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Reading For Fun Is Plummeting in The US, And Experts Are Concerned (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love reading but I grew up before smart phones. I'm not sure reading and smart phone brain go together.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I sometimes read books on my smartphone.

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The porn addicts on TikTok would disagree. Porn books are insanely popular and many people seem to only read those.

[–] Akrenion@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss all romance/romantic as porn. Some of them are well written with a touch of the forbidden for an elevated experience.

Not saying there aren't bad pornographic books but dismissing a whole genre for some puritanical reason also seems ill fitted.

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Of course! There are classy romances. However, my understanding is that a lot of these “romantasy” books are exploiting young audiences with graphic sex.

See: Bride