Title: What exactly is a voracious reader? - Quora
Headings: What exactly is a voracious reader?
What exactly is a voracious reader?
Content: A person reading an educational book purely for entertainment purpose will find no value in it. On the other hand, a discerning reader can find meaning and applicable lessons in the silliest of books. Reading philosophy, self-help, how-to, natural and social sciences book is not easy. They require concentration and focus to understand and imbibe what they are saying. On the other hand, "easy read novels" as you called them provide the same lessons in a context that we can visualize. Humans learn much more when they can envision something instead of just reading it. It is kind of like the differentiation between theory and practical’s in school. You can read about an experiment 100 times but until you do it or see someone do it you really cannot really understand it. That is what novels do. They contain characters which we can picture our self in or at least make a mental picture of.