Readers are Happier

“People who read often are happier than those who watch more TV, according to researchers at the University of Maryland – even if the plot of their paperback is depressing.” (Parade Magazine, 7/31/11). You won't be surprised to hear that I completely agree with this research finding! A reader, a citizen of the wide world of books, has so much to explore, to learn, to laugh at, to empathize with, to be challenged by, to be comforted by, to be stretched by, to be provoked by, and to think about. Television, while it has its place and its enjoyments (and I, like most of us, do enjoy it sometimes), can never compete with the breadth and depth of the world of books.