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I don't know, I love them. I love them dearly, and I don't really know why. For the most part, I get lost in them, I truly do. I don't read a book, I envision it. When I read I find myself forgetting that I'm looking at words, forgetting I'm laying on a bed with a book in my hands thick enough to teach me japanese. I find myself in the world. I see everything, I see the armies charge, I watch a queen escape her castle through dark corridors, I feel the awesome power wielded by the Forsaken and see the seasons shift. For me, a book is more than words on pages. It is a movie with more special effects and acting than Lord of the Rings, or the Matrix. Only stories like these truly bring me to a world like this, and it's amazing to get lost inside a world where your job isn't the only thing ahead of you besides more school. I feel priveleged to be thrown into a world with such detail as Jordan's, just as I felt when I read the Lord of the Rings series, or the countless other series my dad has on the shelves here. I've even found myself lost in the books my dad wrote, and in ringworld. The only other thing that makes me feel awed like this is D&D, when you have a good party and a DM skilled at weaving a story as you go.

Wow, sorry for the long rant, but it's nice to actually get my feelings on books out. My friends don't have the desire to read, so I don't talk about it, ever.