What will life be like when people stop reading? Reading for pleasure seems to be a fast downslide, not just in America but world-wide. It is even more alarming that it appears that it isn't just a loss of will to read, but a loss of reading ability. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The mystery of how we read a sentence has been unlocked by scientists. Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case. In fact, almost 50% of the time, each of our eyes locks on to different letters simultaneously. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

I think this is the same guy who did the Dramatic Reading Of A Breakup Letter

Make sure you have volume turned on. picked by doggylives 3 weeks ago

The reading skills of young male students may improve more when boys are tutored by women, a Canadian study shows, contradicting some school policies to hire male teachers to improve boys' literacy. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency — slow and choppy reading — may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers. Their study, using the latest imaging methods, gives researchers a glimpse of what may go wrong in the structure of some dyslexic readers’ brains that makes it difficult to integrate the information needed for... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

I think we've probably all seen the "Paomnnehel pweor of the hmuan mnid" text before, but now you can try reading your favourite websites in the same style :-) picked by bunmaster 1 month ago

Fortune cookies are so Oldsmobile - Kit Kat Lucky Little's update the crunchy classic while retaining snackers' interest long after the sweet cherry taste has faded. picked by mitzuzake 5 months ago

60 minutes???? Mike Wallace? picked by Bornbad 6 months ago

I am gonna get killed for this, but what's the betting they're women... (goes into hiding) picked by spocksmyhomeboy 12 months ago

A wonderful site with a very large and diverse collection of authors providing a vast collection of poetry and prose for adults and children.

Sadly the site shut down, but is still up and still hosts the authors' works. There won't be any new offerings however. Read it now while you can. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

How many words can you read per minute (wpm)? 1) Click the START button (2) Read the text (3) Click on the FINISH button to see your results. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

Authorities in Wilkes-Barre, condemned John Puchniak's apartment this year when a routine inspection raised concern the bookstore owner's collection of nearly 3,000 texts could cause a fire picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Reading to her kids on the way to church.

(Theme pic not related to story, but it is an attention getter.) picked by tigertony 7 months ago