I don't know about his study. Correlation does not equal causation. A more likely possibility would be that people with a lot of books in the home are genetically more prone to the factors considered. That's why they would have the books to begin with.

I am an avid reader and a book lover. I own approx. 400 books and they are mostly fiction. "We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too."

I don't remember having lots of books in the house. I was brought to the library at a you ng age and bought comic books (prince valiant) at a very young age. I read Dickens. "Tale of Two Cities" in the 5th grade.

My point, I always had access to books, just not found in my house. Today I have 5 post-secondary degrees (including a PhD) and attribute that to books.

I started buying my own books in grade school. Remember weekly reader? Once every month or so I’d go home with a box full and read every one. I don’t buy too many now. Thank goodness for libraries. I do go to used bookstore and divest myself of books I’ve read and books a million has started buying books back. I do love my nook It’s great for not taking up room in my purse, it’s light and it’s great for holding free books especially from authors I’ve never read before. I also listen to books on Readercoin. Have listened to many classics I’ve never been interested in reading.

Until i was around 40 i used to pride myself on reading little fiction. preferred biographies & history. then i began to realize that, as henry ford said, 'history is bunk'. it really is mostly BS. especially wars in which the history is always written by the victors.
i now read mostly fiction. i enjoy writers who have interesting insights into the human condition.
i usually read for 20 minutes or so when i go to bed & often if i'm awake at 3 or 4 a.m i'll read until sleepy again.

I have always loved books. Growing up there were many hundreds of books in the house. My collections just kept growing. I kept almost all of my college texts for decades and only got rid of some of my graduate school texts when I retired. Now, as I consider downsizing, I realize that I have multiple book cases in just about every room -- even the dining room. And yet I can't help getting more. Each time I discover a new author I like, I acquire most of their works. It's an addiction!!

I had more books when I was younger and I read more as a younger man. Today I gleen what I can from the Net and have lots of sources, but the books were really my thing as a teen. Most of my books were paperback because we were poor. I had many paperbacks for over 10 years and they looked new because I respect books. Our small communities also had book stores that dealt with many used books. I still have a couple of rare ones but I wrote my name in them so maybe they are not valuable.

Today I hardly ever read a book coz I'm lazy, but I like e-pubs and my computer does read me a few of these.

I had at least a few hundred books in my bedroom at 16. There were thousands in the house. I gave away 15+ boxes of books when I moved from my last house and still have a lot, I'd guess over a thousand - real books. While I have a Kindle, I like the real thing.

Of the 3 kids growing up, 2 of us have post graduate degrees and the other dropped out. So you never can tell.

& I want the real ones I can feel! Kindle is just not the same thing!

Gotta have my books!