[RosieCotton]

"Fiction just doesn't interest me," said Bob Ryan, 41, who works for a construction company in Guntersville, Ala. "If I'm going to get a story, I'll get a movie."

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.

[CGTRWK]

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?"

Blame english departments for assigning antiquated, boring books. Reading one action-less book you aren't interested in after another, and then being told what the author "meant" by someone who isn't the author is an experience to be glad to be done with indeed.

I think Shakespeare has single handedly kept more young adults away from libraries than every channel on the idiot box put together.