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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read books everyday.  I read entertaining fluff books and deep thoughtful books, current books, older books and classics, fiction and nonfiction.  I also listen to audio books daily, when I exercise or am driving, and have a book on my phone Kindle app always available for times when I do not have my actual book available. It's by Upton Sinclair, second in a series, about 1000 pages.

Both of my adult kids read more than I do and recommend books to me.  I live in a community where almost all my friends read and share books.  I go to a monthly book discussion group where 8+ people discuss what they are reading and whether they recommend or not.  There is a well stocked library in our clubhouse building in addition to nearby public libraries.

[b]I don't know who you are hanging out with but clearly my experience, now and all of my life, is vastly different from yours regarding reading.[/b][/quote]How old are you?[/quote]

[b]Late 60s.[/b]  I have plenty of time to read but I do lots of other things too.  My kids work full time and lead busy lives but yet they read a whole lot.[/quote]
It’s your age. All of my baby boomer/silent gen family members do though. I think other things consume the time of Millennials. Their “reading” also comes in other avenues like podcasts.

From a SM perspective, GenZ is really trying to make reading more popular with all the book tokers.[/quote]

Could be right but my kids are in their 40s and they have always read a lot.  Also, I worked for many years in an elementary school and the kids in the 3rd and 4th grade classes I worked in also read a whole lot and loved to read.  So maybe the stereotypes and observations here are partly true but not in my experience.[/quote]

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