Why do you like reading?

Dan_Wellock · Post by **Dan_Wellock** » 01 Aug 2019, 16:54

supernatural143 wrote: ↑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.

Seems like a lot of us enjoy the feeling of being transported to another world. I think that is what sets us apart from society and makes us unique!

Dan_Wellock · Post by **Dan_Wellock** » 01 Aug 2019, 16:56

amherring wrote: ↑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.

I haven’t see in that way! Becoming someone else for a while is very enjoyable! I don’t think that I have ever thought of it that way!

Alison Alissa · Post by **Alison Alissa** » 02 Aug 2019, 02:15

I like reading because its a way of adding to my wisdom and knowledge,stress relieving,form of formal education,improving and adding to my vocabulary and lastly its a joy I have always held since childhood.

Inkroverts · Post by **Inkroverts** » 03 Aug 2019, 04:13

I like logical stories- the kind that associate things and put things together, and at the end make you go like "Oh! So that's what those are about!"

Unfortunately many stories I find are too much on the emotional side- at least for me- so I tend to read more non-fiction books these days. But when it comes to fiction, I like reading Sherlock Holmes. It keeps me guessing.

reignstar2149 · Post by **reignstar2149** » 03 Aug 2019, 12:15

Why...
The answer begins with the first word.
The answer becomes from sight of the first letter...
As each word stands to support eachother.

It is in reading...
where you are Creator, neither North, East, South or West but travelling in different Veil of Time, where imag

reignstar2149 · Post by **reignstar2149** » 03 Aug 2019, 12:57

....blunder my finger submitted before I could finish! Ah... there you go, expect the unexpected!

I speak of Time... and travels...
Where reading takes you.
It is an infinite universe.
It begins in a single word...
the first letter stands...
It must 'stand' facing you.
It could lift and carry you away but the very second you know, you understand, you think....
Gravity reigns to a complete thought....

where reading is the answer to what, who, when, where or why
to why you read in the first place.
Love is the answer. The verb that follows Why.... You...
Love of life,living, live..
Love of Knowledge...
Ledges upon ledges of it...waiting to create and stand in a single word.
To know a knower, The Knower... and The All-Knowing.
Ie. a writer, The Writer, All Writers.
What do we know?
Ultimately nothing till we know both extreme of good and evil...darkness and light. Where "I" the reader can stand in The Veil of Time and become our own Creator

Just as we are all here now....
Oneness of Time... We are all
'a reader who loves reading'....
But The Reader who loves reading?
The answer reveals itself in His/Her Veil of Time.

Amd511 · Post by **Amd511** » 03 Aug 2019, 22:27

Reading helps me deal with stress and forget about everything around me for the moment. I feel as if I am always learning something new while I read and I enjoy sharing that knowledge with others as well.

books_andpoetrii · Post by **books_andpoetrii** » 04 Aug 2019, 01:42

I like to reading because:

1. I love to write. We all know that you can only be a great writer if you are an avid reader.
2. It allows me to explore a lot of places without leaving the comforts of my home.
3. It makes you smarter.

Jolan · Post by **Jolan** » 04 Aug 2019, 01:57

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.

Me too. Just like you said, it's like I'm transported to a different place. I am able to see what the characters see, hear what they hear, feel what they feel through my own eyes. For me, it's magical.

Lavanya Vijayan · Post by **Lavanya Vijayan** » 04 Aug 2019, 09:18

I started reading when I was a kid and was confined to bed with lupus. It helped me get through the worst. I read for a lot of reasons. It calms me. When I read I become the character. I see everything she sees. I feel everything she feel. I totally become her and I get to be someone else for sometime. I get to forget about my life and my troubles.

Aditi Sapate · Post by **Aditi Sapate** » 05 Aug 2019, 05:21

I like reading because it is an escape from the turmoils of daily life. In that, it may also provide solutions to our daily problems.

DD129 · Post by **DD129** » 05 Aug 2019, 07:45

I like reading because it exposes me to amazing, imaginative worlds where anything is possible. I’m a fantasy reader for this reason. Worldbuilding is essential! A fantasy author should be able to bring me into the world they created for me to appreciate their story.

elizablu · Post by **elizablu** » 05 Aug 2019, 07:58

Reading is my relaxation time! It allows me to disconnect from work and the world and escape in a world that I can fantasize about. Its the best way to unwind for me.

Liliiia · Post by **Liliiia** » 06 Aug 2019, 06:18

I like readying everything
I've never had some special kind of literature

Eyrova89 · Post by **Eyrova89** » 06 Aug 2019, 09:32

Reading is my "do what you like". You can't always leave the house physically, but reading, you even go out of town, it's wonderful.
Reading, I have traveled to Patagonia and I have entered the Colombian jungle.
I have found myself in the middle of unimaginable beings with powers and also with myself. I just love to read.