What motivates the avid reader to sit alone with a book? Of course, there is the academic aspect to it; however, ultimately, I believe that reading is a source of comfort. An insatiable appetite for ideas. An intriguing insight into other people's lives. The thrill of adventure. An escape from the everyday pressures.
Avid readers carry a book under their arm wherever they go. They can be found in restaurants, on subways, in parks, at ballgames, in auction halls. Author, Upton Sinclair, confessed that he "would be missing at a party and be discovered behind the sofa with a book."
Avid readers carry a book under their arm wherever they go. They can be found in restaurants, on subways, in parks, at ballgames, in auction halls. Author, Upton Sinclair, confessed that he "would be missing at a party and be discovered behind the sofa with a book."
Journalist, author, Eric Burns, believes that the serious reader
"expands his circle of acquaintances, but is not unhappy with his friends... expands his knowledge of place, but is not dissatisfied with home. ... expands his awareness of self, but is not confused about his identity, his responsibilities, or his beliefs."
Eric Burns, The Joy of Books, Prometheus Books, 1995
Eric Burns, The Joy of Books, Prometheus Books, 1995
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