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We are reading more fiction…
Every year we hear about the decline in reading; people reading fewer books, less fiction, a disturbing trend that has been going on for years. Wait a minute, hold your horses, Henry… a report was just released that asserts that last year we actually were reading more books for once, and more fiction, yay! To read the story about it click HERE:
How many books did you read last year? I read a lot of books. I like reading books. One year I tried to read a book a day. I did it, just barely. But I could never read 462 books in a year. To read about somebody who read 462 books last year click HERE:
462 books! Here’s my theory on why people were reading more books last year, especially fiction:
I just saw my IRA account from 2008. It made me want to read some fiction, some wild escapist kind of stuff. I need to try to forget about this ugly shrunken number that has just scalded my tender eyeballs.
That’s right, 2008 was a brutal. We had a lot of stress didn’t we? 2009 could be just as crazy and nerve wracking.
Time to stock up on some good books, right? Mentally escape for a bit from the mundane grind of everyday annoyances. Seek literary refuge.
Forget about the stock market, read some fantasy.
Use that foreclosure notice as a bookmark.
Lots of free books are available for the borrowing at your public library…make a run for it. (Tell’em Vick sent ya…) I love librarians.
Vick Mickunas
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By vick
January 12, 2009 11:29 PM | Link to this
In grade school they called me BOOKWORM. Some things never change…By irishguy
January 12, 2009 10:08 PM | Link to this
Vick, I’d LOVE to be able to read a book a day, but I’d probably lose the wife and kids. I can’t imagine having that much free time. I’m half way thru the 10 books I picked up last week. However, 3 of them were less than 100 pages. I haven’t read fiction for years. I tend to stick with history and politics. History always shows people coming through tough times and I find that inspirational.