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31 Mar

Poll: How Many Books Did You Read Last Year?

The “How Many Books Did You Read Last Year” poll has closed. Thank goodness for all you avid readers out there! You’ve restored my faith in humanity. The following are the results:
53% voted that they read ten or more books last year
30% read between five and ten books
23% read somewhere between three and four books
Thanks [...]

04 Mar

Only Three Fourths of Americans Read

This statistic is freaking me out. Apparently one in four Americans read no books at all last year. What is up with that? Also, the typical adult on average read only four books last year. Four! I read at least four books in a month, usually more like six. What do these people do with [...]

02 Mar

Classics Poll Comes to a Close

A poll was taken of “Which Classic is better” and the following are the results:Last Place with 5% of votes was:

 
Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea
Tied for second place with 27% of the vote were:  

Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables
and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
And…Drumroll please… the winner with 38% of the vote [...]

31 Jan

Classic Roundup

I created a poll on “Which Classic is Better?” a few days ago and I wanted to explain my selection of books – why I picked the ones that I did and not other ones.The poll consist of the following books:
The Old Man and The Sea (by Ernest Hemingway)
Les Miserable (by Victor Hugo)
Hamlet (by William [...]

29 Jan

My Favorite Classic Isn’t on Your Poll – Doofus!

If your favorite classic isn’t on my poll, comment below to tell me what it is! I’d love to know!

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