Don't Judge a Reader by her Book Cover

It's now becoming really tough to resist punching the next person to give me 'that look'.

Almost every morning when I pull out my current installment of chick-lit genius, there is some smug literature-snob reading Orwell or Bronte who, on seeing that my book cover is doused in pinks and purples, gives me that almost pitying look which says "Oh I see, you're not a REAL reader".

And it's even worse when they exchange this look with ANOTHER literature-snob! It's as if I'm not even there! Like when a child struggles to put their shoes on the wrong way round and onlookers give that look that says "Bless her, she doesn't know any better...but at least she's trying".

But you know, who can blame them really? I mean, chick-lit IS full of pretty pictures and simplified vocabulary. I think the text is even enlarged, just incase there's a particularly tricky word and we have to sound it out.

I wonder if I could get a T-Shirt printed that says: "I've got a degree!!"...