tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post4535301900338157557..comments2023-09-23T23:34:02.905-05:00Comments on A Little Reading: Booking Through Thursday: EncouragementJLS Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779539758815705415noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-56293118721665690332010-02-15T08:39:43.204-06:002010-02-15T08:39:43.204-06:00I have seen a HUGE increase in the number of my hi...I have seen a HUGE increase in the number of my high school students who read in the past few years. It started with Harry Potter, continued with Twilight and now they are just reading everything. In fact, some of my best book "recommenders" are my students. I even host a book club twice a month after school at the students' request. Keep the faith, reading among young adults is making a comeback!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208589749750108178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-53690588174884486562010-02-12T11:44:27.095-06:002010-02-12T11:44:27.095-06:00Teachers are taught to model the love of reading, ...Teachers are taught to model the love of reading, yet my son was indifferent until a male friend gave him some old trucker magazines. Allen was 12, and he read those cover to cover. That birthed his love of reading. To this day, he usually has a book going.SmilingSallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479373067844173653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-30957900963027423752010-02-11T15:22:42.256-06:002010-02-11T15:22:42.256-06:00I really enjoyed your answer! I too was someone wh...I really enjoyed your answer! I too was someone who had a love for reading at such an early age that I can't even imagine not loving to read instinctively!Amusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657337249497691366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-11452332761123721862010-02-11T13:35:05.211-06:002010-02-11T13:35:05.211-06:00I was a kid, a teenager and a college student who ...I was a kid, a teenager and a college student who didn't like to read anything (I still don't read newspaper), and look at <a href="http://mylastread.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-club-discussion-1-question-3.html" rel="nofollow"> what I am reading now....</a>NerdyMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773953590555115991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-43406425989660995542010-02-11T12:46:09.576-06:002010-02-11T12:46:09.576-06:00Your prognosis on the future of reading made me sa...Your prognosis on the future of reading made me sad :( Probably because I saw a lot of truth in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-39431932345510840092010-02-11T11:53:35.175-06:002010-02-11T11:53:35.175-06:00I'm with you! Who are we, non-professionals, t...I'm with you! Who are we, non-professionals, to judge?!<br /><br />http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-encouragement.htmlfredamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445217103291725907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-3123849207343731202010-02-11T11:42:07.468-06:002010-02-11T11:42:07.468-06:00I don't know what caused me to love books, I j...I don't know what caused me to love books, I just did. <br /><br /><a href="http://web.me.com/bluestocking_bb/The_Bluestocking_Guide/Book_Reviews/Entries/2010/2/11_Encouragement.html" rel="nofollow"> Here is mine</a>Brooke from The Bluestocking Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832634751075478091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-22246290054601297062010-02-11T11:09:08.243-06:002010-02-11T11:09:08.243-06:00Good answer! I don't know if reading for pleas...Good answer! I don't know if reading for pleasure is a dying phenomenon, especially with all the new YA books that are in the bookstores. Twilight, Harry Potter... the kids read the books and the signings and midnight parties for the releases. I don't remember things like that when I was a kid.<br /><br />I had to deal with this with my oldest child. <br /><a href="http://tweezlereads.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday_11.html" rel="nofollow">Here's my response</a>.tweezlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582232237930976366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-25201331694665119092010-02-11T10:30:36.612-06:002010-02-11T10:30:36.612-06:00Ugh I can't imagine reading for pleasure as a ...Ugh I can't imagine reading for pleasure as a dying phenomenon, especially with all of US out there! :) I think maybe us readers are more an awesome vintage underground culture, we're the cool ones, it's just that others may not agree. Haha!<br /><br />I posted a Valentines book-related question at <a href="http://thecrowdedleaf.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/im-in-the-mood-for-love/" rel="nofollow">The Crowded Leaf</a> if you're interested!Alaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305704919065945772noreply@blogger.com