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POPS"Girly" book covers discourage boys--Times, 9/07 The article highlights a couple of books with plots that should appeal to boys. It's a pity they're given bright pink covers. Surely that increases boys' resistance to reading, and especially their resistance to reading books with female protagonists. (For more on that, see: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1494932,00.html and: http://www.readforpleasure.com/2007/09/why-women-read-more-than-men-or-not.html
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POPSHigh school reading lists updating rapidly--8/07 Christian Science Monitor One quote in the article disturbed me. A college student said "Summer reading is a good thing if and only if there's a context for it. I don't like the idea of just handing us a list. If you say, 'Read these books,' tell us why." Context is a great thing. But there's a lot of value in simply reading for pleasure, reading for its own sake, reading for exposure to different ideas and styles.
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POPSKids Shouldn't Read Fiction -NYTimes Jul 2007 Bull! (a) Reading fiction has benefits other than information. (b) Kids get plenty of practice reading for information on the internet. (c) Studies show that if kids don't do enjoyable reading in school, they stop reading as soon as they're out of school.
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POPSHarry Potter doesn't increase kids' reading -NYTimes Jul 2007 Kids read if their parents read. And most adults don't read. I found some horrifying statistics on how little people read--and how reading dwindles as people age. Adults actually read less than kids do. Great example, huh? http://www.readforpleasure.com/2007/01/how-much-do-we-read.html
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POPSHarm in reading romance novels? -AJC, Jun 2007 See the AJC for rebuttal & great comments by romance authors. Clearly neither columnist knows anything about romance novels. Also, that book Feldhahn cites? The full title is Finding the Hero in Your Husband: Surrendering the Way God Intended http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558749306?ie=UTF8&tag=readforplea-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1558749306 I bet Feldhahn's a "surrendered wife". Creepy. http://www.equityfeminism.com/articles/2001/the-surrendered-wife-phenomena/
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POPSDeath of the Short Story, Buzz Balls & Hype, Jun 2007 Henkin makes a great point: short stories are perfect for the short attention span. So why aren't they selling? I often try a new author by reading her short stories. I know that an author's short stories may be very different from a novel, as the different lengths require such different approaches. But often reading the short stories is an easy intro to someone's style.
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POPSSalon.com: Summer Reads ("Chic" lit) What, Salon.com can't admit it reads "chick lit", so it renames the genre "chic lit"? Their recommendations are every bit as vapid as the rest of the genre. The most irritating thing is, there are plenty of great romances -- contemporary, humorous, fast-paced romances -- better than these offerings.
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