Britain's best book borrower?

The Guardian reports that a 91-year-old library member in Scotland is probably Britain's most prolific book borrower. Staff noticed that she was up to her 25 000th loan! She now reads about 12 books per week, mostly romance, and first borrowed in 1946.

Romantic links

Romance fiction counts for about 26.4% of all books sold in the US. And there are about 150 new titles published each week! If you’ve ever wanted a romance book without all the ‘graphic’ bits (or alternatively with lots of graphic bits) this site http://www.theromancereader.com/ features reviews with ratings (i.e. PG, R, NC-17). And not for the faint hearted is this site with very colourful language: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ featuring reviews and articles.