Why Reading Is A Funner Activity Than Other Sports?


📹 Buying Books as a Hobby vs Reading as a Hobby

Buying books and reading books are two very different hobbies! Twitter: @MikeG_315.


How can reading is fun for us?

Reading is a great pleasure that allows you to indulge in a new world and experience it for a lifetime. It boosts your imagination and creativity by allowing you to explore life from different perspectives and build new thoughts, images, and opinions. Active reading helps develop your analytical skills by exploring various aspects of life and questioning what you read. It stimulates and develops your brain, giving you a new perspective and stimulating new ideas.

Reading also reduces boredom, as it helps you escape the monotony of long journeys or vacations, as it provides a distraction from the distractions of social media. Overall, reading is a powerful tool for personal growth and a way to enhance your overall well-being.

Do you think reading is fun?

Reading is not only enjoyable but also a valuable way to improve academic skills and become a more effective student. It can be challenging for students who have never taken a strong interest in literature to cultivate a reading habit. However, a helpful tool can help make it easier to start reading for pleasure and remain committed to the habit. A survey found that children are experiencing a sharp decline in reading for pleasure, highlighting the importance of fostering a love for reading for both pleasure and academic success.

Why reading is a fun hobby?

Reading is a popular hobby that offers numerous benefits such as expanding the mind, boosting creativity, and providing an escape from stress. It also promotes relaxation and mental well-being. Participating in book clubs can make reading an exciting social activity. About 27 percent of Americans consider reading more than just passing time; they see it as a fulfilling hobby. This article explores the various reasons that make reading an enriching pastime, highlighting the importance of recognizing and embracing the various aspects that make reading a fulfilling hobby.

Is it good to read for fun?

Recreational reading is a stress-relieving method that enhances enjoyment and relaxation, improves brain and cognitive development, and improves concentration, vocabulary, reading and writing skills, and working memory. It also helps individuals become more empathetic, increasing communication skills, understanding of themselves and others, and developing empathy skills. Studies have shown that leisure reading can be beneficial for both children and adults. To get started or reintroduce recreational reading, consider visiting bookstores like 2nd and Charles, McKay Used Books, and Reston’s Used Book Shop.

Why is reading better than watching?
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Why is reading better than watching?

A 2023 WordsRated study revealed that people are more likely to watch television than read a book, but reading offers more benefits than television. Reading involves unique words and worldbuilding, increasing creativity and emotional understanding. Visualizing a story as it progresses can enhance creativity and innovation, even for those struggling with visualization. Reading broadens knowledge and provides new ideas, enhancing creativity. While some argue that viewing a story on a screen is better, reading makes it feel more natural and less like a chore.

Reading also helps form deeper bonds with characters, as using imagination to visualize the story makes readers feel attached to them more than just seeing them from an outsider perspective. Overall, reading is a better hobby than watching TV in terms of connection.

Why are books more entertaining than TV?

Books offer creative benefits, as they encourage readers to construct their own mental images and interpretations of the text. TV, on the other hand, provides pre-visualized content, limiting the active imagination process that reading provides. Books also offer in-depth exploration of characters and plots, encouraging critical thinking. TV often focuses on visual appeal and entertainment, as seen in Game of Thrones, where the assassination of the TV adaptation’s plotline is a prime example. However, books offer a more active and engaging experience, fostering a deeper understanding of the world and fostering a lifelong habit of learning and curiosity.

Why is reading so satisfying?

Reading has a profound stress-relieving effect due to its ability to focus the mind, distract from anxious thoughts, and suspend reality. It allows readers to escape into another world or person, reducing tension in the muscles and heart. The relaxing effect produced by books is not determined by the type or genre, as long as readers can lose themselves in the narrative. Reading also promotes wellness, as a week’s worth of books can help prevent diseases and maintain overall well-being.

Why reading more is good?
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Why reading more is good?

Reading books can significantly improve vocabulary, communication skills, and writing skills by introducing new words and helping readers understand different writing styles. A bedtime routine that includes reading signals to the body that it’s time to sleep, as we rely on increased screen time to get through the day. Setting aside phones and reading books signals to the brain that it’s time to quiet down and de-stress.

Reading before bed helps calm the mind and anxiety, improving the quality of sleep. Books are filled with fun and interesting facts, providing information we wouldn’t otherwise know. Reading a variety of topics can make us more knowledgeable, improving our conversation skills.

