tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28395314.post8813955118342392178..comments2023-04-19T19:23:05.905-05:00Comments on slowtech: Reading: Triangle and Love and FriendshipCara dBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10627350922307262483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28395314.post-9701054262985902232007-08-21T18:59:00.000-05:002007-08-21T18:59:00.000-05:00Wow, a reader! Don't you know you're almost extin...Wow, a reader! Don't you know you're almost extinct?<BR/><BR/>From today's CNN.com:<BR/><BR/><I>One in four adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>The survey reveals a nation whose book readers, on the whole, can hardly be called ravenous. The typical person claimed to have read four books in the last year -- half read more and half read fewer. Excluding those who hadn't read any, the usual number read was seven.</I><BR/><BR/>Great!<BR/><BR/><I>The Bible and religious works were read by two-thirds in the survey, more than all other categories. Popular fiction, histories, biographies and mysteries were all cited by about half, while one in five read romance novels. Every other genre -- including politics, poetry and classical literature -- were named by fewer than five percent of readers.</I><BR/><BR/>GREAT!<BR/><BR/><I>Who are the 27 percent of people the AP-Ipsos poll found hadn't read a single book this year? <B>Nearly a third of men and a quarter of women fit that category.</B> They tend to be older, less educated, lower income, minorities, from rural areas and less religious.</I><BR/><BR/>However...<BR/><BR/><I>There was even some political variety evident, with Democrats and liberals typically reading slightly more books than Republicans and conservatives.</I>seppakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134091716460200058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28395314.post-26706436406239205322007-08-21T05:50:00.000-05:002007-08-21T05:50:00.000-05:00Cara, thank you so much for this really thoughtful...Cara, thank you so much for this really thoughtful reading and all the related enthusiasm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com