I have never run into anyone expressing any sort of snobbery towards the books I read. Usually it is more surprise expressed by those who know how many books I read that I have not read any of the latest best sellers or much talked about titles. Now television is another matter. It has been years since I have watched television, and so run into instances like having nothing to say about the apparently shocking ending to Downtown Abbey because I have never even viewed a moment of that.

I must admire your ability to manage that. When I read I soon cannot even hear music that I might have been playing. I've been told that once I really get into reading mode a bomb could go off and I would not notice that.

Yes, pot calling the kettle black. I recently read an online article about that. Romance covers featuring shirtless young hunks of men versus Science Fiction covers featuring nubile young women in skimpy clothing. The comments were interesting in how those pro and con comments broke down in the sex of the people making the comments.