[HPFGU-OTChatter] Reading differences between the sexes

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Pigwidgeon <pigwidgeon at inbox.as> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was off reading on the BBC's news website and came
> across an 
> article on reading differences between males and
> females. The article 
> is at: 
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1342000/134
> 2048.stm
> 
> Quoting from the article: <<<Ms Hartley found that
> the men had tended 
> to choose shorter books, which could be contributed
> to low boredom 
> thresholds. 
> 
> They also preferred UK novels centred on the family.
> 
> 
> The women were more interested in crime stories and
> books with a 
> strong love interest.>>>
> 
> 
> I was interested with the crime stories more often
> in the females 
> section. I did not know what to make of this as I
> personally would 
> have expectated them to be more likely to be read by
> males (having 
> said that I do not read many crime novels so maybe
> it is true).
> 
> 
> 
> Simon 
> 
Well, at our house it's definitely the females who
read the crime stories. Then again, my husband isn't
much of a reader. The last thing I remember him
reading is Piers Anthony's Xanth series. I'm not big
on love stories, though, I'll stick to the crime
novels with a side of fantasy.

Sheryll

BTW, Simon, thanks for the recommendations on Terry
Pratchett novels. I picked up the first Discworld book
and Jamieson lent me 'Good Omens' (I laughed all the
way through it).

=====
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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