Why do you like reading?

[rekha123]

Coz book will the best friend!

[marcntab]

For me, reading is a way of relaxing and enjoying some time in someone else's shoes. I love to read a great story with a great story line and it makes you fall in love with the characters and the story and makes me want to read the next book in a series or by that author!

[jbj]

The reason i like reading are because i love the feeling of being transported into someone elses world where you can forget who and where you are losing all trace of time.
Its something you can do at your own time.
There are so many different writers all writing in their own special way and so many titles and themes to choose from your spoil for choice almost like a kid in a candy shop kind of way.
I love how sometimes you can put your self in the characters shoes and you can almost believe thats you in that book.
Its wonderful sometimes to put your feet up or soak in a bath and have time alone whats more better to do is to get lost in your own world for a bit.
ideal for beach alone moments and sunny days in the garden.
readings peaceful and can be fun an adventurous taking you on journeys you can only dream of.

[AliceRose]

I love reading because of the journey a good book can take you on. There are so many different genres of book, so many worlds to explore - there are no limitations! I love connecting to the different characters and the trials and tribulations they go through. I prefer a good book to watching movies because with a book, you can use your own imagination more.

[prasadkunala]

when i get bored.. i start reading books

[castielfalling]

I like reading because I can experience things that I wouldn't normally get to. I can travel without leaving my room. I can read about an experience in another person's words and feel like I've lived through them.

Also, I love knowing that I'm not alone. That another person, even if it's a fictional character, has felt what I'm feeling. When I'm angry, the anger of another person soothes me, as crazy as that may sound.

[Maretyke]

I like reading because when I read, I am no longer me and I am not preoccupied by anything but what's going to happen next in that book. Good books can make you cry, scream and squeal. Great books are stuck in your mind for a very long time. That's why I read: to find the great ones.

[MsChelled67]

There is no '''one reason''' behind my love of reading, but I do know that the main reason is ESCAPE & IMMERSION.

When you find a book that has a topic you like, simple or complex/horrific or sweet, there's nothing like losing yourself in a story. If the author you choose paints a picture of exotic locations you've always wanted to visit, gives details for elaborately decorated homes, or describes architecture and landscapes on far away planets to the extent that you can visualize them, then your goal for that book has reached.
You are metaphorically transported to beaches with purple sand or you '''see''' a horizon on a planet with a sun radiating different shades of red and your own world drops by the wayside for a while.

I do have over-lapping genres that I like/prefer to read, but if the synopsis of a different kind of story grabs my attention, I have no problem with stepping out of my regular comfort zone. It just gives me another avenue to tread and lose myself.

[4eyedfemale]

I like reading --

(a.) for information. For this reason I make sure to keep tab on the latest in self-help and topics like managing personal finances, writing effective emails, etc.

(b.) for inspiration. Having gone through more than several "rough patches" in life, I needed something to steer me towards a more positive outlook.

(c.) for pleasure and recreation. I'm most especially pleased when I get books as birthday presents, because that happens once in a blue moon, as I can afford to pay for my own books. I also shop fairly regularly at this second-hand bookstore because they have Michael Crichton and Michael Connelly paperbacks at greatly reduced prices.

(d.) because books are a great topic for conversation. I've made several long-term friends just by sharing my thoughts on books that we find mutually interesting.

[ambeano90]

I love reading because I love the escape. Escape from reality, escape from chores, escape from whatever kind of hell I'm going through in my life at that moment and escape into a world of somebody elses made up problems. I love reading fiction, drama, SciFi, romance, Christian, biographical, basically any thing I can get my hands on.

[antontheswan]

I like reading for the simple fact of how it allows me to escape from reality, to let me glimpse in to someones else's thoughts and imagination. I put myself in to the story completely and imagine myself in the story, i can picture the surroundings and the words as dialogue, i experience the highs and lows, the pain and suffering and the joy and happiness of the main character. Only reading manages to offer me this experience.

[kg211970]

when watching movies or t.v. your using the imagination of the producer or director, but when you read your using your own imagination, besides, as Groucho Marx said "I think Television is very ecucational, when someone turns it on, I goto my room and read a good book

[aek08]

I like to read, because of the freedom and adventure it gives me. I love being able to learn new things and about different people and lives. I also love to get away. I can't afford to travel the world and it's impossible to travel through time, but in a book the options are limitless and I love the feeling of being able to go anywhere in the world.

[PMKrueger]

I enjoy reading to relieve stress. It's a quiet escape from the loudness and busyness of my life.

[LukeFasick]

I love reading, it boosts my imagination, and your imagination can bring things to life that the cinema can't. also from a writers perspective, reading a lot can really help you fill in the holes of your own writing by stretching your imagination, changing your way of thinking, and it also provides you with a larger vocabulary to make your work more enjoyable to read.