tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2758175780593161367..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Growing Old TogetherOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45069509244997882652012-09-03T00:48:59.967-04:002012-09-03T00:48:59.967-04:00Thanks to all of you for tuning in. I was feeling...Thanks to all of you for tuning in. I was feeling a little time-deprived when I wrote that. Getting old will do that to you.<br /><br />You're all better balanced and saner than I am.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77946729536015711362012-09-02T16:50:52.244-04:002012-09-02T16:50:52.244-04:00I think the marketers are really missing the point...I think the marketers are really missing the point. We old folks forget what we had for lunch let alone remember what brand of toothpaste we used to brush our teeth--or brand of paper towels to dry them with after. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-56329658914310250612012-09-02T16:13:04.449-04:002012-09-02T16:13:04.449-04:00Despite the mountains of mystery/thriller books I ...Despite the mountains of mystery/thriller books I have, I have yet to be able to convince any of my kids to read one. None of them watch much network television since "Lost" went off the air. I'm the only member of the family who doesn't watch "Breaking Bad".<br /><br />Everyone reads. The kids (35,29, 26) have similar reading tastes and trade books all the time. Until a few years ago, my husband didn't read fiction. I suggested he watch one of the Masterpiece Mystery productions of "Inspector Morse" and then I handed him one of the books. Since then, he has his own pile of books. So far, I haven't been able to convince him to troll for his own books but I do steer him to authors I think he will like even if the author isn't to my taste. <br /><br />Getting kids to read is made easier by reading to them. My son did balk when he was about three, telling me he didn't want any more books about bunnies. Books for very young boys weren't easy to find but the Goosebumps series saved the day.<br /><br />They enjoyed browsing in bookstores. My oldest read considerably above grade level but she wasn't always emotionally ready for some of them. I had help from a children's librarian when choosing books. My daughter would be furious when I put a book aside for later. When she read one of those books at the appropriate age, she told me she would have cried/been traumatized had she read them when she was younger.<br /><br />My library is open on the weekends and they are very busy. Parking is at a premium and the children's section is the busiest. In addition to the main library, we have five branches. I think we have good access for a city of about 80,000.<br /><br />All the elementary schools offer DEAR time at random times in each classroom. Drop Everything And Read can happen in match class as well as during reading. <br /><br />Of course, the best way to grow readers is for kids to see their parents doing it.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6881807538150291342012-09-02T13:56:00.600-04:002012-09-02T13:56:00.600-04:00What's interesting is the market for YA books ...What's interesting is the market for YA books is growing, with a lot of adults reading them.The one big thing about e readers is the the adjustable font which for us older folks is a gift. I also like the books that are e reader only like those of Mr. Hallinan :). Maybe it's the kids I run into, but they are reading, and not as TV obsessed as the precious 20-49 demographic. I still have hope-the library is jammed, author appearances are jammed, and book themed activities are very popular. In my mind, there will always be books in some way or another.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-60452449354024291872012-09-02T13:42:54.311-04:002012-09-02T13:42:54.311-04:00"GROWING old"? As in the PRESENT TENSE?..."GROWING old"? As in the PRESENT TENSE? Now THERE'S an eternal Polyanna for you! But I'm right there with you, Tim, "old age" is something still in my distant future (he says, with nicely rounded 60 only a couple of months away...) As for decreasing readership... well, that takes me back to my reply to Jeff yesterday:<br /><br />This, too, shall pass.<br />The more things change, the more things remain the same.<br /><br />Reading, as a widespread phenomena, has really been a VERY short-lived thing, a mere 200-300 years old. Before that, very few people COULD read. Technology (the printing press, the industrial revolution, widespread eduction) brought about the rise of the "reading class." Now technology (TV, movies, computers, the internet) is leaching away the "casual readers." I'm right with you, feeling great sadness and ennui to see it happening. But changes brought about via massive social forces cannot be stopped any more easily than you can stop the waves on the beach with walls of sand.<br /><br />Still, there IS hope for the future. A DIFFERENT future (it always is), but hope none the less.<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66343280880878131502012-09-02T05:19:23.088-04:002012-09-02T05:19:23.088-04:00Don't worry, Tim. New people are turning fift...Don't worry, Tim. New people are turning fifty every day. And by the way, my 14year old, formerly Harry-Potter-obsessed granddaughter is reading Conan Doyle and Alafair Burke. That's not to say you and I won't continue to age--gracefully of course.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.com