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Along with reading being a healthy form of escapism, it also enriches our lives. Reading gives us a view on worlds other than the one that surrounds us and can allow us to place ourselves in shoes very different from our own.
What bugs the heck out of me, is when non-readers don't *get* it. I understand that some people like to tinker with cars, some are adrenaline freaks and others spend lots of money on clothes - and that these things give them joy. What is it about reading (to non-readers) that is so foreign?
And another question that bothers me is, "Why do you read a book more than once? You know how it ends, right?"
Of course I *know* how it ends! Do you watch a movie more than once? Same thing, right?
Yikes, one last thing and I'll wrap this up.
Reading isn't necessarily a solo sport. If I come across a phrase or clever wordplay, I'll read it aloud to my bf.
Or, for example, we were watching "Para Agua con Chocolate in my Spanish class, and that happens to be based on a book that I love. So I was telling the class about the book, and how each of the meals in the movie, had a recipe in the book. My teacher hadn't read it, but then we started talking about "Chocolat" and magical realism.
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