Who wouldn’t want to experience all that there is to feel in their lives without being hurt or affected in a bad way. The world of magic, fantasies, thrill, adventure and much more experiences that we can only live through our imagination. Reading takes us to experience, to feel all that we can think and even that which we can not.
When you read a certain story, you can feel everything that the characters in that story are feeling. if the story moves around a certain place, its not just them who are there, they also take you with them (or maybe in some cases you are ‘them’); if they are feeling something, you are too; if they are being chased, you are the one running; if they are about to solve some mystery, you are solving it with them ( maybe you solved it before them).
Books take you to places, that are even beyond this world sometimes. When I was reading the Harry Potter Series, I was there at Hogwarts. From the Sorting of the Houses, the dinner at The Great Hall, playing Quidditch to solving the mysteries and much more. I experienced everything.
When I read the Langdon Series of Dan Brown, I was there with Robert Langdon solving the cases. The anxiety he felt was experienced by me too. I was with him decoding the symbols (sometimes not, it was just him as I don’t know all the symbols, but i learnt from him).
A good book takes you with it to the places it goes to and makes you feel everything. You don’t read it, you LIVE IT.
So why not live a life with a chance of living so many more. Grab some books and live.
Subtle Oeuvre 