Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
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Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
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Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#2Makes sense. Since I started reading the classics I'm basically reading for suffering now.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#3In the last 20 years. It's not surprising given all the new forms of entertainment we have.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#4It's got a lot of competition.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#5Just read this article.
It was fun.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#6I think that at least to some extent, the stranger-than-fiction reality we're living through is a strong substitute for the novelty we used to seek in books.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#7I just read "Slow Horses" by Mike Herron. It's easily as good as the show on Apple TV and was lots of fun to read. I can't imagine anything more entertaining.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#8I find that when I start reading a book that I enjoy, it is easily the most gripping form of entertainment, and I can barely put the book down. But, it also takes more effort to get started, so I rarely get into that zone and end up scrolling my phone instead.
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#9Maybe it's because of applying too narrow a definition of what contents should count as "for pleasure reading": books, magazines... but what about blog posts, social media? Certainly, that's something people read for personal pleasure?!
Re: Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US
#10I flew from Detroit to Seattle last night. I used that time to read 170 pages of Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad (easy, entertaining read).
Though I obviously didn't walk the entire plane, looking around from my seat / when walking to the restroom, everyone I saw was watching a movie.