According to statistics provided by the ALA American Library Associationn), the percentage of girls--who are more avid readers than boys--who read only one or no books per month is 41%; only 10% read the "classics" on their own including specific literary genres: fiction, poetry and drama, the type of readings they would be assigned in school.
Women are generally more avid readers than men, so plenty of modern books follow the lives of savvy businesswomen or strong mothers.
So being an avid reader makes you more popular, more successful, happier, sexier and, all in all, a better human being than someone who isn't.
I was an avid reader, made even more so by my frequent moves – the first place I would visit in a new town was the local library – and nothing made me happier than reading a book and feeling like I was "inside" a story.
As a librarian and avid reader I couldn't agree more with your column or with the research you quote.
An avid reader and student of life, Eva knew more than many scholars on a myriad of subjects.
Allison Bedford is a writer, photographer, avid reader, rabid Springsteen fan, and so much more.
An avid reader about tsarist Russia, Putin was forming a more coherent view of history and his place within it.
I've always been an avid reader, but my cookbook obsession is a little more recent.
We helped him pick out some great books, and he finished more than half a dozen that summer and is still an avid reader to this day".
As an avid reader myself, my only regret is not having used Amazon to buy more books in the past.
