Wednesday, January 02, 2008
A few months ago, I read a sad story about the reading habits of people in the United States. Here are some statistics from this poll:
- One in four adults read no books at all in the past year
- Only 57% of American adults had read a book in 2002
- Among those who said they had read books, the median figure — with half reading more, half fewer — was nine books for women and five for men
- Democrats and liberals typically read slightly more books than Republicans and conservatives
- Those likeliest to read religious books included older and married women, lower earners, minorities, lesser educated people, Southerners, rural residents, Republicans and conservatives
Happy Reading!
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do i get to count audio books?
I will be posting my first finished book sometime today...
stayed up late to finish it last night ;)
From the flyleaf:
...evil is more serious thaneither our culture or our theology has supposed. How then might Jesus' death be the culmination of the Old Testament solution to evil but on a wider and deeper scale than most imagine? Can we possibly envision a world in which we are delivered from evil? How might we work toward such a future through prayer and justice in the present?
Really, do I HAVE TO LIST THESE?
I may bore people to death if I post all my books since reading is a core part of my work as a theologian (and genre fiction of my downtime, thought a lot less now that I have discovered the web). But I'll give it a try....
(I'm re-reading a book now--that'll count, won't it?)
Then I saw a lot of RGBPs were joining in your challenge.
Seemed like a perfect match! Count me in!
I'm in!
One of my resolutions this year is to read more, particularly more non-heavy-theology stuff. On the nightstand right now are Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Bill Clinton's Giving. And I'm trying to get my hands on one of Anthony Bourdain's foodie travel books.
I guess I should ask... do textbooks count? Because I have a slew of those to read as well.
What a great idea, in any case!
d
Wow... there are a lot of people in. Maybe a group "2008 Reading Challenge" blog makes sense?
(PS, I really blog over here, as ordinary girl)
:)
deb
It will post your books and comments and send out emails to all of your friends on the web-site. Join me.
audio books should count too but I don't use them much other than on long journeys on my own in the car (which I seldom do) as I don't have an ipod or mp3 :(
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