It's Monday. How did you spend your weekend? Enjoying the few remaining days of summer at the beach? Going to a baseball game? (Go Yankees!) Well, how about by reading? If you're a guy, according to an article on NPR, the answer is probably no.

The article claims that girls read way more than guys. While guys are more likely to read books such as Harry Potter, girls read more in general.

I'm all for girl power. I even have some old Spice Girls songs in my itunes. (Hey, I'm sure you have some songs you're embarrassed about as well!) But in this case, I'm all for equality. Everyone should be reading! Seriously now. There are so many things that you can read about. Like fantasy? Read some Tolkien. Want to be scared? Check out Stephen King (you can even read an interview with him here.)

There's a book written on just about anything you can think of. You have no excuse. It doesn't even have to be something "educational." For example, I love celebrities. Can't get enough of them. I also love writing (hence my job). So I found a book that has all of those aspects. I just finished reading But Enough About Me by Jancee Dunn. This is a memoir about the career of a former Rolling Stone reporter. (It's an awesome book, by the way. Definitely check it out, if you're into that sort of thing.) Rock and roll, celebrities--none of it was educational. But it got me reading. See, it's easy.

Come on, guys. You know you love reading. Don't you? And girls, just because you're ahead, doesn't mean you can slack off. Keep on reading!