Why women read more than men (2007)

"I've read at least 100 books in the past year. Seriously. Probably more like 150 to 200," a user named Phyllis wrote on the literary blog Trashionista.

At what level of attention can you read 100, let alone 200, books in a year, and what books? Not, I think, long books like _Man Without Qualities_, and not dense books like that or like _Portrait of a Lady_, to mention only novels. Could it be that at least some men are more realistic about their literary consumption--well, more realistic than Phyllis?