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Gallup Opinion Polls
Chapter One. Page One. The good, the bad, and the cliché.
by, Jill Swenson
January 24, 2014

The Pew Research Center reported last week that one in four American adults had not read a single book in the past year. The number of non-book readers has nearly tripled since 1978. If you want someone to read your book, you know it has to be good. Better than good. The 18-29 year old demographic is the most likely age group to have read… [Read More]

Filed Under: bad beginnings, Beginning, Chapter One, Cleaning Nabokov's House, cliches, Gallup Opinion Polls, Jeff Vandermeer, Leslie E. Daniels, Lolita, Page One, Pew Research Center, The Wonderbook, Vladimir Nabokov
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