Band 7: Describe a book that had a big influence on you. You should say: what the book was when you read it what it was about and explain why it had an influence on you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I am not really into reading, but there is a book that really changed my life, and it is the Bible. To talk about this book, I have to go back and discuss my conversion. I went to church when I was about 14 years old, and I was a little bit lost in my life. I was facing depression. Even being so young, I remember that I was even thinking about suicide. But when I went to church, my life changed for the better. I remember that Jesus found me when I was going through a really difficult time. The feeling that I had at that time is something I cannot compare to anything else. This was a really personal experience. I remember that I didn't know anything about the Bible, Jesus, or this religion, but I started reading the Bible, and I was so interested in it that I wrote every day. Every single day, I was there reading and learning new things about Jesus and Christianity, and it was great for me. The Bible had a great impact on my life, and an interesting fact is that I met my husband at church, so it changed my life in many aspects.

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I am not really into reading but there is a book that really changed my life and it is the Bible. Well, to talk about this book I have to get back and talk about my conversion. I went to church when I was about 14 years old and I was a little bit lost in my life. I was facing depression. Even being so young, I remember that I was even thinking about suicide. But when I went to church, my life changed for better. I remember that Jesus found me when I was passing through a really difficult time. In the feeling that I had at time, there is nothing that I can compare to this. This was a really personal experience. So I remember that I didn’t know nothing about Bible or Jesus or this religion, but I started reading the Bible and I was so interested in this that I wrote every day, every single day I was there reading and learning new things about Jesus, about Christianity and it was great for me. So the Bible had a great impact in my life and an interesting fact is that I knew my husband at church so it changed my life in many aspects

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