April 25th, 2011

These statistics stagger me

• One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.

• 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.

• 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.

• 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.

• 57 percent of new books are not read to completion.

(Source: mentalfloss.com)

  1. selfconfessedinsanity reblogged this from petrichloroform and added:
    And people sincerely wonder why...world’s in such a mess. *facepalm*
  2. petrichloroform reblogged this from hazelweatherfield and added:
    I’m guilty of not always finding time to finish reading books, but the rest of these statistics sicken me.
  3. companionofbreath reblogged this from acciogallifrey
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  6. ohali reblogged this from marahsartin and added:
    You poor illiterate fucks.
  7. marahsartin reblogged this from victoriousmaximus
  8. averyschmavery reblogged this from lynnmt and added:
    I read enough books to make up for all of these people. XD
  9. lynnmt reblogged this from fryingpancrusader and added:
    How is this possible.
  10. rudesauce reblogged this from reginaspectre
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  14. ohl0rd reblogged this from midazolam and added:
    0-o how do people survive without books?!
  15. kindofafunnystory reblogged this from questions-ofrivers and added:
    really fucking sad but it’s not hard
  16. gabgo reblogged this from orange-fluorescence
  17. nightwing890 reblogged this from anotherbothersomeperson and added:
    I hate that I can’t read more than I already do! I can’t even imagine never reading again…
  18. steamedwithbutter reblogged this from diewithstoriestotell and added:
    Forms of communication change. I could argue that I read just about ALL day every day, because I do. I’m on Twitter, I’m...
  19. justtrytofightfate reblogged this from tr4nsfixed
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  22. questions-ofrivers reblogged this from countvonroo and added:
    I don’t even have enough space on my bookshelf/wall shelf for all the books I own, let alone all the books I’ve read, if...
  23. venomturtle reblogged this from countvonroo and added:
    I will be the percentage that does the reading
  24. donttdosadness reblogged this from orange-fluorescence
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  26. riahhtheawesome reblogged this from tr4nsfixed and added:
    I love books and I love reading. How
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