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I was standing in a queue to buy a couple of books in whsmith's yesterday (dr who books, but don't hold that against me :P) and there was a guy sitting at a table signing books. A woman and her fella who were in the queue behind me were vocally wondering what was going on up there and I ended up in conversation with them. I can't recall exactly what led to this comment, but the woman said something along the lines of: I wouldn't even buy a magazine, let alone a book. I joked that I am the other way, in that I spend way too much money on stuff like that. She then went on to tell me that she'd only ever read one book, "A Child Called It".
She was clearly exaggerating slightly, because she went on to say that the second in the trilogy was just a rehash of the first, but can you imagine that? Can you imagine identifying yourself as someone who has only ever read one book and would never dream of spending money on reading material?
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