Make way for readers | What does reading mean to you?

From 4 to 5 novels per week since my adolescence. The weekly visit to the library is a must. Books have always been my best friends, an inexhaustible source of pleasure, joy and discovery.

Reading is so many things: escape, information, relaxation, learning, emotion, laughter, education, broadening our horizons, changing our opinions, satisfying our curiosity. And I’m probably forgetting some. It is for all these reasons that I am never without a book, and sometimes two, in progress.

A bedtime necessity. Read until you fall asleep… and have sweet dreams!

It’s what relaxes me before I sleep. I have been reading every night for a long time, I really like our Quebec authors and Quebec thrillers and thrillers and others. I would have liked so much to know how to write, but at least I like to read. It allows us to forget the daily hassles for a while. With everything going on, that’s a big plus. Thanks to the authors.

Reading for me is a way to travel… on the planet, but also in time. I greedily read different styles. A book in the car, a book at the cottage, one in the living room, one in the bathroom. Philosophy, history, novel, human and political sciences fascinate me.

Reading is an essential intellectual activity that I no longer practice to my great dismay. Having worked in this field for many years, I have seen books of all kinds go by and bought tons of them that I never had time to read. I dream of being transported to a desert island with my three bookcases filled with these books that only require a minimum of attention. I envy the fullness felt by readers who express their love of the book and know how to summarize its broad outlines. I’m distraught at my inability to take the time to savor a good story, take the time to just stop. New Year’s resolution?

My first book was a Tintin album… and I was won over. Then Bob Morane was my hero throughout my primary. Then, a French teacher in 2^e high school gave me a passion for reading. Thanks to him, I traveled all over the world without ever leaving Quebec. Thank you to all those who have encouraged my passion for reading. Reading is the imagination and it is my best friend.

Reading is my lifeline, my favorite hobby, my consolation, my drug and what allowed me to make a good life for myself! I acquired a lot of knowledge through reading, I made friends, I developed my empathy and my understanding of the world and its inhabitants. Moreover, as a teacher, I helped children to understand life by having fun with reading. Even today, she calms my anxiety and gives me hope for the future. I do a literary post every week, for our association of people aged 50 and over. This volunteer activity is sometimes a challenge, but it is above all a pleasure to do it. Writing makes me want to read more and live longer!

Reading for me is the air I breathe. Already in primary school I looked forward to library day, because I had long since finished the few books to which we were entitled. Many decades have passed, but without my friends the books, there would be a great void in my life.

Reading for me is the occasion of a privileged encounter with a writer who allows me to enter his universe.

Reading, I made it my job: I am a bookseller in a large chain of bookstores! I put books in the hands of my children as soon as I could. I converted my husband to reading, he who read only occasionally! It’s essential to my life, I love discovering a new author or a new genre. The possibilities of discovery are endless and I will not have enough life to quench my thirst for novelties! Essential service reading is fine with me!

I don’t know why, but, very young, I had dark thoughts that prevented me from falling asleep. Our old family doctor whom my mother consulted told him to make me read every evening, without restriction of time, until I fell asleep on my book. “Your child thinks too much. Change his mind.” Thank you doc ​​for not drugging me! From the age of 7-8, I read. From comics I moved on to everything in the house, including the Universal Encyclopedia that was gathering dust. Yes ! From volume 1 to volume 22! I don’t know how many books I was able to read like this, but it never stopped. I am consulted for any historical question. I am the family Google!