Taking Time to Turn a Page: How U.S. Readers are Attempting to Slow Down Summer

(Feature Impact) For many adults, the slow-burning summers of childhood are a thing of the past. Unscheduled days and unhurried weeks have turned into a rushed season of endless activities and packed calendars.

In fact, according to a new survey from ThriftBooks, the largest independent online bookseller of new and used books, three-quarters of U.S. adults who read said summer moves faster now than it did when they were growing up. Readers across the country are turning back the clocks by opening a book with 56% of those surveyed reporting reading makes summer feel like it lasts longer, and most agree it helps them slow down in a way other forms of downtime simply do not.