silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds | From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down12
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minus-squareDirkMcCallahan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·5 days agoA decade ago I used to go through 3 books a week. Now I might read 3 a year. The world’s gone to such shit that fiction almost feels too quaint to be enjoyable. I know that’s not logical, but it’s how it feels…and it’s awful.
A decade ago I used to go through 3 books a week. Now I might read 3 a year. The world’s gone to such shit that fiction almost feels too quaint to be enjoyable. I know that’s not logical, but it’s how it feels…and it’s awful.