Why read?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

So my brain stated on this tangent. I finally finished reading the Neal Gabler "Walt Disney" book, which took me since April 2007 to read - so that's what? -- 7 months. I read "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" in about 3 days - tried to read the Magicians Nephew and am halfway thru "PRince Caspian." I went to the thrift store and found a butt load of cool books to read including "The 5 people you meet in heaven", Goldywn bio, Cold Mountain, Bio's on Kirk Douglas and Lawrance Olivier and ShopGirl by Steve Martin. I"m about 1/3 of the way thru ShopGirl.

So, I think my question is several levels and I hope it is an interesting enough converstion to have among the swanky readers here on LoT.

I'm trying to figure out how I feel after reading the Walt Disney bio. I learned something and it was a nice read and I'm glad I read it. Now over with "THe Magician's Newphew" I got bored and found myself skipping over sentences etc.

What happens to you after you finishe a book, good or bad? Do you put it away and not think about it or does it apply to your life in some way? Why do you choose to read certain books and why do some read easy and other take forever to read? Is there a satifaction or is it just to pass the time? Have you ever finished a book or gotten halfway thru and nothing sunk in to where you had to start over again?

So why?