If you like swords and fights this is the best book for you.
Here you can see how the main characther evolves during the book , from a simple peasant to the strongest arena warrior , with the help of his friends , and his mentor.
While coding this , I found out that the third book appeared. Yay!

Leif has one ambition: to become the best fighter in the notorious Arena 13. Here, punters place wagers on which fighter will draw first blood. And in grudge matches, they bet on which fighter will die. But the country is terrorized by the creature Hob, an evil being who delights in torturing its people, displaying his devasting power by challenging an Arena 13 combatant in a fight to the death whenever he chooses. And this is exactly what Leif wants . . .

An ember in the ashes

This book follow the story of 2 main characthers , an overpowered warrior , and a peasant girl. I am not giving you spoilers about these books.

The story follows a girl named Laia spying for rebels against the reigning empire in exchange for their help in rescuing her captive brother; and a boy named Elias struggling to free himself from being an enforcer of a tyrannical regime. The novel is narrated in the first-person, alternating between the points of view of Laia and Elias.

SteelHeart

I haven't read this book yet , but I am planning to.

Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will.

Facts

1. There are over 130 millionbooks in print.

2. The word for loving the smell of old books is ‘Bibliosmia’. Similar to carbon-dating, scientists can analyze the chemicals responsible for “old book smell” to determine the age of a book. The process is called “material degradomics”.

3. The three most read books in the world are The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, and Harry Potter.

4. Nevada, Texas, and Mississippi have the highest ratio of customers to bookstores in the United States.

5. Dr Seuss invented the word ‘nerd’, using it in his 1950 book ‘If I Ran the Zoo.’

6. 68% of books sold worldwide are bought by women.

7. The term ‘bookworm’ originates from insects who live in and feed on the binding of books.

8. The most expensive book in the world is the 1640 Bay Psalm, which sold for $14.2 million.

9. The largest book in the world is The Klencke Atlas, which measures 1.75 meters tall, and 1.90 meters wide when open.

10. Fools Of Nature by Alice Brown was the first book to be described as a ‘bestseller,’ in 1889.

11. 1453 saw the first ever book published: the Gutenberg Bible. It was printed by the inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg.

12. Longest novel ever written is Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust, containing an estimated 9,609,000 characters.

13. Tsundoku means “to let reading materials pile up in one’s home and never read them” in Japanese.

14. Charles Dickens owned a bookcase which functioned as a secret door in his house, and was populated with fake books bearing amusing names including Jonah’s Account of the Whale, The Lives of a Cat which came in nine volumes, and The Art of Cutting Teeth.

Let's read a Book.