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I can't imagine a situation where I would want to lie about having read a book (and I didn't do it in school either... what can I say? I love to read).
When my (now-) husband and I were courting, I went to his apartment and his bookshelves were full of literature (including Ulysses). This was very attractive to me. It wasn't until MUCH MUCH later (when it was too late, lol) that I found out he hadn't read most of those books. He never lied about it, he bought them intending to read them, and just never got around to it. You can see how the magnitude of this only comes out over the course of years: I never grilled him on all the books, but every once in a while, I would say, "how was this book?" and he would say, "oh, I haven't read that one yet."
Ten years later he has still never gotten around to reading those books.
eP
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