Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Top Ten Reasons I Love Being A Reader. Just 10? Okay…
1) I never mind waiting at the doctor’s office, movie theater, or a restaurant where I’m meeting friends — so long as I have a book with me.
2) I’m never lonely. No one to talk to? No problem. Give me a book, any time.
3) Long plane rides are extra fun, no matter where I’m headed. More time to read!
4) When I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t fall back asleep, I can just grab the book on my nightstand and read until my mind settles down enough to sleep some more.
5) Excellent vocabulary builder! I’m constantly learning new words and phrases through the pages of a book.
6) I get to explore new worlds, new cultures, and new ideas — every time I open a book.
7) Look how many fabulous people I’ve met through reading! Whether in bookstores, on a beach, or online, books are the best conversation-starters!
8) It’s healthy to have a mind-blowing experience every now and then… and a good book is the surest way of making that happen.
9) Reading a book creates memories beyond just the pages and the plots. I love thinking back to where I was in my life when I read a particular book, what it meant to me then, and what it might mean to me now.
10) Excitement! Laughter! Tears! New ideas! Imagination! Brain power! Being a reader constantly challenges me, delights me, entertains me, and sometimes even puts me through the emotional wringer. And I love it all!
Why do you love being a reader! Or — if you went with the other option for this week — why do you love being a book blogger?
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Bookshelf Fantasies 
Reading is definitely an amazing hobby! I don’t mind being alone either if I have a book. Reading really helps my anxiety. It calms it down!
Oh yes, it definitely helps in those high-stress, anxious moments! I’ve definitely had my share of tense times where reading was key. 🙂
What a great list! I agree with you. Being a reader definitely has its perks 😉 I especially love your reason about building vocabulary and meeting people through reading.
I insisted throughout high school that my high English SAT scores were only due to all my reading (because I definitely did not study as much as I should have – LOL).
Great choices here! I love that books can remind me of a certain time and place in my life as well. They’re such amazing ways to both escape reality for a while and link you back to it through the memories they hold and the people you can meet through sharing a love of reading!
Absolutely! I definitely associate certain books with where I read them, like a particular vacation or a family visit, etc.
You named so many great reasons to read. I agree with all of them even though I didn’t come up with most of them myself!
Well, I can’t wait to see what your reasons are! 🙂
I so love that reading can be done anywhere! Great list!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
Sadly, one friend of mine has realized that she never has to rush when we’re meeting for dinner, because if she’s late, I’ll just be sitting outside with a book! 🙂
I love that reading is such a portable hobby! You’ve got great reasons. 🙂
Shelly. My Top Ten Tuesday
Thanks! I agree, it’s great that it’s so portable! i don’t understand why more people don’t carry books with them where ever they go. 🙂
Great list and I totally agree with #1. That’s why I always have a book in the car and in my purse, for emergency’s lol
Here’s my TTT this week
http://moniquesmobooks.blogspot.ca/2014/02/top-ten-tuesday-reasons-i-love-being.html
Absolutely, in case of emergency, it’s essential to have a book nearby! LOL.
Ooh good call on the vocabulary building! Totally true. And I also like the one about not being lonely. It’s so true. Readers and writers are never lonely. There are too many voices in their heads. 😀 Great list!
My TTT
Ha, voices in their heads… no wonder my family thinks I’m crazy sometimes! I can blame the books…
Oh my goodness – I know other people have touched on this, but I absolutely love that you included the part about associating a book with a time and a place! I’ve mentioned that to people and they look at me like I’m crazy! I actually included something like that in my favorite reasons I love reading & blogging as well!
Great post:)
Thanks! It’s nice to know someone who gets what I mean! I wrote a post about this last year, but for the most part, I get people looking at me like I’m crazy when I mention certain memories about reading locations or a specific time in my life when a certain book mattered. But I think that’s one of the amazing things about reading — how we don’t do it in a vacuum, and how our moods, where we are in our lives, etc all influence how we feel about a book. 🙂