When's the last time you settled down with a good book, just because you enjoyed it? A new survey shows reading as a pastime is becoming dramatically less popular in the US, which correlates with an increased consumption of other digital media, like social media and streaming services.
I love reading but I grew up before smart phones. I’m not sure reading and smart phone brain go together.
I sometimes read books on my smartphone.
The porn addicts on TikTok would disagree. Porn books are insanely popular and many people seem to only read those.
I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss all romance/romantic as porn. Some of them are well written with a touch of the forbidden for an elevated experience.
Not saying there aren’t bad pornographic books but dismissing a whole genre for some puritanical reason also seems ill fitted.
Of course! There are classy romances. However, my understanding is that a lot of these “romantasy” books are exploiting young audiences with graphic sex.
See: Bride