Why do you like reading?
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Re: Why do you like reading?
- Kieran_Obrien
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"it's a voyage as seen through another's eyes"... I love this! So true! I love being able to see the perspective or train of thought of another. Reading allows me to do so, while also escaping real life if not just for one moment
- Amystl26
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1. As most readers will say-- the sense of escapism. I was bullied as a young child and reading my books gave me somewhere to go where I didn't feel so.. different. In my 9-year-old mind, Laura Ingalls Wilder was my best friend! Haha!
2. Reading makes me feel grounded and connected to something bigger than me.
3. It gives me a sense of completion.
4. It's QUIET. Haha, I revel in silence.
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I also see the world in "words" sometimes. When I feel an emotion, I visualize the word. When I meet a new person, I visualize what their name looks like in word-form. I find comfort in the way some words look when written or typed.
I also love to escape into a story that is not my own. It makes me realize that my story (life) is great and interesting and horrible and sad... like all the great stories ever written.
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I agree! Reading another's story is a great escape and makes us realize our lives (the good, bad, and ugly!) are not the only ones out there. Every story is unique, yet relatable at the same time. I just finished one novel that hits on this topic: Quiet Chaos by Sandro Veronesi.shaylaa wrote: ↑24 Jan 2018, 22:31 I love to learn. Reading helps facilitate that love.
I also see the world in "words" sometimes. When I feel an emotion, I visualize the word. When I meet a new person, I visualize what their name looks like in word-form. I find comfort in the way some words look when written or typed.
I also love to escape into a story that is not my own. It makes me realize that my story (life) is great and interesting and horrible and sad... like all the great stories ever written.
- Amystl26
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"...a whole other unique level." So true! That's one of the reasons I love books so much!
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Me too! I always thank my mom for raising me as a bookworm when she didn't even intend to. She loves books herself so it was always just the norm to bring us to the library multiple times a week during my childhood. I can't remember a time of not reading!
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