Why do people enjoy reading?
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Why do people enjoy reading?

Reading books is a fun and enjoyable way to spend leisure time, offering opportunities to explore new worlds, meet new characters, and escape daily life. Books also provide information about a subject, teach new skills, and offer insight into historical events. They create an emotional connection between the reader and the characters, allowing them to experience emotions such as joy, sadness, fear, and love.

Reading books can also improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and critical thinking skills. Additionally, reading can help reduce stress and calm the mind, providing a much-needed break from daily life demands.

Books offer a wide range of benefits and can be enjoyed by people of all ages and interests. Social media platforms like bookstagram, booklover, booknerd, amreading, bookrecommendations, bookreviews, bookish, bookworm, currentlyreading, and readinglist are popular platforms for sharing books, recommendations, reviews, and ideas for future reading. These platforms cater to different interests and preferences, making it easier for readers to find and enjoy books.

Why is reading more fun than watching movies?
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Why is reading more fun than watching movies?

Reading books allows for creative interpretation of plots and stories, allowing the mind to be creative. Books are more detailed than films, with hundreds or thousands of pages of description. They also develop characters and add multiple dimensions, such as detailing emotions and thoughts. Books also improve vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and grammar. People who read more get better jobs and better pay.

At King’s, there is an impressive library with every book you can imagine, allowing pupils to read for pleasure or study and hopefully secure better jobs in the near future. Books are always the start of great stories, and most good films are based on books anyway.

However, some argue that films are better than books due to their social aspect, quicker viewing time, and more job opportunities. Films have many different roles, such as producer, cast, makeup artists, director, script writer, etc., while books have only a small number of roles, such as writer, editor, publisher, illustrator, and marketing.

In conclusion, books are better than films because they develop imagination, are more detailed, improve English writing, and help people get better jobs. However, it is up to the individual to decide whether to watch a film or read a book. Readers are leaders, and it is important to remember that readers are leaders.


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  • I’ve been a “movie guy” my whole adult life, and I can relate soooo much to the first part. I used to buy tons of dvds and blurays and they ended up on my shelf only to collect dust…. During the pandemic I turned back to my old books and reading became my new hobby. Since then, I’m trying to read every book I buy in order to avoid mistakes from the past.

  • I am a mix of both these people. I don’t buy a ton of books at once, but I do gain a good bit of pleasure from having a nice collection on my shelf, and I love going to the bookstore with my partner often. I justify it by reminding myself I never know what book I’ll be in the mood to read next, so it’s good to have a variety to choose from. The end result is that I always end up with about half my shelf being read, half unread. As my collection grows, that proportion seems to always stay about the same, which is odd because it’s not like I systematically go buy a book each time I finish one. It just always.. ends up.. that way.

  • I’ve been trying to avoid going into bookstores recently because I always go in thinking “I’ve got tons of books to read… I shouldn’t get anymore” and then I usually end up walking around with at least one. I do end up reading a lot of the stuff I buy though, especially if they’re graphic novels. And there is definitely something very satisfying about buying a book I’m excited to read. So I totally get both these people.

  • There’s nothing wrong with either one, but it’s very useful to understand that they are two separate hobbies. If I just want to read something, I’m fine with ebooks and library books, and if I just want to get a book to look cool on the shelf, then I feel no obligation to read it. Like I said, nothing wrong with either one, but it’s important to know what you’re doing.

  • I have already stopped buying books so often, you spend a lot of money and sometimes you lose interest in reading some books that you longed for before. I prefer to read in PDF, borrow books from the library or buy second-hand. I only buy new books that I have already read and loved. it’s much more satisfying to have a library where I like everything I have.

  • I just recently bought that really cool Barnes and Noble Edgar Allen Poe book, yep still haven’t read any of it, it’s ok i’ll get around to it just like the 40 other books i bought in the last two years. (Me: “I want to read.” Also Me: “Maybe i’ll read after perusal youtube, plus I’m up to season five of Star Trek Voyager, so maybe i’ll read tomorrow… yeah definitely tomorrow.”)

