The better to admire you on the subway with, my dear.

Hmm. It seems the U.K.'s Kobo e-reader service keeps track of both what books people buy, and what books they actually finish. I'm obviously not surprised to learn that people are much better about finishing romance novels than they are high-profile tearjerkers about cancer patients or missing kids, but I am a little taken aback to realize that so many people make vanity book purchases for their e-readers. You'd think they'd save their e-book money for stuff like Fifty Shades of Grey, and purchase a paper copy of whatever weighty tome is currently in fashion for reading in public.