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15 Benefits of Being Friends with a Book Nerd
Books are undoubtedly awesome, but so are the people who love them. We asked on Facebook and Twitter: What's a benefit of being friends with a book nerd? (Goodreads members are basically experts on the topic, after all.) Check out our favorite answers below!
1. "You know about SO MANY great books. All. The. Time." (@sqq100)
2. "Lots of wonderful late-night talks about books and how fun reading is." (Katie Morrissey)
3. "You can know that they REALLY want to be your friend. Most book nerds don't have time for casual friendships and, generally speaking, would rather be spending their free time with fictional people than real people. If a book nerd wants to spend time with you, that's the greatest compliment you can get." (Faye Lilley)
4. "Free grammar corrections." (@bart_carter)
5. "They don't talk when you're reading. They just pick up their book." (Michelle Vollers)
6. "Help to avoid bad books." (Damian McMillan)
7. "You read books that are outside of your comfort zone. You're no longer stuck in one genre." (@RitaHumola)
8. "Victorian comebacks and random quotations." (@livesingularity)
9. "Every time you visit their house, you have pretty bookshelves to look at!" (@profsslockhart)
10. "You'll have someone to book shop with who won't rush you!" (Diana Rivero)
11. "Unending supply of new words to use in regular conversations." (@iCoder1978)
12. "Always knowing what the movie adaptation left out." (@veragfischer)
13. "They're easy to shop for." (Denise Lacombe)
14. "Book swapping. I love it when this happens: 'I found this on my bookcase and thought you would like it.'" (Lucy Hutchinson)
15. "They understand you." (@AngelaRoquemore)
Are there really only fifteen benefits of being friends with a book nerd? Of course not! Tell us more in the comments.
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Book lovers can see the world from a wide variety of perspectives; thus they have empathy for others.
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Kikki. They would all crumble from within wrote: "They will never return your book to you damaged in any way at all, and will ALWAYS return a book they borrowed to you, even if they move away they would wrap it and ship it back to you (I know this..."Not my book geek friend. I periodically do a sweep of her bookshelf only to have her say - oh it was YOU who lent me that. Too many books coupled with a memory like a seine net... I still love her though ☺️
So true: "You can know that they REALLY want to be your friend. Most book nerds don't have time for casual friendships and, generally speaking, would rather be spending their free time with fictional people than real people. If a book nerd wants to spend time with you, that's the greatest compliment you can get." (Faye Lilley)
I'm guilty of this one in particular:
"Unending supply of new words to use in regular conversations."
I avoid this one at all cost:
"Book swapping. I love it when this happens: 'I found this on my bookcase and thought you would like it.'"
**Unless it's a kindle edition I'm loaning this pop back up after the exceeded time limit. LOVE THAT FEATURE!!
Tina wrote: "We will NEVER turn the corners of the pages down. Your book will be returned in pristine condition."I hate dog-eared or highlighted books! I love when people respect the pages just as much as I do.
My bookworm friends don't judge me when I'm reading and make the same facial expressions as the characters. Book: "He raised his perfectly arched eyebrow making him look even more attractive"
Me: raises eyebrow as reading.
Piper wrote: "My bookworm friends don't judge me when I'm reading and make the same facial expressions as the characters. Book: "He raised his perfectly arched eyebrow making him look even more attractive"
Me:..."
Haha oh my goodness, I've done that too.
Martha wrote: "Catherine wrote: "The librarians know you by name."That is love <3
When I was around 11yrs I was so proud everyone that worked at the Library knew my name! It's so silly and yet so comfy. They ar..."
Its such a nice feeling.
When you're able to get in trouble together for reading in class
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Hours and hours of telephone calls talking about books plus watch all the hp movies together plus reorganizing book shelfs together :3 my mff is a book lover too and since we were 6 years old we read together, go to FIBA every year and even when our book taste is a little different ( she likes mostly terror, i looove fantasy and high fantasy) we always have a book to discuss
Now im sad that I do not have any book nerd friends :/ It would be awesome to be able to share my love of books with someone!
#3 I didn’t even think of this. So true!#5 Oh yeah! This is the best.
#10 haha! So true! I always end up alone in the bookshop because I spent too much time there for my friends to wait for me…
#12 Second that.
#15 Because no one else does!
Ah, the woes of being the only serious book nerd among my friend group.
Catherine wrote: "The librarians know you by name."I am so on board with that.....
Amber wrote: "Vee wrote: "Unfortunately for me I don't have book friends but fortunately I can make acquaintances online. During a Skype conversation: "Why do you have so many books?"
Comment from a friend: "..."
So true
Hailstorm wrote: "Having a conversation that nobody else would understand, since you speak in Harry Potter terms!"Yes. All the time. Also AVPM terms because you can only analyze HP so many times ;)
You can exchange books with them. That way you can come across interesting books that you can't find all by yourself. And itz really easy to spend time with them, especially when you are reading a book. Cuz they will never disturb you as they also inderstand how important it is to be lost in the story with the characters in the story. They will help you to escape the real world for a while with your book, something that not all friends can do.
