Today I sit down with my fellow page turning friend, Patty! AKA @turningpages87 - and we talk everything reading, books, mental health + how the power of a good book, can not only change our view on life, but can help shape who we are as people, and allow us to feel something bigger and deeper than just ourselves. Join us in a candid, open conversation about what we’ve learnt through the power of reading, what makes the #bookstagram community so unique, the valuable life lessons that reading Harry Potter taught us, and if the digital experience of reading is taking over the power of page turning. We also delve into the questionable need of trigger warnings in books and the whether the overall sense of reading being forgotten about by the upcoming generation, has some truth to it. Follow my journey, and join the conversation over on instagram: @theawakenedwordsmith or check out my book, blog & other resources over on my website: @riomerrix.co.uk alternatively, follow mine & Patty’s bookstagram pages @turningpages87. @what_rio_reads