The Book Theory

So heres how it works.  

First off, their are two kinds of people.

The first kind are the people who, when they read, "see it all before their eyes."  you know, when you are no longer seeing the words on the page, but what's happening in the book, and your mom needs to shout your name about 3 times before you return to the real world. It's like watching a movie.  Or, if the book is written in first person, being part of a movie.  Which is way more awesome than watching a movie, you know, being part of the adventure, becoming the main character.  

Plus, all that stuff that sounds really cliche, about how each book is another world to be discovered, an adventure to go on, an escape from life, etc. etc., is pretty much true, at least, for these people. (which leads me to another theory not related to books that I won't go into right now)

And maybe the most important think is that when we read, we're experiencing things that we wish we could do in real life, but never will.  So we're experiencing it through the people we read about.

Or maybe some of us will manage too do those things, but that's not really the point.

And that's why when we read a book that isn't written so well we cringe, because it's supposed to be believable, but when it's not written well, it messes up the whole illusion.

And, from my attempts to write, those people who can write like that are some of the most amazing people out there.  

Okay, so the second kind of person are those who, when they read, don't see it.  Which is so sad.  Unfortunately, I don't really know much about how this works because nearly all my friends love to read, and are assumably those people who do see it all in their minds eye.  (technically, this is a good thing, of course)

So here's where the theory comes in.  

Either some of those sad individuals who don't really see it can learn to love reading in time, OR, it's all about what books those people read.  Maybe, we all started out that way, and some of us weren't as picky and didn't need exactly the right book for the "magic" to happen.  But those other people still haven't read the right book.  And it's all about giving it to them.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to test this theory very fully, because when I start trying to talk about books to my next victim, they either run and hide, or change the subject as quickly possible.  It's a long slow process, you see.