Trashi reader Stella just sent me this quote from Charlie Higson, comedian and writer of the Young Bond series of books Guardian blogger, Carrie Quinlan.* Talking about adults who won't read kids' books, she said:
"I'm an unashamed reader of them. I simply don't hold with people who frown on adults who read children's books. Particularly when those people invariably have under their arm a Dan Brown or a Marian Keyes or ... a Martin Amis. And the Young Bonds don't even have to resort to goblins and pointy hats to cross over."
Well I too read children and young adult books "unashamedly", but I don't know why she felt the need to slag off Marian Keyes. (Or Dan Brown or JK Rowling, for that matter. I'm cool with her slagging off Martin Amis.)
* That'll teach me not to check my sources!