Why Read?

I LOVE to read. And I've been able to do a lot more of it in the past couple weeks than I have in a long time. So much so that I was almost tired of reading. Gasp, I can't believe I just typed that, or that I ever thought it!

As I was putting down the book I was reading on the bus home for a little break, I got to thinking about why I like to read, here is what I came up with:

- To slow down
- To escape
- To learn
- To grow
- To discover
- To experience
- For fun
- To pass the time
- To feel
- Because I love it
- To learn how others think/ feel
- To become someone else
- To visit a new place/ time
- To forget
- To remember

I'm sure there are many more reasons and I know there are different reasons I read different types of books. I also realized that taking a break to think and process what was read and how it relates to life and other things I've read is just as enjoyable as reading itself ...

Now I want to know, why do you read?