No Shelf Control

So often people ask me why I read so much. Today I’ll be answering that very questions, and telling you what personally makes me want to read.

Escapism

Books are the perfect escape. They offer you a way to experience whole new worlds without ever leaving your seat. You can truly leave reality for a little while, and forget about everything else. Books

Empathy

Books allow you to live a million lives. Books allow you to live a lifetime in someone else’s world. Books allow you to fall in love with a figment of someone’s imagination. Isn’t that simply beautiful? What better way is there to understand someone else than to live in their world? And what better way to develop your empathy?

Finding Yourself

Books can act as a mirror. They can make you feel seen in ways that you have never before. They can show you parts of yourself that you never even saw before.

Happiness

In the end, there are a million reasons why I read, but truly I read because it makes me happy. And in the end, that’s really all that matters.