I have a hard time believing 54% did read a book. 18% of the U.S. population is functionally illiterate, and I don't know for you, I really don't feel like reading a book after I work the whole day at a computer.
N.B. This stat appears to pertain to English language literacy, not literacy per se. Some of those 18%ers might be reading Dante in the original Italian or Shakespeare in the original Klingon.
citation needed
Have you tried before spending your whole day at your computer?
Between work and kids it just has to go. I am also blessed with no sleeping problems which means that I fall asleep the moment i go to bed. I try to read at least one book per year during vacation.
I read so much when I was younger.
I am not certain I will get the habit back when I get older.
Can't say I miss it, either.
Reading a book at this stage in my life (busy with kids) feels self-indulgent and selfish.
I try to read some of the books my kids read, allows me to connect with them. They love talking about their books.
I also found myself having a lot less time to read after having a child. I've only started again this year because I feel like doomscrolling in bed is not the best way to fall asleep.
These days I'll often read a book or two on vacation, but not always.
I've actively come back to this way of reading books the last 15 years, the key is to make it easy to read books and not having any notifications.
This is a perennial observation about general illiteracy in the US but who was even alive when this wasn’t the case? lol
Fahrenheit 451 is a 70 year old book complaining about this exact problem.