Why read?
Recently Kenya West came out and made the statement—and I’m
going to be paraphrasing here…that books are too wordy and really simply and
ego thing for the writer. Hmmm…first off I was thinking Hello Pot. I’ve never
seen such an huge egomaniac in awhile.
But his comment got me to thinking. Why do people read? Why
do you pick up a certain genre over others? What speaks to you as a reader?
Before I worked up the nerve to write my book I was an avid
reader. I was a top 100 reviewer with Amazon and I also reviewed for several
years for Romantic Times Magazine. I read a wide range of books, genre’s and
authors. Some I admit I wouldn’t have picked up on my own. And as a result I would have missed out on
some seriously amazing stories, authors, and my “reading world” would be
seriously small.
But do people still choose to read as a way of kicking back
and relaxing? Face it technology has changed how we do things. Stop and think
how many times you’ve gone out and spent a great part of her time checking
social networks, or added to your story on Snapchat. You’re with your date or
hanging with friends and you are head down chatting with others. This really
irritates me at times. We’ve lost the ability to socialize in person.
Has the tablets and smartphones of the world taken away from
a good read? At times I think they do. I’m all for you using the tablet to
download that book. I have both a Kindle and Nook account and I carry my tablet
with me so I have ready access to my library. Win for technology.
I read before I do a lot of other things. The news is full
of politically correct garbage that tries to avoid the very real and ugly truth
that the world is exploding with not nice things. Reality is too much, I’d much
rather escape into a good romance. Where love isn’t a punch line, where
relationships are grown and nurtured with the end result being that mystical
Happily Ever After. I love a good historical novel where you can travel back in
time and experience a time long past. And paranormal reads are also very intriguing.
There are no rules, the worlds are dynamic and entertaining.
So what do you do to relax? Do you game, read, a combination
of both? What draws you to a book?
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