#2. The reasons why I read.

          I read because it’s amazing. The reason behind this startling adjective is simply that I truly enjoy it. I like the unknowns and possibilities. You are entirely yourself but not yourself while reading. You are inside another persons’ mind or you are so caught up in the unfolding story to the point where you forget about yourself. Your focus isn’t on what you have to get done later in the evening, it’s what happening right here on this page or the next. I once spent an entire day reading the first two books of The House of Night series. It was a Saturday and I had nothing to do so I went to target to get a book. Ended up buying the first two books of the series. I had no clear idea of what the books were about but I was after something new. Took them home and immediately threw myself into the story. Finished the first one around dinner time, stayed up till 2am (of course I didn’t know what time it was!) to finish the other one. I got the third book the next day.  My point of course is that if you like to read then read, but if you don’t, don’t pretend you do. “An honest man has double parked shelves with tattered books.” I don’t really know what that’s from or if it is from anything, but it sounds like it should be.