Why I Read

I read because I can imagine the characters, the way the look their habits and actions other than what the author says are mine.  I imagine the setting, how it looks, the smells, way it feels, all mine, all in my head, it’s something that nobody can change, nobody else can have.  I read because it is whatever the author made it and what I make it, it’s not like a movie where everything is decided for you and you don't need to think at all this is flowing smooth and I can take it anywhere, they don’t stop you from reading a book while on a plane, but they stop almost anything else.  I can best of all stop it simply by closing it, no remote, no power cord and no battery life, its ink and paper and it holds our world within them.