Quotes about reading for World Book Day

Or to be more precise ... quotes about reading, books and writing.

Books, the inspiration for many quotes.

In the words of Homer Simpson...

Homer: “Marge, I'm bored.”
Marge: “Why don't you read something?”
Homer: “Because I'm trying to reduce my boredom.”

Thankfully, I don't suffer from Homer's foolish attitude, because in my opinion, books are brilliant!

This coming Thursday is officially World Book Day so in honour of World Book Day, here's a round-up of famous quotes about books and reading...

Subliminal ways to affect book review ratings

Research suggests that certain 'trigger' words can influence a reader's perception of a book.

Physical and subliminal conditions
can alter a reader's perception of a book.

A recent report published by a team of pyschology scientists at the University Of Central Newcastle has revealed some interesting findings into the effects of environmental conditions on a reader's enjoyment of a book, and the results will be of interest to authors and readers alike.

The full report stretches to eighteen pages, but to briefly summarise the results of their experiment, two groups of readers were given the same selection of books to read and then asked to rate each book out of ten. However, one subtle difference was that the second group was housed in a room where the temperature was kept five degrees higher than that of the first group.