apparently 27 million adults in the UK do not regularly by choice = 47% of adults.
I don't remember learning 2 read it was something that happened. Mum would read Look and Learn to us, certainly we could read B4 we went to school. TV wasn't an option in the 1940s/50s/60s so we played games as a family: Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, Snap, Happy Families [ironic, that]. I remember having material books to read in the bath as well as cardboard books with bright pictures.
When severely depressed I was unable to read magazines or books which was upsetting. Now I read in the bath; whilst DH is doing sports; in a shaded place in the garden ....... I have piles of books still to read, a few I begin and find that they aren't what I thought they would be or they simply don't suit my mood at the time. Mainly bought/taken to Charity shops or bought from PostScript.
During the year I buy books to put into the cupboard where DH keeps my presents, by December I can't remember them anyway
