When e-readers first became a thing, they were pretty easy to write off as a needless technological gimmick that people would grow to regret buying, like 3D TVs. But, in the manner of a particularly robust terrier, they’ve refused to relinquish their grip on the old sock that is popular culture.
2010 was (arguably) the year [...]
Kate reads Twilight books one and two, knows they’re rubbish, but loves Edward Cullen so much that she’ll put up with it. Then she goes on holiday and reads book three, then takes to the internet to complain that it’s not even up to the sub-par standard of the first two.
I’m really irritatingly fussy about books. I have a really specific taste which I’ve never managed to verbalise properly, and can’t help but imagine all kinds of pretentions and arrogances in most novels which probably aren’t even there.
There are just two authors whose books I’ve enjoyed sufficiently to feverishly scan the shelves just in case [...]