I can’t really think of many similarities between reading for pleasure and reading for meaning. However, I can think of more differences. For instance, when you read for pleasure, emotion drives tends to drive the novel, and the book is easier to read and understand. Nicholas Sparks is an author that does this type of writing. Reading for meaning is more difficult and requires more effort and time to understand the text. Most of the core novels in school are read for meaning, but a lot of times, for those books, I can read for meaning and read for pleasure.
