- that's a line from Vanilla Sky that I always liked.
Last week I was disheartened to read in the NYT that:
fewer than half of Americans over 18 now read novels, short stories, plays or poetry; that the consumer pool for books of all kinds has diminished; and that the pace at which the nation is losing readers, especially young readers, is quickening. In addition it finds that the downward trend holds in virtually all demographic areas.
Well, you - the internet savvy bunch that you are - can read (and discuss) literature online thanks to the New York Times: The Great Summer Read.
Starting today you can begin The Great Gatsby (excellent!), on 7/26 Like Water for Chocolate (delicious!), on 8/9 Breakfast at Tiffany's (outstanding!) and on 8/23 The Color of Water (I've never read this, but here is my big chance).-----
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for a second (shows how well i read) instead of quickening, i read "sickening". but it turns out they are equivalent here...
Posted by five blue | October 26, 2006 8:15 PM
Posted on October 26, 2006 20:15