This is a hard post for me to start because I love so many things about reading. It makes me sad when someone says they hate reading; books can offer so much.
I love that reading is an escape from my technology saturated days - computer, cell phone, digital camera, video camera, and television are all off when I read. It feels like a return to a simpler time and I cherish the silence.
I love that I can go anywhere I wish without leaving the comfort of my couch. I can go to New York, Middle Earth, the Dominican Republic, Hogwarts, medieval Europe, Japan...anywhere.
I love that I can meet so many different people, some that I would want to meet in real life and some that I would not.
I love how different authors play with language, and I love to explore the different worlds and characters they create.
I love how reading can lift my spirits if I'm stressed, angry, sad or lonely, and I love how reading inspires my own creativity.
I love how reading is a one-to-one connection between the author and the reader. Unlike most other forms of entertainment, when you hold a book in your hands, you are holding the creation of one mind. That is amazing to me. I like to imagine where different authors might have written their works.
I love that reading connects me with my parents. When I was growing up, my parents always read to me, told me stories, bought me books and took me to the library. It wasn't uncommon for the three of us to be in our living room, one of us watching a TV show and the other two reading...but all together in the same room. These days we pass books back and forth and talk about them over weekly dinners.
Do you love reading? What do you love about it?
1 comment:
Very well said!! Sometimes we can all use an escape from the real world and books are a great way to do that.
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