How Appear Smarter Then You Actually Are

1. You don't actually have to read those books. You know, the ones that win all the awards. Instead, you can merely Google their authors, and read interviews with them. Then you can say: "Did you know {insert author} based {insert book} on his childhood experiences of Disneyland?". Never say that you've read it, merely that you heard an interesting titbit.
2. Watch 10 minutes of the news. Just 10 minutes. You will catch one news story, and can then converse on it.
3. Wikipedia is, of course, you tool to appearing smarter. Merely type in some random thing, and read interesting articles.
4. Blogs are another tool. Here are some ones that have v. good stories that you can converse about:

Digital Inspiration

Don't Believe the Hype

Current Event Girl

5. Now all you have to do is talk about all the things you've learnt, accompanied with witty comments.