reading is:

• devouring a book cover to cover, and then starting at the beginning again
• poring through each recipe, and the stories in between
• exploring the repair manual so you can fix your car
• discovering the story in the game so you understand the game
• watching the episodic movie breaks between one game level and the next to experience the story
• tweets
• blogs
• signs
• information to get stuff done
• information for fun
• in any format any time
• facts and figures
• lifesaving or death defying
• therapeutic
• relaxing
• searching flickr images
• flicking through pages just reading a few words
• watching the faces in the crowd as an author/storyteller engages the audience in their story
• reading in games

reading can be:

• fun, sad, traumatic, confusing, fast, slow, episodic, continual
• collaborative
• participatory
• exclusive
• inclusive

It's all reading, no matter the format.

To read is to learn and grow, to experience, to empathise, to understand, to marvel, to wonder, to laugh and to cry. To live other lives in other places and times, to deepen a connection with place. Reading is immensely important to me. It shapes my personality and identity. I am a fuller, more rounded person because I read. I am able to imagine and empathise with others. I learn things that help me in my daily life and I experience joy, sorrow and relaxation when I read.

Reading is an every day activity.