A large group or community of people are largely following this norm of reading books be it a novel, a Sci-Fi or even a daily newspaper, it is among such people a to-do the thing which they never forget. Such side reading is what in my concern is most important of all, even more, important than the studies one is pursuing. The greatest LEADERS are in actual the greatest READERS. It truly opens one mind and provokes him to see and experience the moments in the life and world that are beyond his expectations. It clarifies one's doubts which of course depends upon the type of content one is reading, but believe me even if one is reading a book that is worst in any manner (which a book can't be, however presuming that one ) and with you don't agree, yet you still are learning a lot be it in the grammatical sense, or any other there is a lot to hold on even from that.
Talking about my own experience my life drastically improved when I started learning outside the books and started grasping the knowledge that people who are into school books trying to memorize them can't even withstand. All these great habits aren't developed in a single day. They take the minimum required time and those are hard to stand with till the end. One should develop such a great habit of reading be it while going to sleep or either at the time of the morning, it depends on your personal will.
I was and am no different than you and the person that I am today is because of my loving and honorable mentor "Mr. Bashir Talib", to whom I owe a lot and have no perfect sentence even no perfect words and mouth to thank with, and I know there is a lot ahead of me and all of us for which I hope Almighty do the best.
All for today .. Bye bye..
