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Originally Posted by Witchbaby
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?
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Amen! You know what I think it is the fact that the act of reading (expct in libraries/schools when the children are read to) is essentially a individual experience. You can gather later and discuss the book. But the act of it is solitary so the other individual is not included; where as a movie can be a shared experience, and if the other hasn't picked up a book and enjoyed it, he/she will definetly not "get it."