According to the article 27% of Americans did not read a book in the last year. That means 73% did, which is kinda better than I would expect. There are some interesting stats about who reads what in the article too. I dunno if audio books would count, my count of books read would go up a bit if I counted stuff I listen to while commuting.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Aug 22, 2007 4:57:04 am PDT #6051 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
lisah - Aug 22, 2007 5:05:46 am PDT #6052 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Because she reads her emails aloud! Stop it!
okay, I'm sorry that you suffer for this but, I have to say, other people's annoying co-workers are FUNN-EEE.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 22, 2007 5:07:54 am PDT #6053 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
According to the article 27% of Americans did not read a book in the last year. That means 73% did, which is kinda better than I would expect. There are some interesting stats about who reads what in the article too. I dunno if audio books would count, my count of books read would go up a bit if I counted stuff I listen to while commuting.
If I could count the scads of fanfiction I read, my count would go WAY up. Sometimes I even print it to read on a commute (by bus, not car)
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2007 5:16:12 am PDT #6054 of 10001
brillig
If I could count the scads of fanfiction I read, my count would go WAY up.
Wrod, I slurp down thousands of words a week in fic.
Wolfram - Aug 22, 2007 5:17:26 am PDT #6055 of 10001
Visilurking
Someone above mentioned that it should be in multiples of 18, because it represents chai. I think that $36 checks are quite common.
Yes. Even $18 checks are pretty common for some folks. It depends on the swankiness of the affair.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 22, 2007 5:17:51 am PDT #6056 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Bwah. This is true of me as well. I've read a few books this year, but if you factor in McShep fanfic the word count has to be in the low seven digits!
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2007 5:19:49 am PDT #6057 of 10001
brillig
if you factor in McShep fanfic the word count has to be in the low seven digits!
That's the stuff I'm currently mainlining! God bless del.icio.us.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2007 5:21:53 am PDT #6058 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks! Uh, sort of drug-addled yesterday. Not a good way to live, and I'm taking it too for granted. I am disturbed.
Jesse - Aug 22, 2007 5:22:05 am PDT #6059 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When the Gallup poll asked in 2005 how many books people had at least started -- a similar but not directly comparable question -- the typical answer was five. That was down from 10 in 1999, but close to the 1990 response of six.
I'm pretty sure I just saw a thing that circulation at the Queens Public Library shows that it's something like 9 books per person per year -- and you know not everyone goes to the library! So that was heartening.
Theodosia - Aug 22, 2007 5:22:35 am PDT #6060 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Audio books should definitely count, damn it! Whyforever not, when if anything you have to concentrate MORE to follow them?