The most important thing is to develop a passion for reading and it doesn't matter how you do it.

Just you know read what you love until you love to read and thenere Lifestyle podcast, so good to have you here.

Today's episode is the one to listen to

if you want to get inspired to read more books.

We all know that reading is good for us

and that books can be life changing, but so many of us struggle to make reading a happen. is

to make reading a life-changing, but so many of us struggle to make reading a habit.

So today's episode is jam-packed with information and tips on how to read more

and to become a more effective reader.

Our guest today is Alex Wekowski.

Alex Wekowski is a book reviewer, writer, and podcaster

who's all about helping people read more,

sharing key lessons and reviews. He's the creator of Alex and Books and is the author of

Learn to Love Reading. Hello Alex, welcome to The Lavender Lifestyle Podcast. I'm so excited to have you. So let's start with your story. How did you become a book influencer and what inspired you to start this journey?

Yes, so I started back in 2017. So this is, I was towards the end of my college years and

I was surprisingly I wasn't like a big reader like you know middle school, high school,

I hated books because you kind of forced to read all these boring books

then like halfway through college I had this management professor who was super successful he worked

at IBM for like 30 years and he walked in first day of class he has like a suit on and a Rolex so I'm like oh this

guy means business and the first assignment he gave us was to read this book

how to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie and up until that point I

haven't read any self-help books and I was like

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