Why do you like reading?

[Ellis Cantor]

There are lots of good reasons to read, but the first one is simple: reading is a great pleasure.

[Kkaye22]

I love to read because it's a way to get away, to sway my focus elsewhere, and I can imagine I'm the main character in a fun way.

[Faithmwangi]

reading has so many perks such as gaining new knowledge,new perspectives,new skills.all these are great but i mostly love reading because it literally it takes me to another point in time and considering i have a great imagination this helps calm me.

[glorivera]

I love to read, I have all my life. My childhood was very sad and I would alway escape in a good book. I probably read 2-3 books a week and will for the rest of my life. I think reading keeps your mind active and sharp and always support my local library by buying books from the friends of the library.

[mel33melanie]

I love reading because of the escape it provides me, not only when I am reading, but also when I am daydreaming. Reading creates different places to go to and explore. It also is a great way to learn new things and finds someone else's problems to become consumed by.

[Heidi Finger]

I love reading because it takes me to different worlds. It teaches me new things, how different people interact, what they love, how they behave in certain situations. I live in that life for a short time and learn from it.

[Chillaka Rose]

I like reading because reading can lead us to a magical world of imagination. Rather than watching a movie, reading can create more creative thoughts.

[Allie_L]

I like reading the characters in books are my friends, and I have to check on them often to make sure everything is okay.

[Eileen R]

Like most people, I love reading to escape from reality. A book can help you forget your problems if only for a little. Plus it's a lot of fun

[tanya shukla]

I love reading biographies, I find them very inspiring as it allows me to get an insight into the lives of men and women who have made a difference.

[Jmteachmom]

Books give me the chance to go to a different world with new stories every time ! Kind of like dreaming with my eyes open. I learn new things , experience a lot of emotions, and meet different people that sometimes inspire my life.

I love your thoughts. I have always said that I may not get to physically go to all the great places in this world, but with a book I can go anywhere I want to.

[Shrabastee Chakraborty]

Although the question seems simple enough, I think it is not really easy to answer it. To be honest, I don't even remember when or why I started reading. It is a habit my mom tried to inculcate in me after I learnt my alphabets, with the result that I started reading everything. And everything means not just books and newspapers, but shop names printed on the awnings, graffiti on the wall, advertisements.. well, you get the idea. Everybody in my family was thrilled that I loved to read so much, though now I suspect that they were mainly relieved that they wouldn't have to keep an eye on me, because while other children played and made more or less a raucous, I kept my nose stuck in one book or other. Anyways, people always told me that reading was a good habit, and since I loved reading, it was some sort of a positive feedback loop.
I would not say I read in order to know things. Sometimes I do that, yes. But mainly I read for pleasure and in the process come across random facts. I often read to escape reality. Very often, a good book makes me content after an emotionally rough day. I often feel alive while I am reading a book, in an entirely different world, far from my surroundings. Now-a-days, reading has become both a refuge and an obsession with me. For good or for bad, I honestly don't know.

[Sustannard]

I read to escape, to feel things I don't feel in a daily basis, to travel to distant lands, to learn the thoughts of someone else, perhaps even in foreign countries. I read for many reasons.

[Van112]

I read to escape, to feel things I don't feel in a daily basis, to travel to distant lands, to learn the thoughts of someone else, perhaps even in foreign countries. I read for many reasons.

Oh, same boat here. Reading just opens a lot of possibilities, right. I loved being taken away by the books i read. I may not be able to go to that place physically, but when you read it feels like you went there . It's just an amazing feeling.

[Angie Lola]

I read because from the comfort of my house i travel. I have never traveled out of my country but my friends joke that i'm the traveler among them. Before they go on vacations or study to other countries i'm the one always telling them what to try or what not to try when they get there haha. All this i get From reading. I LOVE IT.