Why do you read?

[Bobbie Crawford-McCoy]

I was wondering why I have always loved to read books and I've come up with the following reasons:

 

• For the sheer enjoyment & reading pleasure
• To me, opening a new book is like opening a gift at Christmas!!
• To escape into the fantastical world that the author creates
• To be inspired  and to believe in possibilities that I didn't know existed
• To feel comforted and befriended --- does that make sense?
• To feel like I am on a short holiday of sorts - escapism?

 

If you'd like to share with us, why do you read?

 

 

 

[Lelani Black]

All of the above! Making a connection with people and characters through stories is, for the reader in me, an experience I might never know as well (historicals, time travel, futuristic).

[Annabel xxx]

I don't have any borthers or sisters so I had to find something I could do on my own. I started reading and I'm addicted to reading ever since I picked up my first book haha. I just love to get away from daily life and dive into a story and it's characters. And everytime I order new books and the mailman brings me the box of new books I just do a happy dance haha. Books are my addiction.

[Gisela Sedlmayer]

For me as well, Bobbie, all what you have written down. It's so mesmaricing, to escape into the world that other authors created. Time travel, visiting other planets, i love Ben Bova. Sci-fiction Writer. Love it