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)
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And people sincerely wonder why...world’s in such a mess. *facepalm*
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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.
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You poor illiterate fucks.
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I read enough books to make up for all of these people. XD
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How is this possible.
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0-o how do people survive without books?!
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really fucking sad but it’s not hard
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I hate that I can’t read more than I already do! I can’t even imagine never reading again…
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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...
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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...
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I will be the percentage that does the reading
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I love books and I love reading. How
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