  • I know how it feels going to a used bookstore and seeing all those books, having the excitement of not knowing what you may find. Having that dopamine hit when finding a couple of books and then buying them. Go back home read the first chapters or so than get the urge of doing it all over again. Honestly I don’t regret it one bit. I’m a researcher for life

  • I grew up without a lot if disposable income, so buying books was a HUGE treat, one I reserved exclusively for things I had already read. See, there was this really fun place called a library… I’m a writer now and I do sometimes buy books I haven’t read, but they go on a small tbr shelf and if I don’t like them I get rid of them. Ebooks though…so cheap…so tempting…so lacking in that magical inky smell and special paper texture

  • I always buy books whenever I find a good one. Well, good according to ‘people’ because I never really read them much. But I always tell myself that ‘I love reading’, ‘Reading is the best hobby’ and I definitely will read all the books on my shelves before I buy new books! I’m a freaking donkey now I realise -_-

  • You should use mighty sight glasses there from JML £20 their like 160% magnetising they make the medium sizes prints look like large print and small prints look like medium sized prints you can see them in Amazon if your not from the uk me even with me being partially sighted there great but not for looking around or walking around with on you should check it out mines has a little switch where you can read at night or in n the dark to and the light isn’t that bright like most book lights if you where wearing them and your parent partner etc passed the room and they wouldn’t know even f they looked at your door they wouldn’t know you where reading all night and the glasses are rechargeable and lasts up to 4 or 6 days until they need charges again and all you need to do is charge them for 30 mins, oh meet Christmas all and a happy new year and to this guy Mike in this article wee Cody and family.

  • I buy books in what could be a haul but I intend on reading them. Some months I’ll go with out then I’ll buy like five or six. My goal is to read at least 50 books this year. I’m at 31. Not including all the short stories, poetry, essays and plays. I suffered an eye injury and it took months to recover. It was painful and I was on medicated drops. HOWEVER I started listening to books on my podcasts. I never buy just to collect.

  • I’m the same I have 268 books and growing and I’m buying books faster than I can read them, I have a lot of them on my iPad e-reader so I can take them on holiday or for short waits so I don’t have to reread the page or loose the book, I put the new books iv bought to the back to the recently bought books then the older books iv had for along then one iv had for a long to the front so I can be like a chain belt in reading and I’m not keeping books for to long and then after I read them I put them into donations that do donations so otheres can benefit from them like I did.

  • This is me. Both. Lol. And I had to say, The Mists of Avalon is one of my all time favourite books! I hope you actually read it! I read it three times in my 20s, and when I finished it the last time, vowed not to read it again until I turn 40. (My mom did that with The Lord of the Rings when she was younger, so I got the idea from her.)

  • The old me can relate to buying books as a hobby and being overwhelmed by the amount I have to read and not getting near any of them 😂.. so I took the decision to give away my unread books to a charity shop and only start searching for my next one when I’m nearly finished the one I’m reading. It’s working a charm… for now😊

  • Martian Chronicles: Classic Bradbury. A quick must read. Ender’s Game: Was my favorite book through my teen years. Crime & Punishment: The next classic I’ll read. Get a good translation. Childhood’s End: I remember enjoying it, but nothing of the story. Tale of Two Cities: Kind of a must read classic. Sydney, oh Sydney. WWZ: Will read after I get new glasses with progressive lenses. Zombie Survival Guide: Actually haven’t heard of this one. 😲 Oliver Twist: When I go back to Dickens, it’ll be this book. Mysts of Avalon: Your mileage may vary. Read Once and Future King instead.

  • I only buy books on book fair. They are far cheaper there and then than they are the rest of the year. Buying them only once a year is also how I force myself to read them all. I always have a plan what books to buy before the fair starts. I have over 200 books on my shelf. I’ve read almost all of them. The rest will be read, unless I die really soon. My bookshelf is a small and overfilled shelf that may break because of how heavy all the books on it are. I really need a new shelf.

  • Interestingly enough I stopped reading entire novels for about 10 years. Recently started again and my reading pace is insane. Finished Shadow of the Gods in 3 days and I got through 100 pages of IT today. I also went on a big book haul the other day and have been steamrolling through them, so I’m a mixture of the two.

  • I ban myself from buying books in the first half of the year except for my Audible and Scribd subscriptions, free Kindle books and any books that I buy using my birthday and Mother’s Day money. This encourages me to read the books I already and I find that I have even bought fewer books than I used to do in the second half of the year. By doing this I have discovered books on my Kindle, on audio, and on my shelves that I have forgotten that I bought.just searching through my books has been like shopping for a second time.

