Why do you like reading?
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Re: Why do you like reading?
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I know this was said years ago, but I agree with these reasons. I love to read for both of these reasons, but also because: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.
3) To learn new things. I like books that mix technical or scientific information in with fiction.
4) To stretch my imagination. I love mentally experiencing things that aren't real, just for the sake of seeing something new I've never seen before.
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5) To temporarily live in a world where good wins and bad people get what's coming to them. Corruption, dishonesty, malice, etc. can be beaten by diligence, pure intentions, and teamwork. I want the satisfaction of a HEA.
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I agree!krithikagowri wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 18:20 To me reading is about getting away from this world and escape to another. It is form of therapy to me
I can be a hero or heroine in another time or place, and I can forget about all the bad things in life, at least for a little while. It destresses me, helps clear my mind of stuff eating at me, and often helps me fall asleep easier.
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To learn- I think that when we read we open the opportunity to learn something new or different. We need to be continually learning.
To escape-sometimes we are so wrapped up in our current situations that we need that moment of escape, that moment to remove ourselves from where we physically are to allow our minds to go beyond our reality to give us some relief, to give us a break.
To expand our thinking-we can learn more, do more, help more, impart more, teach more to those around us, and reading or having read can help us pass along those things that we have experienced or learned by reading.
I love to read, don't read as much as I used to or would like to but one thing is I am going to get back to it, I think I'm a better person because of it.
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