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Re: Why do you like reading?

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I think that all of us like reading because reading takes us to a different world. Reading is a new adventure. Reading is the most beautiful thing ever and it’s so sad that not everyone appreciates reading.
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Initially it just became a way to seek out knowledge to limit my confusion, discovering information on your own, that alone was enough for me to have an interest when I was a child.

But once school starts piling on the mandatory reading and research reports... that can change one's perspective somewhat, at least it did for me.

By the time I was a young adult, reading was enjoyable due to the means of escape it offered me. There are SO many stories out there, there's nothing better than reading a book that fits your current mood or puts to words EXACTLY how you're feeling or what you've been thinking yet didn't know just how to articulate for yourself.

Granted, there are tons of reasons to like reading, mine boils down to the creativity of it all. I love seeing the world that someone build all their own and was kind enough to share with the world.
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Reading helps me escape and improve my imagination...also when I'm feeling down reading pulls me back up
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To escape the noise around me
For new experiences
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:techie-studyingbrown: I like reading because it is entertaining. I can imagine being in the story. Reading is also educational because it improves my vocabulary and also expands my horizons to explore places and new things. I also like to read self help books and inspirational stories that motivate me.
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I think I picked up loving reading so much because my parents fought a lot when I was little, and I was an only child. I had no siblings with whom to retreat, and I wasn't allowed to watch television all that much. So when I retreated, I retreated into my books. I would read and immerse myself in another world where I let my emotions be felt for those characters, instead of my own life. It allowed me to cry when I needed to cry, and in fact it still does. It may seem silly or unhealthy to use books as an escape mechanism, but that's what they started out as for me.
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It gives me an escape. An alternative reality. When you read you don't just see the words on a page you see the characters, you feel what they feel.
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l love reading especially non fiction story giving me true life sense we experience in our real life situations
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it improves my ability to think and my imagination ,especially when l read fate stories
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At worst, reading is good entertainment (depending on the book). At best, it is immersion in an alternative reality which teaches me about myself and life generally.
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I live reading because it sharpens my personality and motivates me to be the person God destined me to be! So as you can tell, my favorite categories tend to be inspirational, Bible expository and thematic books especially on leadership. Still, I occasionally love to read novels and self help books.
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I love nonfiction because it sharpens my knowledge. I love fiction because for a brief moment I let my imagination take flight. Reading is more than an hobby for me. Reading is almost like an addiction. It has become a necessity.
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I know I for one enjoy it as an escape but it is also deeper than that. People have told me that whenever I state my favorite characters after I read a book I take on some of their traits. I've seen this with a few of my other book-loving friends. We find bits of ourselves in the characters or we find characters we wish we could be.

Reading is just such a beautiful thing as when you find a book you love and someone asks you why you loved it sometimes you know exactly why but other times its just a feeling. "I loved it cause it was amzing!" and thats all you can say because sometimes there are no words for the joy you just experianced, only awe in the fact that the author did that to you, made you feel that way.
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Reading has been the only thing that calms me when I'm in a very difficult place and all I could think of is all the failures and all the mistakes I've done. Some people don't get it because they've never been readers but reading has been a big help in my life.
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I am seeing one reason that I also like about reading books. I cannot imagine how it would be possible for me to visit all the places and meet all the characters found in books. It is the main reason really why I like reading.
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