Books and friends should be few but good

friends and teachers

develop our intellect

arouse different emotions in us

shape our characters form our moral values

There is nothing more wonderful than books

Books teach people to live

love and suffer

cry or laugh
struggle and reach

What could books do?

give us food for our mind warmth for our soul can make us strong intelligent well educated

Books make the world larger for us

we can talk to people who lived in different centuries
we hear their voices, thoughts and feeling they give us an insight
into the past into the future

Different people and different books

It depends on one's taste and character dramas and romances science-fiction and fantasy stories

detective and spy stories

tales and fairy-tales about animals and nature

adventure and travels

humorous stories historical dramas biographies and autobiographies

Two classes of people

preferring to watch TV, video, computer, audiovisual instruments
reading books, not sitting near a TV-set and watching at the "box"

References
http://www.perevodby.ru/

http://www.multikulti.ru/English/
http://enative.narod.ru/practice/reading/

http://www.native-english.ru/
http://images.google.ru/

http://refus.ru/english/