Hmmm....where to start on this one!
1. Reading helps me escape. It doesn't matter if the day is a good one or not - when I get to read I get to switch off.
2. Reading shows me worlds, real and fantastical, and expands my horizons. You can't know everything, no one person could, but books are a brilliant way of expanding your knowledge. They can help you develop new interests too.
3. Reading inspires my own writing. I see what other authors do with their characters and think well I would have written them this way instead because... and off I go with my own tales.
4. Reading non-fiction expands your general knowledge. Handy if you like quizzes!
5. Reading expands your vocabulary. Handy if you love word games as It do.
6. People will never run out of present ideas for the book lovers in their lives!