Sentences with phrase «like reading for pleasure»

Research has previously shown that differences in cultural and social capital can have repercussions in areas as diverse as use of language by the time children enter school, preferential access to grammar and faith schools, the type of characteristics parents value when choosing schools, the kind of studies children undertake and their access to more prestigious universities, or even the adoption of cultural practices linked to substantial cognitive gains like reading for pleasure.

Like reading for pleasure, an enjoyment of writing has been linked to higher student achievement, but new data from the UK show children and young people's enjoyment of writing is declining.

Like reading for pleasure, an enjoyment of writing has been linked to higher student achievement.

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For pleasure I like to read teen literature (no explicit sex) and I also want to keep up with what my middle school students are reading.

Read on for easy, natural decorating ideas using fall leaves, fresh produce, and farm - stand flowers, plus some simple pleasures to savor like sipping hot apple cider by a crackling fire...

What I'm reading:: My book club met Wednesday night to discuss You'll Grow Out of It, a refreshing comedy by Jessi Klein who covers the complete gamut of relatable guilty pleasures for girls like Anthropologie and The Bachelor.

In fact, as the survey revealed, a whopping 90 per cent of Canadians like to read for pleasure.

In fact, as the survey revealed, a whopping 90 per cent of New Zealanders like to read for pleasure.

As the survey revealed, a whopping 90 per cent of those in NZ like to read for pleasure and, furthermore, NONE of the Kiwis surveyed said that they view people who like reading as «boring.»»

I like to read and travel for pleasure and spend quality time with my son and family.

I just bit the bullet with a dating website again and got to experience my very first Overly Aggressive Guy, who proceeded to insult me by implying that I was only out for dick pics, then when I sent my message to an earlier comment (I hadn't had the pleasure of reading the dick message yet) he decided to send me his phone number and mentioned that I should contact him, though he thought I was acting like I thought I was too good for him.

As the survey revealed, a whopping 93 % of Brits like to read for pleasure and, what's more, just 2 % of Brits surveyed consider readers (and reading) to be boring.

I'm an honest woman, loving and looking for a man of good feeling that you like to enjoy all the pleasures of this life, I need to find my soulmate in this way, I love cooking, walking, reading, listening to music and watch films, also love dancing, dining out and shopping also.

Normal conventions of plot and pacing are irrelevant, so the true pleasure of a movie like Dangerous Men is in its details, including a cop badge that reads «Policeman Police» and a belly dancer who appears to perform a seductive routine for absolutely no reason, then disappears just as mysteriously.

We expected to round up five to 10 professional development texts pretty quickly, but we weren't entirely surprised when, with the end of the school year clearly in sight, you suggested a reprieve: «Read for pleasure» won the day, garnering far more mentions and likes than any of the PD books nominated.

I had to work too hard — and that's not something I like to do when reading for pleasure.

Things like the author's platform, the ability to sample, the social aspect of the «top 100» lists by genre, and the lack of «cover art embarassment» for those guilty - pleasure readings.

My reading for pleasure is split between KU, which I like as I can guilt - free pick up a book by an unknown and delete it if it reeks horribly, and buying authors I know and like.

I think many people underestimate the power and influence children reading books like Potter's for pleasure can have on their future careers.

But I don't like it for pleasure reading, or even really for other work - related reading I do, such as reading books about management.

Coupled with the focused attention of parents and the quiet time of unplugging for a while to curl up with a book, and a program like this one stands to produce great strides in language development, literacy and reading comprehension, and an overall increase in reading for pleasure.

Knowing I can't share the book and feeling like I can't recommend it, takes a lot of pleasure out of reading for me.

With ebook covers visible only to the reader, voyeuristic pleasure is gone for those who like spying on what others are reading on the train.

Most authors like reading; for pleasure, to find out how others write successful books in the genre or genres that interest them, or both.

The KND Kindle Chronicles Interview: From Homer to Homer: Unnatural Acts, Words Like Loaded Pistols, and Rewiring Our Brains for the Pleasures of Reading — Len Edgerly Interviews Marshall Poe of New Books Network July 10, 2012 By LEN EDGERLY, Contributing Editor If you are like me and most other people, you seldom read a -LSB-Like Loaded Pistols, and Rewiring Our Brains for the Pleasures of Reading — Len Edgerly Interviews Marshall Poe of New Books Network July 10, 2012 By LEN EDGERLY, Contributing Editor If you are like me and most other people, you seldom read a -LSB-like me and most other people, you seldom read a -LSB-...]

If you or somebody you care to buy for likes to read a lot for pleasure, this will almost certainly be a welcome product.

For those interested in the comic book series FABLES, which is what The Wolf Among Us is based on, there is another video below with tons of information for your pleasure (or just go read it like God intendedFor those interested in the comic book series FABLES, which is what The Wolf Among Us is based on, there is another video below with tons of information for your pleasure (or just go read it like God intendedfor your pleasure (or just go read it like God intended!).

«I like that it's a space for more than one person,» McMillian has remarked of his sheets, pointing to «the pleasures we have in bed like sleep, reading, sex.»