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Skittles

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Reply to walkingman (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 02:38 AM

Mar 2023

dad did not let us watch a lot of TV but we could read lots of books

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Is there any data across the planet that gives us a percentage of citizens who have read [View all] malaise Mar 2023 OP

I read so many good books in school, the ones that were assigned and the ones that were prohibited Walleye Mar 2023 #1

I hated a lot of the fictional books I had to read. Then having to write paper on them .. electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #26

From Pew Johonny Mar 2023 #2

Thanks malaise Mar 2023 #16

That last statistic stuns me. llmart Mar 2023 #28

I'm not surprised about the first, Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #31

Plenty of people who own bibles have never read them. LeftinOH Mar 2023 #3

True malaise Mar 2023 #17

Well... I haven't read a "book" in ages... unblock Mar 2023 #4

"Book" these days include electronic versions. Igel Mar 2023 #15

True but if you're listening and understanding malaise Mar 2023 #18

Whose definition of book are you using? Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #32

Are you kidding? ShazzieB Mar 2023 #49

When I was growing up (born '50) it was quite common for young walkingman Mar 2023 #5

Same here malaise Mar 2023 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2023 #9

yes Skittles Mar 2023 #40

Try Unesco as a good starting point. Torchlight Mar 2023 #6

Great idea malaise Mar 2023 #10

I probably listen four times as much to audiobooks as I read now exboyfil Mar 2023 #7

It doesn't have to be literally reading malaise Mar 2023 #19

agreed Skittles Mar 2023 #41

When I started "reading" audiobooks, Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #33

I think the multitasking of doing other activities exboyfil Mar 2023 #37

It depends on what the multi-tasking is. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #39

I read any chance I get. MontanaMama Mar 2023 #11

I don't read as many books as Indid in the past malaise Mar 2023 #20

I was also a voracious reader of anything I could get my hands on. llmart Mar 2023 #29

I hated everything called cereal malaise Mar 2023 #30

Well read doesn't always translate to wise and rational Kaleva Mar 2023 #12

I don't read books anymore. Mostly, I read online articles and a lot of DU. Earth-shine Mar 2023 #13

I haven't been to my library since Covid, but have gotten e-books. Have to renew... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #14

Haven't been to a library in years malaise Mar 2023 #21

When I moved at one point I got rid of 200 +/- books. I was going to a very small room in a 3 electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #22

I've downsized to about 200 or so but want to get down to 50 malaise Mar 2023 #23

Ah, 50 sounds like a good number. Enough variety... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #24

I have a recco. 'Texaco', a 1992 novel by Patrick Chamoiseau, a French Martiniquan author Celerity Mar 2023 #35

Poor people.... WarGamer Mar 2023 #25

My best friend's dad introduced us to Russian novels. I preferred Dickens, Twain and Hemingway malaise Mar 2023 #27

all good stuff... WarGamer Mar 2023 #38

I used to work at one of those chain mall bookstores in the late 80s. LudwigPastorius Mar 2023 #34

Freaking wow! malaise Mar 2023 #44

I've Always Loved Books DET Mar 2023 #36

To Be Read (TBR) Decision Paralysis ExWhoDoesntCare Mar 2023 #42

Dad's mom and her siblings malaise Mar 2023 #45

Can't imagine not reading ExWhoDoesntCare Mar 2023 #43

I've read .... NowISeetheLight Mar 2023 #46

Love it malaise Mar 2023 #47

And in the case of the Bible, most have probably only read bits and pieces. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #48

That is a great question malaise Mar 2023 #50

I read every day, without fail. Jedi Guy Mar 2023 #51