For bibliophiles, it is tempting to buy books as presents to `fix´ people who don´t read - but this is snobbery of the worst kindYou´re making a list, you´re checking it twice, and your fall-back position will be a nice book or two for friends and family to unwrap on Christmas Day. Everybody loves a good book, right?But wait. What about those who don´t read? (Take it from me, these people exist. I´ve seen them. I´m even friends with a few.) Now you and me, we know that books are great. Books enrich, educate and entertain. People who read books are smarter, nicer, more attractive. People who don´t read books live grey, humdrum, fiction-free lives, bereft of that essential spark that infuses the lives of us readers, allows us to walk on clouds, hear choirs of angels and piss rainbows. Related: Guides to starting fires set to be this Christmas`s hottest books Continue reading...
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