Thread: Is all reading good?
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Old 09-23-2009, 11:37 AM   #156
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
Though I think this is always a good thing, I personally wish "generations" of people weren't getting passionate about reading from boy wizards and vampires. But that's just because I never saw the attraction to either genre, myself (not criticizing either, just saying they're not my thing).

It's great when great books get people to read. But it's really just as good when popular books get people to read... at the very least, it keeps their literacy active, and they can always move on to read something else.
Well, there's definitely a subtext in "movements" like this. I don't really know if that is good or bad. The thing is it may encourage people to read, but they may only be interested in reading a certain type of book or author rather than reading in general.
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