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A comment on The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (2016). Parent comment

Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by yifanl on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:55AM (#17654287)
Personal anecdote: Someone in my high school class nearly failed a course after she picked up a particularly engaging series.

It was interesting to hear her talk about how her parents punished her by prohibiting her from reading for the month.

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Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by emptyfile on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @12:17PM (#17654472)
Wow that's pretty much me. During high school I was always forbidden spending any allowance for books, so I would do it secretly. Since I'm in eastern europe and books are expensive I very quickly turned to english editions, preferably paperback and as my interest in sci-fi and fantasy grew I was usually choosing the thickest bricks available in my local bookstore.

Getting a Kindle for my 18 birthday from my friends was a total revelation since at this point I was reading completely in english and all of a sudden got access to pretty much every book ever.

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