Why Do I Read?

I use to hate this kind of question. I would always say its because I can and of course who ever asked it(which was mostly teachers) would come back with that you have to have a reason, that's not a reason. But I think reading because I can is a reason. I had 13 cable channels for a good part of my life. There is not a lot on those channels, reading was just something else I could do. Thinking about it more now, I would have to a big part then and now as to why I read is because I wanted to escape. I wasn't in a good state of mind when I was a kid most of the time and reading took my mind off things for a while. It would let me go to places I would never dream of be able to go. It also let me be someone I'm not; and I think ever once an while we need to not be ourselves. It still does that in someways today. Reading can help us achieve a number a things that we want. It just depends on what your looking for.