RESPONSE TO LILY

I agree that there are other things that keep us from reading other than the internet. The television is a major distraction especially for me. I can't count how many times I've spent all day, and i mean literally all day, just watching tv. It sucks you in with how many movies they play one after another. Lifetime movie channel and the Hallmark channel are the worst examples of this. (Keep in mind this is from a girl's point of view) Although people get sucked into the tv and their phones, I think if you give the right person a book the enjoy it would be a different story. When I get a book i usually spend all day reading and do little else so really i think it depends on the person and the book. Carr should be more specific as to what type of reading he thinks people aren't doing because if it was leisure reading he is talking about then he could be wrong. At least using myself as the example he would be wrong.