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Most leisure reading these days is dual purpose, such as reading rss feeds, for both education and fun.
I'll be perfectly honest. After sitting in front of a computer 10hrs a day, the last thing I really feel like doing is staring at text during the little time to relax.
I guess the saying holds true even on a slightly different topic... Even people who live in [insert tropical island here] go somewhere on vacation. Despite home being a paradise. While reading may be relaxation, people who do it all day, desire something that's non-work-like.
Some good insight in your post. As a book addict (its a quiet, non-violent addiction), I worry about the decline in reading as well. I think the solution rests in our inability to teach the joy of reading. Perhaps we shouldn't force high school students to start reading Dickens and Shakespeare first. Isn't that like asking our kids to learn to love baseball by trying to hit Roger Clemens on their first at bat?
Here's a better solution:
http://darkpartyreview.blogspot.com/2007/11/ess...
........Is this true Carl Parrish?