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When Science Meets Book Reading

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As you know, I enjoy a long love affair with science.  I particularly like scientific discoveries that have some connection to our everyday life, allowing us to extrapolate into other areas.

I recently ran into a post on the Daily Mail describing a clever research by a professor of mathematics: he checked which ebook sentences readers were highlighting on their Kindle.  His assumption was that the if a reader had highlighted 2 sentences at the beginning and none after that, he/she had not read the book.  If sentences towards the end were underlined, then it probably meant that the reader had read the whole book.  Although it is not exactly hard science, it does give some pointers as to what people actually read and whether they finish their books.

Here are his findings:

by Daily Mail by the Daily Mail

A couple of items that sprung to my attention: the least read book was Hilary Clinton’s “Hard Choices” (only 1.9%…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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