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Why People Still Love Books in a World Full of Screens

There was a time when I thought I was slowly losing the habit of reading. It didn’t happen all at once. I didn’t wake up one morning and decide that books no longer mattered. Instead, reading quietly disappeared from my daily routine. Whenever I had a few free minutes, I reached for my phone instead of a book. If I was waiting in line, I checked social media. If I had ten spare minutes before bed, I watched short videos. If I had a question, I searched for a quick answer online. Little by little, I became someone who consumed information all day without actually spending much time reading. At first, I didn’t think there was a problem. After all,