I am not alone

[sawyl]

Currently in the middle of a massive bout of bibliorrhea, I was pleased to learn from today's Guardian that my symptoms are not unique:

I am usually reading three, sometimes four books, with a pile of books waiting in case I run out. I never leave the house without my book, and if I'm taking a train I'll usually have a back-up book in case I finish the first one. I'd rather read than do housework or laundry, and sometimes I'd rather read than talk to friends or husband or family. I've been known to boot my children off out into the garden or switch on the TV — "or anything, just sod off for 10 minutes!" — so that I can finally be alone with my book; worse still, I regularly succumb to the siren call of the current novel when I am supposed to be working.