If you’ve seen last week’s post, you’ll see that I’ve got out of the habit of reading. And that made me feel a little guilty, though I couldn’t quite pinpoint why. Why should I feel bad about not enjoying reading as much as I used to? Why should I apologise for my tastes changing? Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about it this past week, and I’ve worked out just why I feel so bad about not reading as much. People think reading is better than watching telly. How often have we had that argument with someone about a book that’s been turned into a TV show or film? You know the one; the argument about whether the visual media stands up to the books. There’s admittedly a certain snobbery from people around novels turned into television, a sort of arrogance that only a true fan would have read the book before seeing the TV series. Is reading really better than watching TV, though? And should people be looked down on for not reading the books their new favourite show is based on? Of co