What is the reason why you read a book?

[pa3de8]

Depends on the topic and genre of the book. When it's fiction I read to escape the boredom. Non-fiction is to broaden my small mind...lol.


Scott B.

[s_zahner]

I read because it lets me escape my life. I read because then I know something that my husband dosent. I read because its cheaper then therapy and safer then a affair...

[book_maniac_gotscold]

I donno why i read but i cant stop.I can read and read non stop and end up not doing my homework and chores and get scold by my mom.Sometimes i think i got a syndrome or smthg.

[sadya]

I can relate to reading non-stop. If a book is interesting enough, I can read for the entire afternoon. Sometimes I read for the entire day, then I quick quick clean up my home, cook for my children and go back to reading.

[book_maniac_gotscold]

anyone bookcrossing?

[Norma J. Rose]

It makes me enter a whole different world.
When I'm reading, it's as if I'm not in the world of now for those couple of hours.
I experience new stuff with each character, I grow new things in my personality, I relate to the situations even though I may not have been in some of them, I get a new perspectives on some things in life and the whole outlook on life itself, I can relate to a charater and find myself in them in a book (sometimes even, in one book I find parts of me in each character)... And it relaxes me, enriches me and I find it enjoying.
Books are my getaway, my escape, my comfort, my understanding, my inspiration, my support... And my best friend, a dear member of my family.

[QTTg]

I like reading

[Fran]

I like reading

Succinct ... well said

[Amheiser]

I generally read for knowledge and entertainment. When I was younger I hated the history books in school because they were full of facts and dates to be memorized. Now that I'm older I've read a number of books set in different times and places and they've made it so I can finally make sense of some of the history I learned from those boring school books. Its much more interesting to get to know the real people and how they were feeling and why they did the things they did at the time the historical events were taking place.

[x1f4j8k9]

Depends on the type of book. Firstly, just because I love reading. But also because I love learning, if that's the focus of the book, and just to read a good story.

[Felisari]

I read all genres books. But to decide my next reading, I go to the library and checking the unread ones, I take what I want to read most.

[juicyfruitsxoxo]

A few reasons why I read

1 To get lost and escape reality for a while
2 To get an idea of how the book is developed such as plot, character(s), setting, etc.
3 To gain knowledge
4 To learn skills that will help me become a better writer

[tracydinh96]

It's my hobby

[Bella_0772]

Enjoyment, entertainment, relaxation.

[jenrobot2]

Because holding a book is holding every possibility in your hand and more. People say numbers are infinite but i think books are too. Or at least words. There's the element of escape, i suppose, but there's also something else when it comes to reading books. If someone presents you with a free ticket to Disneyland or France, why wouldn't you take it? If someone offers you the chance to be a wizard and go to a school for Witchcraft and Wizardry, wouldn't you go? You can call it escapism, but it's more than that to me. Reading books, they've become apart of me. My memories and experiences are comprised of real life experiences and these worlds that i have gone to. When i've been timid or scared i tell myself to be brave like Triss from Divergent or Keladry of Mindelan who became a lady knight and stood strong in the face of bullying, attacks and slanders. When i need to be strong i think of people like Sorcha who stayed silent for seven years while sewing shirts for her swan brothers made out of a thorny plant that caused her hands to crack, bleed and blister yet she did not make a sound. When i feel lonely i visit my friends in books who may also be lonely but we can be lonely together. Books are real to me. Not real objects, but real people and places but most importantly because when i read i feel REAL feelings.