MARIKA'S EXCHANGE YEAR
"By reading, you can live thousands of lives without leaving your room"
I started reading already in elementary school and almost lived in the library near my home. Even now, even though my taste and preferences have changed, I am still a very big reader. Now I read books in Estonian, Russian and English. Reading English literature has seriously developed my language skills, and I believe that I have a good level of English because of this. But reading literature in Estonian also adds a lot, it broadens your horizons and significantly increases your vocabulary, which is very useful. In Russian, I read mainly to keep up my grammar. I'm also a member of the Tallinn Central Library's youth book club, where we read different literature aimed at young people every time.
I´ve started sharing my love for books on social media. Thanks to that I´ve met many new like minded people and gained new knowlage about social media.
I have gotten the chance to go job shadowing in Tallinn's Central Library and Apollo group, where I learned a lot about working in the book industry. Also I have talked about reading and books on 2 podcasts.