Why do you read? and What do you read?

[Kathy Maxwell]

Do you enjoy reading?  Why do you enjoy reading?  What types of books do you read?  Why do you read these types of books?  Do you believe that a person's reading preferences are subjective or objective? 

[Mendy]

I love to read because it's a pathway for me to escape from reality. I enjoy reading fantasy,  science fiction, and fairy tales. These genre offer alternative realities. I love reading dystopian!; those kind of books usually leave my mind blown away, wanting more :)

[Tracy]

I absolutely love to read, it helps me to escape and it entertains me. I read absolutely anything and have a wide range of likes. I dont read non-fiction apart from my university books. Preferences are definitely subjective. One of the few books I have not been able to get into was The girl with the Dragon Tattoo and yet everyone I know loved it!

[Miss GOP]

I love to read because I love words and language. I'll read anything, but I tend to read literary fiction and short stories. I used to read, when I was little, as a form of escape and I'm always looking for that same feeling again (though it doesn't happen nearly as often as I'd like).

 

http://missgoodonpaper.blogspot.com/

[Elizabeth W.]

I love the act of reading as much as books themselves. I feel disappointed almost to the point of offended when a book really fails to grab me. Because I'm reading for the excellent, sometimes relaxing, sensation of reading, as much as for the story itself.

Awhile back I got curious about the brain activity and chemistry of reading, but I don't have enough of a science background to hunt down and decode the literature that tells me what's going on. I'm convinced a good book releases endorphins and the like, though.

[Kathy Maxwell]

Interesting idea about the endorphins!!!  I'm sure a good book does!!!

[Kimberley Johnson]

I love to read but I don't read all the time. Sometimes, I admit, I get busy or lazy. But once I pick a new book up, I get sucked in. My favorite genre is psychological thrillers. I enjoy Dean Koontz, Stephen King and F. Paul Wilson. I am a big Repairman Jack fan!

 

I also enjoy a good romance but not the typical kind. I prefer ones like The Accidental Tourist.

 

There is a book I read years ago and it has to be one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES is The Infidel.

Here is the link to amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Infidel-Georgia-Elizabeth-Taylor/dp/0312415982

This is not usually what I read but I must stress how GREAT it is!!!!

 

Now I am reading What The Night Knows by Dean Koontz. It's good and creepy! The way I like it!

 

Kimberley

arkstories.com

 

 

[Doug DePew]

I love to read because it keeps my mind working. I always have something to read in my hand. I usually have three or four books and a stack of magazines going at the same time!!

Most of what I read is history. I love to read memoirs. I actually enjoy many different types of memoirs: military, historical, music, sports, and just regular people with an interesting story. I also read some historical fiction, but I'm pretty picky about it. It has to be done well such as Michener or Jennings. I like true crime stories, also. I read a lot of Ann Rice. I almost never read fiction because it just doesn't interest me. I used to love fantasy, but I normally just re-read what I already have now. Once in a while, I'll read an adventure novel. I like reading.

I think reading is completely subjective. It's as individual as people.

 

Doug DePew

Author of SAT & BAF! Memories of a Tower Rat

[Eric Quinn Knowles]

Fiction is the playground for my unconscious, which makes my experience highly subjective. I am often surprised, half way through a book, to discover that characters appear differently in my mind than on the page. Any genre works for me; my unconscious has varied tastes: general fiction, fantasy (mostly urban), spy novels (love the complex characters of Le Carre), science fiction, historical fiction.I also read to study the craft of writing, and as a source of creative inspiration. And I read a lot of non-fiction, because I just cannot stop learning.

 

http://www.ericquinnknowles.com

[Cindi Lee]

I read because there's nothing nicer than stepping out of reality for a moment and losing yourself in a book. And not only that on a reality-hopping level, but you can get so in touch with history, other countries, other people's experiences, and see perspectives that you would have otherwise not gotten if you hadn't turned a page or e-page, so to speak. I read anything but I specifically love romance. I'm a sucker for that I guess. I love my heart strings strummed. I write for the reason that I have so many ideas and feelings that gosh, you've just gotta put them down somewhere and share them with the world. Every readers takes a book differently and receives characters differently. It's more about what you gain from it, how you enjoyed it, and how you can keep that person's story alive. Mayhap it's a bit "Neverending Story" ish, but a story lives on when the readers tune in.

[Kathy Maxwell]

Very well said.  The story and characters live on in our hearts.  That's why 45 years later I still remember books from my childhood!

[Cindi Lee]

I know, right?! Sweet Valley High will always be that book every girl in school ran to the library to get! lol I still want to try out some of those Famous Five adventures. If I ever get stuck on a Lord of the Flies island, so help me God! And darn it, Shane shouldn't have left! *sniffle*

[Kathy Maxwell]

LOL!!!  It's so true!