Also, the fact that Olivia has only just started to read by her own ‘omission’ suggests to me that Gemma doesn’t read half as much as she makes out. My parents are both big readers, reading with me lots when I was learning, and then I just naturally carried on once I could read alone because it was just what I saw as ‘the done thing’ and it was always something I just did and enjoyed. If Gemma was reading all the time like she claims, surely Olivia would have picked that up.
Plus I don’t believe an avid reader would have such terrible spelling and grammar. A huge part of reading is taking in new vocabulary/uses of words/subconsciously noticing how things are spelt and used correctly. We all make mistakes, but hers are constant...