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Michael Merschel: Michael Merschel edits books coverage for The Dallas Morning News. November 2010
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I love this (from PaperCuts via GalleyCat): The BBC reports that in a survey of 1,500 Brits, 46 percent of men and 33 percent of women said they had lied about what they had read to impress friends or potential partners. (The BBC included teenagers in the poll, who lied about the Web sites and song lyrics they were reading. No, really.) When it comes to books, I am proud to say I have never lied to impress my friends, much less a potential partner, which will come as great relief to my wife, who is hard to impress in any case. Lying to total strangers, however ... well, does it count as a lie if I just stare blankly and nod affirmatively while someone talks? And I wonder whether the people who were lying were acknowledging bluffing about books they had not read ("War and Peace? Yes, it took up most of my weekend.") or if they included denials about books they don't want to admit they had read (somebody out there bought all those Mack Bolan novels.) In any case -- if you have tales of bookish lies, executed or exposed, take a few moments to spill them here. |
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