Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Reader Interview: Jenna Lattu

Name: Jenna Lattu
Age: 20
Hometown: Excelsior, Minnesota
Major: Early Childhood Education

1.     Generally, do you think of yourself as someone who likes to read?
a.     Yes

2.     When you read for pleasure, what do you read?
a.     Fiction

3.     About how many hardbound books do you own, and of these how many would you classify as either “literary” or “literature?”
a.     I own about 50 books, and I would consider 6 of them to be “literature.”

4.     In the past year, have you read a novel from cover to cover?
a.     Probably around 30

5.     When you sit down to read a book, how long do you read before stopping?
a.     About 1 hour

6.     How much time do you spend on social media each day?
a.     2 hours

7.     How much time do you spend on your cell phone each day (talking, texting, using Apps, searching the internet)?
a.     4 hours

8.     How much time do you spend either studying and/or working each day?  How much of this time is spent reading?
a.     2-3 hours, usually 1 hour is spent reading

9.     How much time do you spend on the Internet each day?
a.     30 minutes

10. How much time do you spend watching television or streaming video each day? 
a.     1 hour

11. How much time do you spend totally unconnected from all media technology each day?
a.     None outside of sleeping

12. What are your favorite forms of relaxation and entertainment?
a.     Listening to music

13. Complete the following sentences: “Reading is  . . .”
a.     Stress-relieving, especially if I am invested in a book.

14. Complete the following sentence: “My favorite book is . . .”
a.     Harry Potter. They are all so good, so I can’t pick my favorite.

15. Complete the following sentence: “The word “literary” refers to . . .”
a.     The subject of reading, writing, and literature.

16. Complete the following sentence: “Reading poetry is like . . .”

a.     Being forced to do something that I don’t want to do, but may end up enjoying.

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