RE: Paying it Forward (#PIF) - How much do you Love Books? Contest ed 6 (Delegations, HBI & tokens)

Any pivotal moment about books .... aaaaaah! I think I am born with a thirst to read. There was no need of any special place or person to develop the love of reading. As far i can go in the memory lane I found a small girl wanting to read everything available in her hands be it a broken piece of news paper or the textbooks having some stories. I remember whenever the academic year progressed, I not only read my books but also of my brother's (who was 3 academic classes a head of me.)

There was nothing like library or collection of books or magazines around, I just collected whatever and wherever I found something, like I took kid's magazines from my aunt and uncle, ladies digest from my cousin. I read them and then returned carefully. I was 9 years old when my grandfather died. In his stuff, a book came out with title Qasassul Anbia (Stories of Prophet. It was a really thick book especially for a kid. If I remember right, it was comprising of 1500 pages with very small text. It had the stories of all the major prophets right from prophet Adam to Prophet Muhammad. And the book was not meant for adults. I read it completely. It took me more than an year to read it. I used to read a few pages every day.

When I grew up, my habits remained same, I read whatever was available and then the college days came where I used to borrow books from friends. I read some novels those days. One of them was Peer- e- Kamil by Nimra Ahmed.
There are many other books I can name but to keep the list to 3 I would name those that made a real impact on my personality Zindagi se lutf Uthaye (Enjoy your life) by Dr. Muhammad Andurrehman al areefi. This book was gifted to me by a friend as a gift to my marriage. It is the best gift I got.
In this book the stories from the life of Prophet Muhammad has been narrated which are teaching the lesson of patience, kindness, affection, acceptance, openess, respect to difference of opinion and much more.
The other book that has a lot to do in my life is Zavia by Ashfaq Ahmed. I read it in pdf form after downloading. This book helped me combat the darkest phase of my life. It was the time when I was clinically depressed. I was not finding any hopes around. This very book helped me clean my soul from the filth and dirt. It helped me appreciate the positivity around me.

I think @iskafan would be interested in apeaking about her experiences. @khaleesi is another book lover. @femcy-willcy would you like to participate??