  • I used to buy books a lot. By going to Barnes & Noble and it was such a waste of money, when there are other ways to get books and basically in brand new condition for a better price like, thrifting. I started thrifting books for a while, but then I noticed I wouldn’t read anything on the shelf after buying it. Now I just get books from the library try my best to get them one at a time and once I’m finished with that book than I move on to the next one if I feel called to. I still love reading and I do buy books but I try to be more purposeful when making that purchase. Just some of my experiences with books 📚

  • Having too many books to read is overwhelming to think about it. I love books but my reads nowdays are from the library, and I buy once in a while, the library also helps me decide which one to buy. My aim is only to get those I really love and would read more than once. I dont collect books just for the sake of it anymore…

  • My current reading hobby cycle be like: 1) Read Mistborn 2) Gets extremely bored for a huge portion of the book 3) Gets excited for the book got really good all of a sudden, even though the book is near it’s end 4) Finish the book, completely happy and blown away by the ending 5) Stats next Mistborn Book 6) Once again gets extremely bored for most of the book 7) Book get’s good all of a sudden near it’s end 8) Finish the book, completely happy and blown away by the ending 9) Repeat The book really got good now that I’m near it’s end, BUT THE WELL OF ASCENSION IS REALLY FUCKING BORING LMAO!

  • Guilty of both! If I had to guess, I have read or will read about 60-75% of my collection before I die. Life is very busy and short. I have a living will. My house full of books is a part of that will and it stipulates that my family pick what they want and donate the rest to our local library when I die. The ones I don’t get to…they get a cozy home for now. They get dusted and loved. They get adopted and read when I go. Collect, curate, then donate little satellite libraries.

  • I saw someone say that buying books and reading books are two distinct hobbies and don’t often go together and that’s probably true lol. I do both, but it’s like I’ll be buying and acquiring books for a while then fall out of it and turnt o reading. My reading phases have yet to overtake my buying phases though as I have way too many unread books to justify all the ones I want to buy. 😅

  • I buy bargain books from charity shops and car boot sales to read and then re-sell. It does mean my house is full if books, but I am a fast reader and have taught myself to give up on a book I am not enjoying to move on to the next one. Once they sell I have the satisfaction of knowing someone else is enjoying them and it feels like being paid to read! (Well below minimum wage though 😂)

  • I’ve had a stressful relationship with books for many years now, acquiring them at a rate far greater than the rate at which I can read them. I’ve had some books for many years and still haven’t read them. Lately I’m MAKING time for books I especially want to read and once the book is read I donate it to the Little Free Library down the street. I’m also reading shorter books so as to read more books and open more space. For bug protection I started transferring unread books from cardboard boxes into clear plastic containers that can be tightly sealed. An unexpected advantage is that I can see the contents and that makes me want to do more reading. I’m also learning to to cut back Facebook and You Tube and to give more time to reading. I may donate a few books before reading them. Too I have to simply use self-discipline and stay away from Free Day after the next Friends of the Library clearance sale or limit myself to just what I can get into a backpack and a tote bag, making only one trip to the nearby library. The little I’ve accomplished so far has me feeling better already.

  • I’m both of these people, like others in the comments lol One of my lifestyle goals is to have a personal home library, so I like knowing there’ll always be something to read (and I do intent to read) from the comfort of my own home, but usually my book-buying spells are when I’m in a reading drought and struggling to connect to a book. For me, my buying may also be my desire to FINALLY READ manifesting in a financially irresponsible way lol

  • I have the unfortunate hobby of buying a book, finding out that’s book 4 out of 5 and I should buy the other 3 books first to read this book I’ve bought….. But I don’t buy it. I never read them. They’re just reminders that there must be a story inside them that I won’t know because I didn’t buy the first ones

  • Oh, man…that’s a bit too relatable… So many books on my shelf I haven’t read yet… 🥲 That’s why I love libraries so much: On the one hand I get the great feeling of carry home a whole bunch of books and on the other hand I doesn’t feel guilty, if I doesn’t read them all. :yougotthis: But…thrifting stores and free-bookshelfs are my cryptonite. 😅

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