Comments on: Jim McCarthy is excited that 3 out of 4 people read a book last year

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By: Tara Clark

Tara Clark — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:36:00 +0000

I read and write for the same reason; I love a good story. Books will never die out because the market for them will never die. There will always be people who love books not just the stories they hold. These people will pass this love on to their children and so books will live on no matter where technology takes us.

Reading a book is a different experience than reading the same story on some hand held device. The feel and smell of a book give it a physicality that electronic devices lack. Its story gives it personality. There is a reason many people say a good book is like a good friend; books are in and of themselves characters.

The internet, television, and what technologies way come have no more chance of replacing books than plastic lawn furniture has of replacing handcrafted wood.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:03:00 +0000

I am a serious bookaholic. In grade school, I would hold up my textbook with a book I was reading hidden behind it. At night, after bedtime, I hid under the covers with a flashlight to read. All the moves I’ve made over the years have included hundreds of pounds of books. My greatest tragedy was losing most of my books in an arson fire in 1991; I am slowly rebuilding my collection. The only thing I like as well as books is Guinness and single malt Scotch. I am, yours truly, author Luhra Tivis in Enid, Oklahoma

By: Chalie B

Chalie B — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:31:00 +0000

It’s not bothering me so much that 1 in 4 don’t read, but that all in four million ain’t reading me! Got to fix that, so you know why I’m on your website, right?

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000

Hi Jim,

I read because I love people and words. I write, well because, I love people and words.

Great post.

Donna

By: krisinvegas

krisinvegas — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:23:00 +0000

I can't imagine the hilarity of going through the "slush". Being a court reporter, recently, the slush about burned my brain out. But then, every now and then, was either a ruby or a piece of dog crap that looked like a sculpture of my ex-husband.

Sending you my book soon. Amidst slush, rubies and unholy dog crap sculptures, I have been working on the sequel. Might as well send you the first one.

By the way, reading the slush taught me a lot about what not to do when I write. Been trapped in a bank of slot machines lately?

We can only hope.

krisinvegas

By: Mme. Silver

Mme. Silver — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:38:00 +0000

I read because there's nothing I love more than a good adventure and reading is an adventure on paper, as seen by someone else. When i read, I can't help but think, "What did the author think when he/she put this to paper?"

It's definitely why I write: to give that adventure to someone who would like to read it.

By: Just_Me

Just_Me — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:46:00 +0000

1 in 4 don't read, I think I make up for them. I speed read everything, not on purpose, I just read fast. On average, I read two or three books a day.

I'm getting smart though, I've started putting rusty newspaper skills into practice and I'm editing books in critique groups. Free reading material? I'm all over it!

And when I can't find something to suit my tastes... I write.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:11:00 +0000

. . . i’m a little late to the party here (found the blog via one of those wandering google search link to link to link trips) . . . as i was reading your post i flashed on how many books i buy a year – upwards of 50 or so – and then check lots of books out of the library. and it never fails to blow my mind when someone tells me they don’t read . . . how is that possible? there is something magical in the transmission of written words between people, and while tv and movies are awesome too, there is just something luscious about the feel of a book, it’s weight, the turning of the pages, that moment when something the author writes leaps out straight into heart or mind and you laugh out loud or tear up . . . how could people not know the fabulousness of books for a Whole Year???

By: Hainer

Hainer — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:52:00 +0000

It would seem anything but authentic to want to write if you don't regularly cull some pleasure from what has already already been written.

Granted, writing few good sentences in a row can feel like something on the constructive side of narcotic relief and the strategic side of athletic achievment, and provides every bit the buzz of either or both.

Without a frame of reference, however, without a true investment in books...the desire to to write one would seem individually theraputic at best, an insult to committed writers at worst, or, most likely, a lil' sumpin sumpin' for folks who daydream vividly enough they can actually avoid having to grind out the work -- and still feel damn good about it.

It might actually sound good to someone somewhere...who's also buzzed.