Books are Our Friends
August 22nd, 2007AP - “One in four adults read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Of those who did read, women and older people were most avid, and religious works and popular fiction were the top choices.” (via)
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August 22nd, 2007 at 11:02 am
I like your headline. As I didn’t comment at another blog where the person found these numbers depressing: The study says that 75% of American adults *did* read at least one book last year. That’s a remarkable number, and I can’t think of any period prior to, say, WWII in which the percentage would have been nearly as high.