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25 Things That Would Happen If Book Lovers Ruled the World
What would the world look like if book lovers were in charge? We asked you on Facebook and Twitter, and after reading your answers, we're ready to live in that world today. Check out the top responses—we think you'll want to live there, too.
1. "Every rainy day would be Stay Home and Read a Book Day." (A J MacDonald Jr)
2. "We would measure life by chapters, not minutes. Example: I'll be there after a cup of coffee and two chapters." (Rebecca Brewster)
3. "There would be a library on every corner…In other words, a library inside every Starbucks." (Renee Bradshaw)
4. "We would get a free ebook version when buying a hardcover or paperback book." (Tammy Hennig)
5. "Reality television would be replaced by story hour(s), and the grammar police would be real." (Team Linda Gray)
6. "Libraries and public schools would be properly funded." (Darcy Marwick)
7. "Book release days would be national holidays!" (Melissa Fetterman)
8. "You'd get a book, not money, under your pillow from the Tooth Fairy." (CruzMissile)
9. "Book groups would replace political parties." (Book Discussion Scheme)
10. "There would be a book hour in addition to a lunch hour at work every day." (Cindy Bell)
11. "Libraries would never have missing or misplaced volumes." (Katherine May)
12. "Everyone—no matter their gender, nationality, level of poverty, etc.—would be able to learn to read and have access to reading materials." (Bobbi Harman)
13. "Tea sales would skyrocket." (Alena Dolph)
14. "There would be a special lane on walking tracks just for readers." (Misbah Ahmad)
15. "We'd be too busy reading for wars." (Amanda Todd Sexton)
16. "Libraries would be open 24 hours a day." (Chelsea Renee)
17. "There would be more support for English courses and degree programs." (Grace Exner)
18. "The number of television channels would drop drastically." (Toufiq Rahman)
19. "Reading would be an actual job! Paid to read!" (Akshay Kumar Bajpai)
20. "A tree would be planted for every book published." (Becky Engstrom)
21. "We would have a peaceful and quiet world—apart from occasional squeals of delight, horror, long sighs, whimpers, etc." (Chloe Lewis)
22. "This would be a valid excuse to get the day off: I was up late finishing my book." (Joshua Dilts)
23. "There would be less ignorance and more tolerance." (Alicia Aleman)
24. "Hogwarts would be a real school, Middle-earth would be our world history, and everything would be Wonderland nonsense." (Aja Vinet)
25. "Bookstores would have shopping carts." (Julia Andersen)
What do you think would be different about a world run by book lovers? Tell us in the comments!
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It was a good laugh to read this, totally agree with all. :) I'd also volunteer for membership at the grammar police.
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I am totally going to do number 8 for my children. That's how it should be. As for the one about tea, not everyone likes tea. For me, it would be chocolate.
A lot of these make a lot of sense if more people were book lovers.
Well, I must say, I agree with every point made! I often fantasize about the very comments mentioned. Imagine a world of intellectual people reading and highly educated. We could set this world on fire! Oooh the possibilities!
I love this list. Camp Half-Blood would be a real camp. Hogwarts a real school. etc.
Books would have glow in the dark ink and would be waterproof.
Everything would be safe for books.
IDEA: A book lover needs to be president of the U.S.
HOW AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?
THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Books would have glow in the dark ink and would be waterproof.
Everything would be safe for books.
IDEA: A book lover needs to be president of the U.S.
HOW AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?
THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I would love to live in such a world...Bibliophiles rule the world....Methinks many new ideas to solve umpteen issues plaguing the world will emerge..I would be zillion times richer with my trusted companions...Books !
I love this list, especially the whimsy of #24
I must admit, I agree with most of the list, sounds like my kind of paradise.
Books would be cheaper. I could buy as many as I want.
How about you could claim book purchases on your tax returns :-D?
#4!! Everyone tells me to jump over to ebooks as the 2,000 volumes in my apartment are eating up all the space. But I refuse to switch over, #4 would make that possible! Read the physical copy then donate to someone else and have the ebook for any future readings!
19 and 22 would be perfect, but let's face it, if biliophiles ruled the world nothing would ever happen, we'd all be too busy reading to get any of this done
The X-Factor would be about books instead of music.
