The most lied about book....

[Lalwendë]

If it's any consolation I can count the number of men I've met who liked Jane Austen on the fingers of one hand. I encouraged davem to watch the BBC P&P adaptation and after two hours when the credits came on (I had taped it in two hour 'chunks' from Sky) he asked was there any more. "Four more hours!" I brightly replied to which he pleaded with me not to make him watch any more and described it as "The most horrible thing I've ever had to put up with."



However, he has watched the Bridget Jones films and found them funny - which I do too, unlike the story when it appeared serialised in The Observer before being made into a book. I used to read it and then rant for about thirty minutes without ceasing, it annoyed me that much. It got so annoying I switched to The Sunday Times. And then to no paper at all because AA Gill annoyed me too....

I know someone who adores fantasy but has never read any Tolkien whatsoever; I'm the opposite, have read too much Tolkien but generally do not have any particular taste for fantasy. This guy I know loves to wind up Tolkien fans by telling them the films are the only thing worth bothering with. He only does it because it teasesssss....