Tina wrote: "We will NEVER turn the corners of the pages down. Your book will be returned in pristine condition."Amen to that!! :)
Kayla wrote: "They help explain what went on in a movie that made no sense but they read the book" HAHA I do this all the time with my friends.
Heather wrote: "My teen daughter and I read some of the same books. Then when we sit to watch the movie we snicker at each other and roll our eyes and sometimes shout no... that's not what happened. While the othe..."My best friend and I do the same thing.
Shaannaa wrote: "Never judge a book by its cover"True that and they change covers with each press.
I can remember in high school not many people reading and then after that, it was mostly Star Wars or Forgotten Realms. I was in a Sci-Fi book club with maybe 6 members that fell apart due to lack of interest. Then Harry Potter & The Lord of the Rings came out and I would have high schoolers asking me about books at the stores. It went from no kid wanted to read to now they all read. Now we only have 1 new bookstore in the area and I am the one asking about books. It is nice to know someone else who likes to read the things you do. I hope it will always be that way. I own 2 Kindles, but I still love being at a book store and talking with other people about our favorite books.
I understand how you feel Kevin. I was the kid in high school who always had a book with them. No matter what was being taught in school I would always have a book with me.Kids didn't really look forward to reading assigned books in English class,but I did because I knew I would enjoy whatever the teacher assigned.
Yes I was that book nerd in school and I still am that book nerd and proud of it.
Beth wrote: "...Yes I was that book nerd in school and I still am that book nerd and proud of it."Well, being a book nerd should be a coolness criteria. :D
Hmm, assigned books (or, in my case, Textbooks with stories) could sometimes be really what I looked forward to, at times.
Erma wrote: "Saying "Shh. Reading." and not being considered rude."Hahaha, I have done this soo many times
Kikki. words and stuff wrote: "They will never return your book to you damaged in any way at all, and will ALWAYS return a book they borrowed to you, even if they move away they would wrap it and ship it back to you (I know this..."LOL, too true.
I'm sort of the book nerd myself so... I guess that they understand my total geek outs and fangirlings. They under stand when I die in my room and they just cry with me. Yep, I have no life.
They understand about wider range of emotions and because they have read about every kind of emotion through the words on pages and in proses....they give you a unique and deep perspective. Even if they have not personally experienced an emotion, they understand it because they have lived it through the books they read. Infact, they can possibly understand you better than anyone else.
Emily wrote: "Understands the terrible sin that is spoiling a book and thus is very careful not to burst out their reactions to the ending of the book you are currently reading."
Yes, that is SO important! It's amazing to learn how many people do not care about that. (Same with movies!)
Yes, that is SO important! It's amazing to learn how many people do not care about that. (Same with movies!)
Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Beth wrote: "Shari wrote: "Your book collection doubles because book friends alway share."
Yes, but honey. . .
You're supposed to give them back, lol. . ."
AND, please in good condit..."
I don't either. I never get them back.
Yes, but honey. . .
You're supposed to give them back, lol. . ."
AND, please in good condit..."
I don't either. I never get them back.
Tina wrote: "We will NEVER turn the corners of the pages down. Your book will be returned in pristine condition."YES. OH MY GOD YES. I swear my mother is the worst. It's like she has the 6th sense that tells her when I am at a very exciting part.
Blanka wrote: "Tina wrote: "We will NEVER turn the corners of the pages down. Your book will be returned in pristine condition."YES. OH MY GOD YES. I swear my mother is the worst. It's like she has the 6th sens..."
I keep old gift cards and tell people to use them for book markers.
Because they pick me up when I fall apart I never admitted it but the truth is I had been depressed twice in my life....and both the times I survived because books helped me more than friends. My friends neither knew nor cared but my books - They never left me.
AnaChris wrote: "They understand about wider range of emotions and because they have read about every kind of emotion through the words on pages and in proses....they give you a unique and deep perspective. Even if..."
AnaChris wrote: "Because they pick me up when I fall apart I never admitted it but the truth is I had been depressed twice in my life....and both the times I survived because books helped me more than friends. My ..."
That is terribly sad AnaChris. Great that books helped but terrible your friends didn't. My suggestion is get a dog. The best most loyal and non-judgemental friend anyone can ever have. I have 2 which makes me very lucky.
Thanks for your good wishes Jen...I am in much better shape now : I remind myself of good things in life everyday and my family is very supportive of me. I found that if you find something that keeps you engaged - it is very helpful in restoring the balance. I do and learn a lots of things these days. In the end, as the books say, loving yourself is most important thing in life. :)
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I don't have friends that are not book nerds. I have no use for some one who doesn't read. They don't think like a reader and don't understand things a book nerd will.
