Dang apparently Americans don’t read?
Found the following here.
58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.
42% of college graduates never read another book.
80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.
70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
This scares me. We go to the bookstore 2 or 3 times a month normally, though occationally we go 2 or 3 months without visiting a bookstore if finances are tight. However, we buy between 50 and 200 new books a year so even with the couple of months off we are still buying a ton of books. I can’t even imagine not ever reading another book? What would I do instead? Of course I don’t watch TV so I may have more time then your average American. Though I would think my computer time would take up some of that.
I do have to say if I don’t read at least 1 book a night I feel deprieved and there are days when I read 5 or 6 books in day. Just the thought of not reading another books gives me shivers. I just can’t imagine not going to the bookstore and picking up some new books and authors to imense myself in their world.