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There are lots of reasons to read, so I'm wondering what y'all get out of reading? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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For me, I have very little in my life, so it's something of an escape into another world.

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I've read a few books that have been made into movies (e.g. harry potter, LOTR, Hobbit etc.), and they leave a lot out. I get it. Books have a lot more freedom to include all the details that are required, but when you transfer from a 300-1000 page book, into a 2-3 hour long movie, you're gonna have to drop a bit and cherry pick what you include in it. But yeah, i prefer books to movies. It's so much easier to get immersed in it with books to movies.