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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
While for some of us, being able to visualize may enhance the reading experience but there are factors as well. No matter if one visualizes or not, is the experience fun? Methinks that would be of serious significance significance. Another would be how well one retains what they have just read (in fact, don't comment here; I'll start a new thread for that)? I thoroughly enjoy reading (or I wouldn't be doing it...Duh!) but poorly retain what I have read. I can read a book, move on and with in a few months to a year or two, reread it almost as a new book!
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I'd think that people read for leisure because they enjoy it, whether or not they visualize. Hard to tell what qualifies as fun for others. I love to learn when I read, so I prefer nonfiction. Even with fiction, I prefer books that offer insight into how people think and behave, how other cultures work. I also admire writers who craft beautiful sentences.
I basically want more out of reading than pure entertainment. I used to read more for entertainment, but I've found that more unsatisfying as years have passed. I used to average a mystery a day in high school and college, for instance, but I've lost interest in them. I think I liked them then, because they provided escapist reading from school reading.
Anyway, those are my preferences. I figure everyone reads for his own enjoyment.