Reading matter

Nearly half of all men and one-third of women have lied about what they have read to try to impress friends or potential partners, a survey suggests.

Men were most likely to do this to appear intellectual or romantic, found the poll of 1,500 people by Populus for the National Year of Reading campaign.

The men polled said they would be most impressed by women who read news websites, Shakespeare or song lyrics.

Women said men should have read Nelson Mandela's biography or Shakespeare. (BBC)

One of these days*, the authors of this blog will write a book called The 50 Worst Books Ever Written, in which we will dissect (review) the 50 worst books ever written (like Ulysses and Penetrating Wagner's Ring) so that you, the reader, will be able to lie about having read them.

*Defined as: if we ever get our fucking acts together.