I could identify myself in all of the items on the list.For the poster that is a librarian and that the 24 h shcedule for the library is a bit too much? Well, why not have an auto-lending service? So, it would be like the cofee-vending machines or such - it would keep the lending of the books going smooth and without an actual person on the wee hours of the night.
I think that series and movies on books should remain and be re-inforced - it would be reality tv that would be banned, because nobody would want to watch those dimwits squable over who has the bigger pecks or who had more GF´s or BFF´s,right?
Otherwise, i think that books should be more affordable and tax deductible. Oh and getting a rainy day at home to read - heaven!
Summing up - i want it all!
Every book store would have at least five book release parties a year! (Preferably NOT at midnight, though).
Several are very good, by my favorite is no. 10"There would be a book hour in addition to a lunch hour at work every day."
I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN A WORLD LIKE THIS!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):D
Lauren wrote: "I love number 8. Why did my parents never do this for me?!"Because, if they had, you would have been pulling your teeth out with pliers!
Sahil wrote: "Like Health and Car insurance, we would also have a book insurance."Right? Or at least we would have books that would be safe to read near a bathtub.
Laura wrote: "No more tired arms: there would finally be a device that holds your book above your face while you are lying down reading. And it doesn't look ugly."Oh, it exist. I've got one of them.
Elise wrote: "Bookstores would never go out of business. I was so sad when we lost Borders. Bookstores seem to be going extinct, and it will be truly terrible if that day ever comes. :(I echo the shopping cart..."
You'd love my town. We have six bookstores and five libraries. Two of the bookstores even specialize in rare books.
This is great!!! You would think certain things like #4 and #25 would be in effect already.
Saying, "I'm writing a book," to someone would not be followed by, "Oh my gosh, seriously?" It would be a normal thing.
Laura wrote: "Women's jeans pockets would be big enough to hold a paperback."YES. I don't think it's fair that my guy friends can all fit books in their pockets while I can barley fit my ipod in mine.
Vanalottiel wrote: "It shouldn't be a national holiday everyday a book comes out because otherwise everyday would be a day off. Other than that, this list is awesome!"Where I work we get 5 personal holidays. All readers need to get an allowance of a certain number of days each year where they can take off for the release of a book that they just must read as soon as it is released. Like just for Nora Roberts/JD Robb I'd need five days a year. :)
Number 25 would be pretty awesome. Not gonna lie.
I love all of these! I think my favorite is #24! LOL!
Yeah #22- Calling in tired cause I was up late finishing a book. I've been tempted so many times to do that. Just one more chapter and before you know it, it's 2:00 am.
6, 7, 10, 12 <3, 14, and 20 <3 The best !
I would adore, in this improved book centric world, to have the power in my dreams to reenter the worlds created by my favorite books, and have the adventures continue, with my own participation. One childhood neighborhood I would like to visit for a Saturday afternoon, is Booth Tarkington's Penrod and Sam. I can hear the tinny, sepia toned laughter of kids running and whacking and getting into mischief, with that dry, amused adult narration that so charmed me as a girl, as an actual dream voice-over.
Great list, except I have been paid to read... and copy edit.
20. "A tree would be planted for every book published." Or for every book read. If only that were possible, I could bring back whole forests all by myself. :-)
No one would forget Eeyore on his birthday ever again.
If the day ever shows when book lovers rule the world, believe I will be the first one there.
4, 11, 14, 24 & my favorites # 1 & 19. Love this LIST! Who wouldnt love to read books on a raining day and get paid to do it.
Instead of the Super Bowl, we would have an annual reading of The Hobbit.
i would love the rule that libraries are open 24 hours a day!
Why isn't number 4 already real? Don't they do it for movies?
LOL!! I LOVE this blog post!! Agree totally with and LOL'd: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 would LOVE to have that happen, 21, 22 LOL, 23 totally!
Adding that when in a relationship......an absolutely perfect relationship......totally, fairy tale in love perfect in every single way......is destroyed at first knowledge that your significant other doesn't read *gasp, scream, cry* would have to attend mandatory therapy sessions provided by the people *us* governing book geeks, nerds, freaks & devoted book lovers, to the offender (a.k.a. the one who doesn't read at all). It's like a Seinfeld episode, lol.
"You had me at Hello" :)
"You Lost me at I don't read"???????!!!!!! >:(
Traci wrote: "For number 13, I'm not much of a tea drinker. I think tea should be replaced with wine. Then it would be a perfect world! :)"And Irish Coffee :D
