Thread: Harry Potter - Popular, but never to be a Classic
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Old 11-04-2020, 10:29 AM   #215
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Originally Posted by Tarana View Post
Scary but true. My cousin's daughter is now in high school and the number of kids that read books at all today, electronic or not, is very low. She's a HUGE fan of scifi, so reading a book all the time. Alas, none of them classics. I had suggested to her that a lot of the themes in scifi come from history, so I gave her a short list. She read Bullfinch's Mythology ($.99 at Amazon) while recovering from COVID. Now she's kindof excited about reading more - the librarian is making some recommendations on that.
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Has there ever been a time when "most" people were avid readers?
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I very much doubt it.
When I was in High School, a long long time ago, I only new one person who avidly read all the time..........me. I do not recall ever seeing another student reading except when required to do so.
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