"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading."- Logan Pearsall Smith Truth be told, I have been reading for as long as I can remember. My mother introduced me to the fascinating world of books when I was about 5 years old and since then there's been no turning back. Time travelling to the future may be a distant dream, but books are the perpetual little time machines we all have access to. I believe books hold the power of transporting you to a world, to a different place and time where you actually want to stay and see the magic unfold. There has been no better way to escape reality than to lose myself in a book. Whenever it feels like I am drowning in my own thoughts overcome by unavoidable rushes of confusion, reading is the activity that has more often than not kept my head held high enough for me to find solace and happiness. With every page, I turn and seconds that pass by the problems of this world do not feel so intimidating and momentous, i...