Why I Like To Read
Armed Services YMCA Essay Contest 2005
"Why I Like to Read"
I have traveled the world – Egypt, Great Britain, Italy, the Holy Land, India, France, Germany, and a host of other wonderful places. I have visited the Great Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, the Roman Coliseum, the palace of Versailles, the marvel of Stonehenge, the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg, and experienced the splendor of the Taj Mahal. I did not travel by plane, boat, rail or car nor was I alone on these journeys. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Robert E. Lee were but a few of my guides. It was through the pages of books that I embarked upon my voyages of discovery.
Books enable a person to travel, experience and delight in ways that may not be available to them otherwise. I love to read because it allows me to travel through time and space to places and events, which I find fascinating. Whether I'm lying in bed or sitting in a comfy chair I can find myself whisked away to......
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