reading is sexy.

"I don't know why Meg doesn't have a boyfriend. She's like a REALLY good reader." - my favorite, Sarah Sandgren

This quote made me laugh a lot a few summers ago. Literate girlfriends = SO hot right now.

Evidently she was right, though.

The BBC reports that nearly half of all men and one-third of women have lied about what they've read to try to impress friends or potential partners.

"Ayn Rand?? Ahh, yes. Love her! Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead have definitely NOT been sitting on my bookshelf unread for the last two years. I dove right into them. Easy read. They're fantastic."

A friend of mine has told me about his admirable strategy of sitting in coffee shops either holding a worn copy of Dante's Inferno or pretending to read it while writing notes in the margin.

Girls ate that up.

The men polled said they would be most impressed by women who read news websites, Shakespeare or song lyrics. Women said men should have read Nelson Mandela's biography or Shakespeare.

(Nelson Mandela's bio? What??)

Note to self: step up the Shakespeare time. I already compulsively read news websites and song lyrics.

I, for one, love readers. What? You're intelligent and interested in the world? Your idea of a 'book' isn't Sports Illustrated? Date me please.

Moral of the story: Reading is sexy. Pick up a book once in awhile.

[I may or may not have the t-shirt version of the button on top.]
[Emphasis on may]