I don't read books. I burn them.
Four books would be a slow two weeks for me.
It seems amazing, but I do sometimes cross paths with people who don’t read.
It’s going to get worse. My daughter was in a ballet program for five weeks this summer. She was the only reader in her “suite.” The rest of the girls (13-14) hated reading. When she got her copy of Harry Potter, the girls all thought she was a child prodigy because she finished her book within 24 hours of getting it. And she did attend class that day! One had an assignment to read 1000 pages, and moaned about it. And they all had no interest in LOTR, and one had only seen the movies of Harry, and had never read the books!
The next generation will not have a majority of readers.
Doesnt surprise me...people are stoopider now more than ever.
I give 50 books away each year.
What did this article say? Can someone summarize in a couple words? I think I’ll wait for the movie.
I completed the six volume set of Winston Churchills “The Second World War”
they were a tough read but well worth it
took me almost a year to accomplish. i then read two more books in short order so i guess i am ahead of the curve
That's what my boss says. And I also have known folks who say, "I'm done with school. Why would I want to read if I don't have to?"
Personally, I can't understand either sentiment. I always have at least one book that I'm currently reading - both fiction and nonfiction. I wouldn't know how to function any other way.
The only books I read last year were a 1911 shop manual and a 1911A1 shop manual.
Sad to say, books are now a luxury item.
Why should I read Herodotus when I can see the movie “300” instead?
Sarc /off
Here’s the excuse needed to make even more Harry Potter books!
I only read one boom last year and I may not read one this year. Who has time to read? I get all the information I need from Free Republic :)
“One in four adults say they read no books at all in the past year”
I think that most people lie a lot. I’d be surprised if one in four average Americans read a book last year, if you exclude comic books.
I read about 100 books a year, but then, I’m a stay at home mom, a quick reader (100 pages+ an hour) and I don’t watch telly. My husband likes to read, but his brain gets so overworked at his job, he deserves the downtime he gets in front of the t.v. He reads on his vacation, or on the plane when he’s on business trips. This puts him firmly in the 4 books a year category, not counting the thousands of pages of documents he reads (and writes) for his work.
Literacy is not dead. It’s just exhausted.
David Putty.
History, historical fiction, technical, occasional sci-fi/fantasy, the odd classic for it’s own sake, here and there. I have less time than I used to to devote to it, but I still call myself a voracious reader.
I usually have several books going at one time. I cannot understand why people don’t read more. I developed the habit when I was a youngster, going through some difficult circumstances. It was my bound, rectangular ‘escape hatch’.
I miss the old-fashioned linear "READING" but if it's a choice between living wholly without books and having to read carefully through page after page to the end, I don't know which I'd choose (scary thought).
One of the things about going to college to learn how to "REALLY READ" is that it gets to be such a chore after a while one stops bothering.