Are you aiming to read more books this year? It’s a worthy resolution, given the many mental health benefits that reading ...
When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...
Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...
Reading shouldn’t be stressful, but sometimes it’s fun to turn up the heat with a challenge to see how many books you can read in a year. Just don’t talk to us the last two weeks of December – some of ...
Trying to read more can be a hard habit to stick to – even if you're someone who regularly reads a lot. Just ask Nadia Odunayo, the founder and CEO of The StoryGraph, a book recommendation website ...
Know your attention span. How many minutes can you read before your mind wanders? The average is 20-30 minutes. Know how many pages you can read in an attention span. For instance, 10 pages in a ...
After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.