Why do you like reading?

cassibear13 · Post by **cassibear13** » 26 Jul 2019, 18:05

I think that the reasons for liking reading are different for everyone, some people that I know are avid readers only read out of necessity while some read because it helps them through issues in their own life.

Personally, I read because I can escape in a way. One minute I can be having a really rough day and the next I can be in victorian England.

Reading is a way for people to cope with hardships in life because they can find themselves in the characters. People can see a situation that they might be in and see how the characters deal with it.

Reading is a way for people to learn about themselves along with learning more about the world.

amherring · Post by **amherring** » 26 Jul 2019, 21:39

Reading is an escape from real life, I love how it allows you to see different perspectives, temporarily become someone else, and learn things you didn't even know you were interested in. It is my outlet from life stressors.

Kerry1551 · Post by **Kerry1551** » 27 Jul 2019, 12:57

There is nothing better than picking up a new book and being completely transported into that world.
Reading just takes you away from your own stresses and can transform your mood. Being captivated by characters and ideas that you would never have imagined is absolutely thrilling to me. Also going into a really good bookstore or library is magical, I could spend hours just looking through the shelves!

SavannahJones · Post by **SavannahJones** » 27 Jul 2019, 19:56

I love reading because it opens my mind to new ideas, new worlds. I can leave behind whatever crud I'm dealing with in my daily life and become part of an adventure. I can vicariously experience romance, heartbreak, anger, hatred, sorrow, and other such feelings, then go on to my daily life enlightened and wiser. And these are only the reasons I can put into words! Something about reading just resonates with me, and feels right, like it's what I'm meant to do.

Gathoni1991 · Post by **Gathoni1991** » 28 Jul 2019, 06:08

To kill boredom
To improve my grammar and diction

Nathan Berner · Post by **Nathan Berner** » 28 Jul 2019, 22:50

I feel like reading is such a luxury because it can provide so much entertainment. I find it fascinating that we can just read books that were written about other humans by other humans. I love reading for leisure.

Nathan Berner · Post by **Nathan Berner** » 28 Jul 2019, 23:01

sleepydumpling wrote: ↑19 Aug 2007, 21:58 I read for two reasons...

1) To escape. I love being transported to another time or place. I love that feeling of seeing or doing or experiencing something different.

2) To see things from a different perspective. I love a book that makes me think and shows me things from other people's perspectives.

This reminds me of what my English teacher in high school used to say about why she enjoyed books so much. She shared with us that she had a difficult home. Reading transported her to a different world in a matter of minutes, which she appreciated.

Lilith J Tennant · Post by **Lilith J Tennant** » 30 Jul 2019, 14:49

I think almost everyone here has got the same reasons to why we love reading, but it's great to know that even if we all share both the cause and the love for books in similar ways, we still get to experience them differently. Because of that, I will never get bored of people saying why they have this passion, as by doing so they give you a glimpse of their personal relationship with books, so similar and yet different from everyone else's.

I love reading because it makes me feel free. Limitless. Cleverer and cleverer as I discover new things. Brave. Special. Unique. Part of a community. Magical. Alive.

Sufi_khan · Post by **Sufi_khan** » 30 Jul 2019, 17:44

Too many wishes, and not enough stars....too many dreams, and not enough moments to think about those dreams. I am but a speck on this fabric of time, and yet I wish to be a thread that binds and experiences everything from the big bang to the last sunset. And what better way to come close to as many experiences as possible than through reading. I get to be in other's shoes, to live their life in between a few pages, to see the world through their eyes. I laugh with them, and feel their pain, and enrich my life through theirs. I marvel at man's ability to so beautifully express emotions through words, to paint vivid pictures of faraway lands through the magic of language, and to engage each other through black on white.

KaitW13 · Post by **KaitW13** » 30 Jul 2019, 18:03

I love to read for many reasons, but the main one would be that it’s like being transported to another world. It’s easy for me to lose myself in a good book that has a lot of depth, lore, interesting characters, and more. With as many books as there are, it’s like you an infinite number of realities to escape to.

supernatural143 · Post by **supernatural143** » 31 Jul 2019, 01:09

I love reading because I am not outgoing. Through reading I get knowledge, I feel transported to another world, and I get to experience the feelings authors share simply by opening a book. In romance books, I get to experience different feelings, fun, and twists in relationships.

Simina Dinca · Post by **Simina Dinca** » 31 Jul 2019, 15:31

Now I read to cleanse my inner spirit from the misery of everyday reality,to escape from this thing that is so intoxicating that it can kill your soul.But I started reading when I was 10 because I had a bad childhood and I thought that maybe if I met somebody one day and told him that I have read many books,they might rescue me from that situation.

clumsy_secret · Post by **clumsy_secret** » 01 Aug 2019, 12:27

following are some of my reasons to read -
1) to see the world from someone else`s perspectives and learn from it
2) an escape from my routine life
3) improve imagination

Dan_Wellock · Post by **Dan_Wellock** » 01 Aug 2019, 16:47

I enjoy reading because anything is possible. I can escape to a new world where the limitations of the world don’t apply to me. I can make kind and flawed friends who will stick with me. In books, I can have peace while the real world is raging around me. Nothing can compare to reading. It is simply...exquisite. A tender mercy.

Dan_Wellock · Post by **Dan_Wellock** » 01 Aug 2019, 16:52

sleepydumpling wrote: ↑19 Aug 2007, 21:58 I read for two reasons...

1) To escape. I love being transported to another time or place. I love that feeling of seeing or doing or experiencing something different.

2) To see things from a different perspective. I love a book that makes me think and shows me things from other people's perspectives.

You know, I never saw it the second way. Now that you mention it, I do enjoy seeing things at a different perspective!