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    Why has holiday reading become a competitive sport? | Johanna Leggatt

    Yes, I know. This is the summer you are going to break the back of Ulysses, only stopping for water and power naps
    by Johanna Leggatt Jan 11, 2019 3 minutes
    ‘I have been as guilty as the next person of carefully curating a book stack selection that would speak volumes about my literary sophistication, while also hinting at a plugged-in, socially aware side’ Photograph: Igor Maltsev/Alamy

    If summer is supposed to be a time of rest and reflection, of deactivating Facebook and ignoring its beseeching entreaties to log back on, then why do we persist in broadcasting our holiday reading book stack?

    For the past six weeks, images of other people’s summer reading stacks have been popping up on every social media site I have been trying hard to stay away from.

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