Turning the page and rekindling my love for books

I grew up a bookworm and treasured my time spent with books. So it came as a shock when I lost my passion for reading

The writer's love for books may have started with her parents encouraging her to pick up the reading habit as a child. PHOTO: PEXELS
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As a child, I loved to read. One of my fondest childhood memories from the 2000s was going to the outlet of Borders, the now defunct American bookstore chain, that spanned the entire first floor of Wheelock Place.

I remember spending hours in my favourite corner of the bookshop, knees to my chest and my nose buried in Roald Dahl’s fables.

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