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What about audio books, magazines, news, websites, studies? Reading is so much more than curated dead trees.
What fraction of Americans are capable of reading a book (i.e. not functionally illiterate)?
4 in 5: https://www.nu.edu/blog/49-adult-literacy-statistics-and-fac... > 21% of U.S. adults are classified as functionally illiterate, unable to complete basic reading tasks.
These days when it comes to technical stuff I much more prefer to fill in gaps by reading articles or documentation. Technical books are so long it feels like authors are paid by words.
And when it comes to fiction I have really leaned into audiobooks. My eyes are too tired from computer work, and I can combine audio with other activities like jogging or cooking.
There are some "technical" audiobooks as well, but only a small category of technical books makes sense in the audio format.
But! We take our kids to the library every couple of weeks, and while we do let them check out Nintendo games, they also will each pick a stack of books. So my kids are going through 4-8 books a month. And my wife is part of a book club at the library so she's doing 8-10 in a year at least.
But for myself, I just have a hard time sitting down to do it. By the time I'm done with work and chores, it's late at night, and my brain barely has enough power to handle a TV show.
How do all y'all readers with young kids do it? How do you find the time?
Does reading to a toddler count? If it does, I'm bringing up the mean to say the least.