The younger generation's reading habits are so different than our generation. Much to my dismay, my son doesn't read for pleasure. I'm wondering how many others in his age group do at this point, or go to the library. I love a good bookstore, too!!
My kids' reading habits are all over the map. My oldest read a lot when he was deployed, because there's not much to do on an aircraft carrier when you're in the middle of the ocean and not on duty! I don't think he reads as much when he's home, but he has a family to attend to. My oldest daughter is my most faithful reader, but she's been kind of off her game for a few years since graduating from college and starting work as a nurse. I think there can be reading exhaustion when you get out of college. Younger son is the real surprise--he basically went straight from Captain Underpants to Don Quixote when he was in middle school and now feels bad when he doesn't have time to devour Cormac McCarthy and Dostoevsky! Kid #4 reads occasionally, and when she reads, it's for pleasure, but she doesn't read much.
I read a ton when I was their age, but I had long commutes on the train or bus and formal lunch hours when I read at my desk or in a deli. Then I had kids and barely cracked a book for myself for 20 years! I wonder how much their reading habits are just a factor of their stage of life? But I also genuinely worry that social media and AI are just ruining reading stamina and the ability to take in and process information...
Happy to hear you have some readers in your family. Your youngest likes the heavy stuff!! I agree, I worry a lot about the digital age and kid's attention spans. But, like you said, it could be a stage of life thing too.
I annotate/make notes on some books, just not all. I like to just sink into the words. But also, even if one does habitually annotate books, there is most likely no need for the overwhelming supply of annotation supplies highlighted in that video.
The younger generation's reading habits are so different than our generation. Much to my dismay, my son doesn't read for pleasure. I'm wondering how many others in his age group do at this point, or go to the library. I love a good bookstore, too!!
My kids' reading habits are all over the map. My oldest read a lot when he was deployed, because there's not much to do on an aircraft carrier when you're in the middle of the ocean and not on duty! I don't think he reads as much when he's home, but he has a family to attend to. My oldest daughter is my most faithful reader, but she's been kind of off her game for a few years since graduating from college and starting work as a nurse. I think there can be reading exhaustion when you get out of college. Younger son is the real surprise--he basically went straight from Captain Underpants to Don Quixote when he was in middle school and now feels bad when he doesn't have time to devour Cormac McCarthy and Dostoevsky! Kid #4 reads occasionally, and when she reads, it's for pleasure, but she doesn't read much.
I read a ton when I was their age, but I had long commutes on the train or bus and formal lunch hours when I read at my desk or in a deli. Then I had kids and barely cracked a book for myself for 20 years! I wonder how much their reading habits are just a factor of their stage of life? But I also genuinely worry that social media and AI are just ruining reading stamina and the ability to take in and process information...
Happy to hear you have some readers in your family. Your youngest likes the heavy stuff!! I agree, I worry a lot about the digital age and kid's attention spans. But, like you said, it could be a stage of life thing too.
You had me until that (rather harsh) call out: "Normal people don't habitually annotate books."
Well, they are missing out.
I annotate/make notes on some books, just not all. I like to just sink into the words. But also, even if one does habitually annotate books, there is most likely no need for the overwhelming supply of annotation supplies highlighted in that video.