Wait, what? On lying? Lying about what? Well why don’t I just tell you? On lying about what you have and have not read. I saw another blogger post about this recently and then I read a few articles from major publications. There seems to be a number of people who lie about having read certain books.
I may be mistaken, but I think the survey was taken in England. And I also think the books people lie about reading are mostly classics.
This whole thing got me thinking. First, I see no point in saying I’ve read any book I haven’t. And second, which book(s) would I lie about reading? If I were such a person. Hmmmm. I think I’d lie about reading a book if I’d already seen the movie. But I can’t imagine lying about reading some classic I know nothing about. Imagine the conversation.
“Have you read Pride and Prejudice?”
“Yeah! It’s one of my favorites!”
“Oooh. Who’s your favorite character?”
*crickets*
And there’s really no reason to experience this. I know people talk about books they haven’t read, and that’s fine. But saying you’ve read something you haven’t is just weird. And dumb.
Have you ever told someone you’d read a book you actually hadn’t? Which book was it you little liar, you? đŸ˜‚
Johnny Reads 