BTT: Why I read

“To read, when one does so of one’s own free will, is to make a volitional statement, to cast a vote; it is to posit an elsewhere and set off toward it. And like any traveling, reading is at once a movement and a comment of sorts about the place one has left. To open a book voluntarily is at some level to remark the insufficiency either of one’s life or one’s orientation toward it.”

To what extent does this describe you?

I don't think I truly understand this. I read because I have always been reading since I was a five year old. The words gives me pleasure, take me into a journey, to new places. My imagination too grows leaps and bounds, in all directions. For me the big question is, how can one NOT read?

With books, I am never lonely. I don't miss anyone when I am reading. It is learning process for me. And it also helps me to come in turns with me. Reading has also made me a better poet. I learn new words as well. My memory power sharpens. Entertainment and escape are just two other aspects.

What do you think?