Alarming poll

[birdgirl73]

Does anyone else find the results of this poll as upsetting as I do?

One in four read no books last year - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_us/reading_habits_ap_poll;_ylt=Avv9cSoWZs3s2XHqjBb4j6 VI2ocA)

I was horrified to read this story earlier today. I normally read one to two books a week, at least when I'm not actively engaged in school. During the school year, I easily read the equivalent of one or two books per week in medical texts and other written information.

How much do you read? Restore my faith in intelligence and literacy. Please.

[happiestmferoutthere]

I read a lot. I love to read. I find that poll very sad, but maybe, just maybe, they are doing their reading on line?(Wishful thinking I know, but a girl can dream!) I do read actual text but I have a lot of on line libraries I visit. I probably read 1-3 books a month depending on the book.
Of course it does say older people and women read the most.(Are we older?) I can't get my husband to read a street sign much less a book!
I also raised my daughter to love reading, so she is a great reader also. I always buy her books for her birthday.

Reading Is Fundamental!

[ismokealldaylong420]

i like to read too in grade school i was always reading and shit its cool becouse you can see things how you want i like reading a good book after a blunt or something to widen my imagination

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

i like to read but i havent been picking up a book as usually

[Matt the Funk]

I actually don't read tha many books....I lose intrest pretty fast usually.

[Hilder420]

I read in average 3 books a month. I usally have several books going at once. It all started with my 2nd garde teacher telling me reading would help me learn the english language better. I will always be grateful to her for that. I will read almost anything. I read the paper every morning with my morning dobbie. :jointsmile: I don't know how many times I was asked while carrying a book in school, "Are you reading that for a class?" Then again half my graduating class had a 3rd grade reading level. Sad, but true. It's so sad to me when someone hasn't discovered the joys of literature. The worst part though, is that people, especially younger people, think that not reading is cool. Reading builds you imagination, and that is always better than staring at a tv screen all day IMHO.

[stinkyattic]

I read a lot but it is mostly nonfiction DIY books these days. I love novels but rarely feel like I have time to devote to them properly.

The results of that poll are horrifying but not particularly surprising. It simply confirms what I had already suspected, which is that a disturbing number of Americans are far too intent upon predicting the next American Idol than we are upon expanding our little minds.

[Coelho]

The results of that poll are horrifying but not particularly surprising. It simply confirms what I had already suspected, which is that a disturbing number of Americans are far too intent upon predicting the next American Idol than we are upon expanding our little minds.

Its not an american problem... here in Brasil its just the same. People prefer doing anything else than reading... when they want to learn something, they watch TV... maybe thats why my country is so underdeveloped...

[420_24/7]

I love to read but i cant find enough time to. Well i probably could but whenever im just sitting around trying to find something to do i never think to read.

[Dr. Bloor]

I just have no idea how one cannot read. I always have a book going and several waiting in the wings.

[Storm Crow]

My "After-School Program" is planning to get library cards for our students. The library is only a short walk from the school. It will be a weekly or biweekly event. We are trying! - Granny:hippy:

[sonic titan]

I make sure to read every day.

[psteve]

When I was younger, I read a lot, all the time. I tried to read as much as I could about what makes life worth living.
Then in my early teens I had an epiphany.
Now I try to live a life worth reading about.;)

[ghosty]

i used to read a lot, then stopped reading during my high school years, but i've picked up reading again since... currently reading, World War Z by Max Brooks, it's a pretty sweet book told as an oral history about a zombie world takeover, told as if it were non-fiction and like ti already happened, it's pretty well written... also a huge Palahniuk fan, and I also read a lot of old thinker type sci-fi like orwell, huxley, etc..

[Foskers]

I got my own little personal library. Everytime someone doesn't want a book I am like "I WANT IT!" I frequent yard sales and libraries that sell their old books. And if I don't have a book on handy...I go to wikipedia and read articles about stuff I am interested in...movies, comic characters,music,bands...
Reading is where it's at...