A third of high school graduates, along with 42 percent of college graduates, never read a book after they finish school.  

peterwknox:

robot-heart:mufti:emilyposts:

This is the scariest thing to me as a book lover, a book writer (in dreams), and someone that works in the book industry. Not a good trend.

 BUT WHYYYY??!?!?! T_T

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  4. chelynne reblogged this from alilbit and added:
    BECAUSE SCHOOL TURNS US OFF TO BOOKS!!! EEEEEHHH No, I need to start reading more fo shooo
  5. thisismewriting reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    For me this has been the complete opposite. Since graduating, I’ve read more books now than I ever read when I was...
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  7. mutations reblogged this from srsly and added:
    This is distressing.
  8. arletty reblogged this from unicornology and added:
    OMG! WHAT THE CRAP IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    I blame the school system. They insist on making us read the ‘classic’ books from a very young age. Books like Cry, The...
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  18. mittenstategirl reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    citizen. It shows...profound lack of intelletual curiosity among adults
  19. alilbit reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    BUT WHYYYY??!?!?! T_T
  20. boutofcontext reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    PWK, whom I hear goes ‘all...way,’ pulled Chris Hedges’ quote:
  21. erickd reblogged this from brilliantlydisruptive and added:
    This is horribly unbelievable.
  22. jaycruz reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    All I kept thinking while I read this
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    day after I graduated I thought to myself: What now? So I went...bookstore, bought some...
  26. betterthancupcakes reblogged this from brilliantlydisruptive and added:
    Um. That’s seriously one of the saddest things I’ve heard!
  27. brilliantlydisruptive reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    robot-heart:mufti:emilyposts:
  28. breannajai reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    me. I cannnot imagine not reading. I wish...there were more hours
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    mufti:emilyposts: This is the scariest thing to...lover, a book writer (in dreams),
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  33. lawful reblogged this from noahkai and added:
    I can’t get my head around that.
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  36. teaforonesvp reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    This is scary. I’m very fortunate to grow up in a household that loves books. At first Mom and Dad were too busy to read...
  37. yellowhat reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    Yeah, I don’t read so many books as I used to. I’m getting more into writing mine, though.
  38. sds reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    Ugh. Not reading is completely unimaginable to me. I truly cannot remember the last time I wasn’t reading...
  39. robot-heart reblogged this from mikhailovna and added:
    When I was in high school, my dad gave me a book he’d read while he was enlisted and stationed in Korea. I was shocked....
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