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[quote=Anonymous]I find myself revisiting this question over and over again. Reading is not like watching movies where, is there's a big enough film. You can always find enough people to sit with you and talk about it. I guess you can do that with some books like HP and HG, but   even   then,   are you discussing books or movies?

I used to go to book clubs, but then nobody would have read the book or they'd be reading a book I didn't care about that I had to force myself through and couldn't say my real thoughts because they all loved it. I've explored some sites like Goodreads and Reddit or even fan fiction for the community elements, but I've just accepted that there's not much conversation coming from my reading.

Instead, there's partially the escapism, but more the questions of what if. Could I make it in a different reality, or under different circumstances. What if I were to not talk for 3 years, or if I were on trial for a crime I didn't commit, or had great musical or athletic talent.

That's why I can't get through some badly written books. I place myself in the protagonist's shoes and say what would I do. And if I can't reasonably make their decision, it becomes a tough read. Meanwhile, I may have constructed a whole alternate story in my mind. Well written books let me become immersed in the artificial world until it ends. Maybe I'm the protagonist for a while, or the antagonist, or their love interest, or just a spectator.

But it's most fun when there's elements that are similar to my own life. I gravitate towards runaways and orphan stories of at minimum just stories of people making it from little to nothing for that reason. Even if making it just means not dieing. [/quote]

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