Why Do You Read?
So today I was reading a book, quietly minding my own business and my partner, the person sitting next to me on the bench asked me “What are you reading?” I told him the name of the book (which is not relevant here). And the next question he asked me is what made me write this article, just to answer this question to myself and all the many people who may have the similar question or are just curious about it. He asked me “Why do you read?” and I was like “What?!” and then he went on and explained his question which at first, I thought was really stupid and ambiguous, but went on to be one of the more interesting question I have been asked. He elaborated his question adding “I mean, why do you read books when there is so much content on television movies etc. and also, I don’t understand why you would read a book for fun.” At this point I was starting to be amused by his perceptions “I mean just play a game on your phone, listen to songs, watch a movie, there are so m...