Comments on: America doesn’t read

By: Study: Reading on the rise « Word Lily

Study: Reading on the rise « Word Lily — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:04:59 +0000

[...] (I posted briefly here about the state of literacy in the USA based on a study by a different firm in August 2007.) [...]

By: 200 books: Fighting the trend « Word Lily

200 books: Fighting the trend « Word Lily — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:11:59 +0000

[...] posted about the study and responded to it here. Here’s the Idaho Statesman [...]

By: pinkmilk

pinkmilk — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:24:08 +0000

I wish I had time to read more, but a demanding job isn’t conducive to much sofa-time! I do read a great deal however and feel weird if I don’t have anything on the go. The purist form of escapism, surely, I can’t understand why people wouldn’t want to read!

By: mrschili

mrschili — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:27:51 +0000

Do those of us who read obsessively make up for those who don’t?

I feel just WRONG if I don’t have at least one book going at all times. I DON’T read romance novels (at least, not the typical Harlequin, heaving-bosom, throbbing-member books; some of the novels I choose occasionally DO have a hefty dose of love story in them).

I co-host an internet book club and we’re making invitations to anyone who might like to join us. We just finished Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD and are likely going to be moving to a new book soon. You can find us at darkandstormybookclub.com.

By: threebooksandamovie

threebooksandamovie — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:30:24 +0000

More women than men read every major category of books except for history and biography. Industry experts said that confirms their observation that men tend to prefer nonfiction.

I used to be so typically woman. These days I like nonfiction just as much as I like fiction, though, if not slightly more. Reading fiction just feels like a waste of time, especially since every other fiction I pick up isn’t worth the effort.

By: scienceguy288

scienceguy288 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:31:58 +0000

Some other books I suggest for a fun read:

Any book by J.R.R. Tolkien
Le Morte D’ Artur by Sir Thomas Mallory
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (not to be confused with Dumbass)
Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

This is a very disturbing trend. If this continues, the predictions in Fahrenheit 451 may very well come true.