Teenagers Talking about Reading and Libraries

I found it interesting that although a few of the participants said that they didn't like reading, that they actually did have reading materials that they liked and enjoyed. It also seemed like many of the participants associated reading specifically with novels, and although they read other materials (like manga or websites), they did not consider these to be reading materials. I wasn't really surprised that given the choice most participants preferred other activities like sports to reading.

I was surprised to find out that most of the participants found the books they read in their homes or at the bookstore instead of the library. But, I can understand this. I associate teenagers with not having a lot of money to spend, but when I was a teenager I think I preferred to buy my own books because I was afraid of late fees. I also liked to build my own library at home.

I didn't find the section on what teenagers are reading very useful. It reported that teenagers read a wide variety of materials but I felt like this was to be expected. Snowball does comment that this research is preliminary and it would be interesting to see the results produced from more investigation.

I thought it was funny how the word "like" was omitted from direct quotes and how "most participants had the habit of inserting"(107) it. I'm not sure if this was necessary to say because it makes the participants look very stereotypical. I also was unsure why Snowball brought up race when discussing manga, I'm not sure this was very relevant to her overall study.