I too, was a voracious reader, as a child. I lived on the south side of Ft. Worth and we had public libraries, as well as a bookmobile that would bring a set selection, but also you could request books and they would bring them the next week. My favorites were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books. I read all of the classics along with some just for fun. My mother enrolled me in the book of the month club, (I forget the publisher) and I always looked forward to them. I tested so highly in reading in school that I was usually allowed to go to the library during reading class to keep from being bored. My son has also inherited that gene, and while he has all of the electronic distractions you listed, he still enjoys sitting down with a book and reading for hours on end.