“What do you do for fun?” Someone once asked me. I said, "I read books". Such a simple but quite impressive answer right? Yes of course. We are living in a world where book reading is a habit that is not one of our to-do-list for many people. When someone tries to adopt a new habit such as book reading these are some common beginner mistakes

1.   Selecting a complex book i.e. advanced vocabulary, long series, highly fictitious, and genres that you are not interested in.
2. Reading too many pages a day - don't be too hasty. Reading too much, in the beginning, will end up in losing motivation only.
3. Not being consistent - if you can't read 15 pages a day, try to read 10 or at least 5 pages a day but never give up your reading habit.
4. Not making a particular schedule for reading - some people read whenever they get time but let me tell you making a daily routine will help you to build a new habit 
5. Reading e-books - I am not against the e-book version, but isn't this what we've always been doing in our colleges, universities, and workplaces? Besides a paperback cover book will always help to trick your brain that you are reading somehing. So I suggest you to read hardcopies instead of e-books.
6. Not making yourself available - whether you are a student or an employee or a freelancer it doesn't matter because in a day of 24 hours we hardly work for 10-12 hours a day. So stop giving yourself excuses such as you don't have enough time.

By avoiding all those above mistakes here you are ready to start your exploration of the book reading. Start with a simple book of your choice and once you started reading you will find yourself in a place to choose books in which you are interested. Everything has a beginning. So believe me it's never too late to start. Reading books doesn't always have to be in English language only you can start with books written in your regional language. Once you taste the results of after-book reading effects you would never want to stop again. There is this famous quote about reading by American novelist GEORGE R. R. MARTIN “ A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. . . The man who never reads lives only one.” This is one of my all time favorite quotes. I suggested some self-help books to my friends to start with and if you are looking for any book suggestions to start book reading I am always happy to help you.