Others are Noticing Reading in Decline in US
An article in the New Yorker —
"Twilight of the Books"
An article in the Guardian —
"One in four Americans read no books last year"
McNally Robinson Canada blog —
"Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline in Time Spent Reading"
7 comments:
I don't know how to add umlauts, but I believe the New Yorker article should have been called "Woerterdaemerung": "Twilight of the Words" a la Twilight of the Gods.
Sad stuff, in any event.
or maybe Buecherdaemerung!
I'm enjoying your blog, which I came across at MetaxuCafe
Thanks for reading my blog! I only just joined MetaxuCafe yesterday as I've been shy and thought that they wouldn't accept me. I was glad to see that they did and that someone has already stopped by to read my rantings :o)
jenn:
I'm certainly glad they accepted you (as they should have- you
fit right in)!
You might be interested in some of my posts at either http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com/
or http://greenchemistry.wordpress.com/
I have a recent, brief note about freedom of speech that is disturbing, but most of what I do is review fiction. I almost never post negative reviews, but sometimes break that rule, including for one recent case.
Best wishes, Jim
Jenn:
You are now on my blogroll at http://nearlynothingbutnovels.blogspot.com/
Best wishes, Jim
And one final comment for now- I used StumbleUpon to recommend your whole site. I hope it helps more people find their way here.
Gee, I don't know what to say. Thank you so much!