Women love liars. That's an excellent way to pick up gals.
At least the British are apparently well informed enough about books to lie about reading them. The average American "Joe 12-pack" wouldn't be familiar enough with the books' titles to lie about them. (Just being hard on my country.

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Thanks for the comment about War and Peace being a good read. I've often considered it and now that I have an ebook reader I don't have to be intimidated about its size.