OK, I simply have to put this down publicly:
It is unbelievable just how many times in the day someone or the other pops up in my IM window or my Inbox, asking me whether I have read this book. Note that for some strange reason, no one ever *recommends* that I read it, as in “I think you will enjoy this book” – I am always asked whether I have read it, as in “Hey, have you read The Da Vinci Code?”