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@KeepTakingTheSoma @Lady_Penelope @FeartnTired @Maud_Gonner "But the thing about World Book Day is that it misses one target: the grown ups. While children are dressing up as the Wizard of Oz, the adults are reading not very much at all. Apparently four in ten people in Britain haven’t read a book in the last year. And of those who have, the books they are reading they shouldn’t – fantasy porn by Sarah J. Maas, say, or just fantasy, or Sally Rooney. Looking at the bestseller lists would actually put you off the reading habit.

So…how about dropping WBD and making reading a normal part of everyday life for absolutely everyone? You know, in a second hand bookshop you can get a Muriel Spark or Evelyn Waugh for £2.50? A paperback in Waterstone’s – say, PG Wodehouse - is about £8.99. I know, we’re all broke, but this is a retreat from the world that really is there for us all."

I would pass out if I didn't have access to books! I think himself would lie down and die.