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MICHELE WANTS TO KNOW (if you read for escape)
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Nov 17, 2010 08:13AM
does anyone else out there read solely for pleasure, to escape into a world of mystery,adventure, the unknown? I use books as an escape from reality. books with good stories are my drug of choice. does anyone else out there feel the same way? Yes,sometimes I read to gain knowledge...but mostly, I escape.I love a good story with a complicated plot where things happen and conflicts are resolved. I will also admit to prefer happy endings where no one except the villains died.
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I mix it up. I read for pleasure, but pleasure for me also includes expanding my horizons. So I read some non-fiction as well.
Hell yes, Michele on the escapism. Happy endings, sad endings... It matters not.
I mostly read for the escapism, some times into the book, some times away from the world around me.
Michele wrote: "does anyone else out there read solely for pleasure, to escape into a world of mystery,adventure, the unknown? I use books as an escape from reality. books with good stories are my drug of choice. ..."That's the only reason I read. Knowledge is nice, but they have Cliff Notes for that.
I largely read for the escape it gives me. I am going through some ups and downs in my life right now, so being able to escape into a book, even a 'low minded' book is such an indulgence. I do read for a broader understanding of life, to expand my knowledge base as it were, but largely getting lost in a good story is simply blissful.
what usually happens to me is that I will read a fiction book and the topic will fascinate me so I will start to read more about the topic in non fiction. This happened when I read Ann Perry's series set during WWI. I ended up reading Churchill's abridged history of WWI and The Guns Of August.
You were reading during WWI? You must be so old. :) The only escape reading provides me is an escape from boredom. If I have ongoing issues, I find it difficult to sit still and read. So, when I do read, I must already be at peace.
I don't feel like I'm escaping, I just like to read.
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Sometimes it is to escape. Mostly just for the love of reading and enjoying a good story. Reading is definitely an addiction. I'll be at work just dying to read my book of the moment and being bummed because I can't.
to sally: yeah, got me thru grades 1-12. books never hurt my feelings or made me feel inadequate. never judged. best friends forever. ..love affair that never ends.
I think escape is a large part of why I read. That may be why I haven't read anything for a couple of weeks. There's so much going on IRL that I need to keep my focus here to keep things on-track. When we're more settled I'll be comfortable enough to escape once again.
Max wrote: "You were reading during WWI? You must be so old. :) The only escape reading provides me is an escape from boredom. If I have ongoing issues, I find it difficult to sit still and read. So, when I do..."No, I was reading about WW1. my dad was born in 1914 the year it began...It was in some ways worse than WWII..the first rudimentary tanks saw some use and it was the first war using airplanes. trench warfare was brutal. Senseless orders were given and millions of people died fighting over the same 100 yds of ground for weeks.
One of you referred to reading as an ADDICTION. for me, that is a correct term. I do not feel complete unless I've read a good book. My 1st husband was jealous of my reading and limited me to 3 books a week...I read boxes ,cans, if it had word on it and wasn't a book, I read it...reading was for me habit forming and I need a daily fix. however, as far as I can see there are no detrimental effects (ok so once in a while I forget to eat)..I may just improve my mind, delay alzheimers and occassionaly learn something. Reading is my drug of choice.
When I take classes I feel guilty reading for pleasure. So I stopped taking classes! While going through some health issues I kept saying I wanted happy, fun, uplifting stories. But it turned out my comfort reads of choice are Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Neil Gaiman.
That's the kind of stuff I read when I was younger and I have returned to it now. Losing myself in a book, staying up waaaayyy too late reading, and regret when the book is over are the best part of reading.
I do read for knowledge too, and sometimes that's the same way.
Max wrote: "If I have ongoing issues, I find it difficult to sit still and read."That's an interesting comment. When I was younger and I'd get anxious I would get rid of the anxiety by getting lost in a story. Now I'm a lot older and I can't do that. i don't know if the issues are worse or more complex or if I've lost the ability to totally relax?
Carol wrote: "When I take classes I feel guilty reading for pleasure. So I stopped taking classes! "
LOL! You need to find a 'Reading for Pleasure' class and then you can have your cake and eat it too!
I mostly read for information and learning. I don't read to escape. I should though, just only so many books I can read at a time.
I totally do, Chel. It's not like "escape" as in, "to escape my life". I have a pretty great life, actually. But, it's fun to go somewhere else and see new things. When I read I go there. I read for hours and hours without coming up for air. In my mind I'm in that place, seeing those sights, smelling those smells.
I used to read for escape, big time. Like Sally says, it's how I survived being a teenager. Now I'm like Bun, and I read for all kinds of reasons. For fun, to see what the fuss is all about, to inform myself, because a friend really likes it and I respect their opinions, and sometimes still for escape.
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