Does anyone else have this problem?

“My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.”
― A.J. Jacobs

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
― Lemony Snicket

And that says it all, really.

A very astute man, Samuel Clemens…

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
― Mark Twain

Quite apt for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere as we come to the end of a glorious summer…

“Books are more real when you read them outside.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

And perhaps this is why we love reading so much?

“That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can’t control life, at least you can control your version.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Stranger Than Fiction