This summer I'm working part time at a mostly-used book store and I'm taken with the numbers of youngsters of all ages- toddlers to twenty - who come in eager for another book. I shouldn't have been too surprised because after all my brothers and I were/are avid readers but it appears to me that there is a certain proportion of people who always will read.

I like to say that everyone who comes into that shop loves books, and people who read are interesting people, so you can't lose.