Tough Stuff

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. 
     ~Charles Caleb Colton

"A reader? That's what you call yourself?"

I shrugged. "Sure. I read lots of books! Why last year, I read over a--"

"--Quantity? You boast of quantity?" 

"I..." A good defense rose to my lips, except I knew it was no defense at all. I'd mostly read fluff: adventure/detective/spy stories.

"Look. There are great works of fiction out there...some are actually on lists of 'Great Books.' But, there are biographies, histories, memoirs--factual stuff about reality, not floofy escapes into unreality! When was the last time you sank your teeth into something that made you think?"

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Mar 15, 2015 - If you watch less than five hours of television each day, then consider yourself below average. The typical American spent 4 hours and 51 minutes in front of a TV screen per day over the last few months, according to a report from ratings company Nielsen.

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75% of Americans 16 and older read a book last year. The median number of books read by readers last year was 6; the average, pushed up by those always-reading outliers, was 15.

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David speaking: last yr I read 160 books. 42 were non-fiction. Hmm.