Go all in

Is “Go All In” a rather odd slogan for something as decorous as a National Year of Reading? Surely I don’t have to devote all my spare time to reading — won’t you let me get off with a couple of hours reading every day? And doesn’t that gigantic full stop look rather threatening? Shelf Awareness of 6 March reports “The Booksellers Association Group, comprising the Booksellers Association of the U.K. & Ireland, National Book Tokens, and Batch, will invest £200,000 (about $265,000) to support bookshops during the National Year of Reading. The Bookseller reports that the BA Group’s initiative includes offering grants for £250 (about $330) and £500 (about $665) — totaling £25,000 (about $33,280) — to bookshops for projects that support the aims of the initiative.” Book Riot also writes about this UK celebration of the book, “The UK’s Department of Education partnered with more than 60 organizations to create Go All In out of the recognition that ‘everyone knows reading expands worlds,…