Weekly Reader?

Scott Hardie | August 22, 2007
A survey reports that one in four American adults did not read a single book in the last year. Of those that did read, the average number of books read in the last year was seven. (link) Where do you fall?

I admit to being in that one-fourth. The last book that I read in full was last summer, and it wasn't even a "real" book, just a celebrity autobiography. I've managed only a book a year since college, and none finished this year despite a few starts. I was just thinking earlier today about how I haven't written movie reviews for a while and wondering whether I should discontinue TMR for lack of interest, and I realized that writing reviews is "like reading" for me: I still enjoy doing it, but it has fallen so far down the list of activities I enjoy that I rarely get to it any more. For the time being, I'm going to keep TMR and keep starting new books, but who knows what the future holds for either.

Erik Bates | August 22, 2007
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Steve West | August 22, 2007
I don't know if I qualify for the word "voracious", but I read about a book a week, so fifty each year. Mostly novels but discipline myself to reading something from the non-fiction shelf every fifth book. A few years ago I read nothing but non-fiction for an entire year and felt better for it. Probably won't do that again.

Lori Lancaster | August 22, 2007
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Tony Peters | August 22, 2007
only 17 books??? I think I read between 60-80 books last year. Yes i know that means more than 1 a week but given that I usually keep 2-4 books going at the same time not including magazines or illustrated things (Manga, comics etc). I will say that I read 10-15 work related books (usually photography/graphics but sometimes RF/microwave theory) I just can't not read I start to feel like my brain is wasting

Lori Lancaster | August 22, 2007
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Steve West | August 25, 2007
A helpful webpage entitled "What Should I Read Next" allows you type in the name of a book title and author of anything you have read (and liked) and it will suggest further reading. You can also add your suggestions to the database, I think.

Jackie Mason | August 26, 2007
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Aaron Shurtleff | August 28, 2007
I've actually read six books this year so far...all of them Harry Potter! I wanted to wait until they were all out to read them, which makes it real real hard to avoid spoilers. I just have the last one.

Everything gets put into racial demographic terms nowadays! I would almost defy anyone to find something people won't put into those terms... :( I think it makes no sense...

Reading, to me, is more fun than watching TV or movies. Most of the time, if I see a movie based on a book, I find that the story has to be (for lack of a better term, sorry) stupified in order to make in work. I've yet to find anything that was better as a movie than a book.

Steve West | August 29, 2007
The Godfather worked better as a film IMHO. Jaws as well.

Jackie Mason | August 30, 2007
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