Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books.” [Julian Barnes; Flaubert’s Parrot]
“To Smell the Inside of an Old Book is a Treasure of this World”
(by Lisa-Marie Kaspar)
America’s Facebook Generation Is Reading Strong
Taken from NPR:
In what may come as a pleasant surprise to people who fear the Facebook generation has given up on reading — or, at least, reading anything longer than 140 characters — a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project reveals the prominent role of books, libraries and technology in the lives of young readers, ages 16 to 29.
Kathryn Zickuhr, the study’s main author, joins NPR’s David Greene to discuss the results.
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