Reading selectively or extensively

With the development of society and the improvement of people’s living standard, we have access to a wide variety of books.

Some people think we should read selectively. That is to say, we should select some books we are interested in. Reading selectively can help us throw ourselves into work and study more energetically with higher efficiency.

Others think we should read extensively. No matter what kind of book it is, we should look it over. We should read various kinds of books. They maintain that reading extensively can help to enrich our views and grasp the general knowledge in different fields.

As a university student, I hold that the two reading ways have their roles respectively. If we only read the books we select or prefer, the framework of our knowledge may not be complete. Our knowledge would be rather limited. And if we read without selection, we may not have so much time and energy to be specialized in one particular field. Therefore, the combination of the two methods is more reasonable. Surely those that do harm to us should be avoided.