Why do you read?

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Why do you read? Do you read to escape or to learn? or maybe both!

I think I read for both, but I try to always read something I am going to learn something from and that also teaches me to be more sympathetic.

[Isabel]

I read to scape, that is why I find myself always reading fiction. I just love to immerse myself into a story and let my imagination fly

[Jemma]

I think I read to escape. I find it difficult to sit down with Non-Fiction books so learning is secondary for me. I'm all about the entertainment factor! :)

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Jemma wrote: "I think I read to escape. I find it difficult to sit down with Non-Fiction books so learning is secondary for me. I'm all about the entertainment factor! :)"

Great!

[Kelsey]

I love both. I read a lot of books about things i want to understand, addiction, or religions, true crime, and pollution are some favorites. But after reading something so heavy I will try to read something easy, and fun, usually romance.

[Nancy]

I read for entertainment and growth. I find nonfiction often as entertaining as fiction. I do like to read books diverse in settings, people, and situations whether war, struggles, sex and sexuality, religion, and authors.

I try to read books set in places I am planning to travel to as well as travel to places I have read about. Currently, I am enjoying a lot of books based on where I live or many of the monuments and museums I can literally walk to from my home.

[Karl]

Why do we read is a very interesting question. The main driver for it is perhaps curiosity and anticipation.

It is similar to when you drive past a car accident, or being in a café listening in to the conversation of others, as we anticipate finding out more.

I guess this is an addictive element of the human psyche.

When we have food for our curiosity and anticipation neatly packaged up in a book, we have full control over it and thus, it becomes addictive, and we can reach satisfaction by finishing it.

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Nancy wrote: "Currently, I am enjoying a lot of books based on where I live or many of the monuments and museums I can literally walk to from my home." What a great idea, I can't believe I've never done this before!

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Karl wrote: "being in a café listening in to the conversation of others, as we anticipate finding out more" Oh, I do this way too much, haha!

Karl wrote: "I guess this is an addictive element of the human psyche.

When we have food for our curiosity and anticipation neatly packaged up in a book, we have full control over it and thus, it becomes addictive, and we can reach satisfaction by finishing it. " That's a good point, I never thought of reading as addicting, but I guess it is in a way.

[JoAlice]

It puts me in a happy place.

[Cait]

I have two reasons why I read:
1. It's an escape for me. If I don't like the world I'm in, I'd rather go into the world I wish I was in.
2. I love educating myself about the type of fiction there is, from what cultures the book is from, about the cultures or countries that are different from my own, and to educate myself about the ideals that aren't my own.

[Tanya, Founder & Moderator]

Cait wrote: " I love educating myself about the type of fiction there is, from what cultures the book is from, about the cultures or countries that are different from my own, and to educate myself about the ideals that aren't my own." Same!


Cait wrote: " It's an escape for me. If I don't like the world I'm in, I'd rather go into the world I wish I was in." and what type of books do you read? :)

[Cait]

Tanya wrote: and what type of books do you read? :)

I'm mostly into romance, diverse culture fiction (? is that a thing?), dystopia, young adult, fantasy