Why I Read Like I Do

I'm a reader.  To read 4 or 5 books a week is not out of the ordinary for me.  My taste in books is wide-ranging, and there's no rhyme nor reason, no pattern to what I read.  I love this quote from The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society because it explains why I read like I do:

 

"That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive--all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment." That explains perfectly why I've read books on the following subjects during the last few weeks: Churchill, the Battle of Britain, advertising techniques, Italian cooking, the Titanic, the Lusitania, Ireland, Highclere Castle, Bernie Madoff, journal writing, how to get published, pioneer women . . .

 

Reading.  I believe in it.