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Timoleon · 03-05-2009, 11:20 PM

According to Reuters:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/...oks_lies_odd_3

"Two out of three Britons have lied about reading books they have not, and George Orwell's "1984" tops the literary fib list, according to a survey published Thursday.

Commissioned by organizers of World Book Day, an annual celebration of reading in Britain, the study also shows that the author people really enjoy reading is J.K. Rowling, creator of the bestselling Harry Potter wizard series.

According to the survey, 65 percent of people have pretended to have read books, and of those, 42 percent singled out "1984." Next on the list came "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy and in third place was James Joyce's "Ulysses."

The Bible was in fourth position, and newly elected President Barack Obama's autobiography "Dreams from My Father" came ninth."

Can some of our British subjects comment on this? My guess is that most of the fibbing happens in English pubs, where the guys are trying to impress the gals in order to bed them.

I know from my own past --- say, joining book reading clubs and the like, one motivating factor was the desire and opportunity to meet smart, sensitive, and yes, good-looking women...

03-05-2009, 11:20 PM	#1
Timoleon Time Enough at Last Posts: 387 Karma: 1151316 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England Device: iPad 3, iPhone 5, Kindle 3, Fire, Sony PRS-350	Brits Lie About The Books They Read! According to Reuters: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/...oks_lies_odd_3 "Two out of three Britons have lied about reading books they have not, and George Orwell's "1984" tops the literary fib list, according to a survey published Thursday. Commissioned by organizers of World Book Day, an annual celebration of reading in Britain, the study also shows that the author people really enjoy reading is J.K. Rowling, creator of the bestselling Harry Potter wizard series. According to the survey, 65 percent of people have pretended to have read books, and of those, 42 percent singled out "1984." Next on the list came "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy and in third place was James Joyce's "Ulysses." The Bible was in fourth position, and newly elected President Barack Obama's autobiography "Dreams from My Father" came ninth." Can some of our British subjects comment on this? My guess is that most of the fibbing happens in English pubs, where the guys are trying to impress the gals in order to bed them. I know from my own past --- say, joining book reading clubs and the like, one motivating factor was the desire and opportunity to meet smart, sensitive, and yes, good-looking women...