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You Know You're a Bookaholic When..
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Oct 23, 2010 12:46PM
You know you're a bookaholic when... At the end of the month, you have a few extra dollars in you pocket and joyfully think "I could get a couple of new books!", even if you have 20 others in your to-read pile.
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You know you're a bookaholic when...you prefer the company of your books over your friends or family.
You take reading material with you everywhere, even when you know you won't have time to look at it, because something could go wrong and you might have two minutes to read (probably under circumstances someone else might not think of reading, i.e. stopped in traffic, on the john, in line at the grocery store, etc.)
You know you're a bookaholic when... You discover you just bought a book that you already own.
You know you're a bookaholic when... any time a few extra dollars come in, you calculate how many books that would buy, regardless of what it's really going to be used for.
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You know you're a bookaholic when your biggest concern about a vacation is how many books to take along so you don't run out
you know you're a bookaholic when if your "to be read" pile gets below 4 or 5 books you start to feel a little panicky, when you don't have much money. You know you're a bookholic later when money is less of an issue when your kindle has 100 books on it and you still sometimes buy a brand new book which will certainly be much cheaper by the time you read it but you are afraid you will forget to buy it.....
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...and the time you take in PACKING for your vacation is doubled because you can't decide which ones to bring!
YKYABA whenYou tell yourself that money spent on books doesn't count.
You have a Nook, and Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle for PC, and Mobi Pocket Reader are installed on your computer.
You buy the same book in HC, MMP, TP, ebook and audio editions.
Your bookcases runs out of room and you store books in your attic, your daughter's attic, and your other daughter's attic.
Your books overflow your bookcase and there are piles of books on every open surface.
You have an ipod to listen in the car, while walking, doing housework, or eating so you never have to live in the real world.
You used to read under the covers with a flashlight until your mother discovered you and told you you'd ruin your eyes.
Now you read 'til 3AM, ruining your eyes.
I like this subject! Thanks Laurel!
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Kathi wrote: "Well, Sandra, by your definition(s), I am not yet a bookaholic. I have bought and built enough bookcases on 3 floors that I don't have any stored elsewhere (other than the bags I have lent to my d..."LOL, Kathi, you sound like an addict to me, nitpicking details to justify your habit! I should've included having bookcases in every room in the house!
How about, you know you're a bookaholic when, you are going on a first date and take an audiobook to listen to while walking to the coffee shop to calm your nerves, ('cause books always make a girl feel better). Wish me luck!
You might be a book addict if...the moment you get a little spare time, you rip a book off the shelf and fill that time with reading.
You Know You're a Bookaholic When, the phrase "If you build it he will come" becomes "if you build it THEY will come" and refers to book cases. Or
When planning for a vacation you not only worry about what books you'll bring...you look up all the book stores in your destination city, plot time for visiting each (especially the used books stores), Be sure to budget for them (possibly going to a less expensive hotel),and plan for how much space you'll need to bring back your purchases.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A BOOK-A-HOLIC WHEN... Not only do you know where every bookstore in town is (and use them to navigate) but the employees know you!
Yes... also:You Know your a bookaholic when you move to a new city and for a job and the first thing you do in you off work time is find the book stores (as I did here 25+ years ago)...or when you refer to your favorite used book store by the owner's name instead of the name of the store itself because you've been there so often you're both on a first name basis (as mentioned by Ruby).
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LUCK!!
You know you're a bookaholic when you miss your subway transfer point twice in a row because of the book you're reading.. . . you can't help but try and figure out what the people around you are reading by trying to see the covers.
. . . you take notes at the bookstore and on Amazon about what to add to your to read list on Goodreads.
. . . you love that new book smell, coupled with that new book feel of just cracking open the cover.
. . . the first thing you do when visiting a friend or relative or new house is check out the books they have.
. . . you go handbag shopping with the specific consideration as to how many paperbacks can fit in it.
Shan
You know you're a bookaholic when your friends and family plan to stop at bookstores when you are out without you asking.
. . . you go handbag shopping with the specific consideration as to how many paperbacks can fit in itTotally!!!
Wow, I feel rather tame when in comparison to the rest of you. :DI rarely buy a book unless I expect to read it rather soon. I'm not much of a shopper so I rarely spend time in stores. I've never been sensation driven, so the feel/smell, etc of books doesn't do much for me.
I've gone primarily digital. I do have close to half a TB of digitized audio books on a dedicated NAS unit running Raid5. A good sized portion of those were digitized from old audio cassettes. (I made a major haul one summer with old audio books at estate sales.)
A couple points that might help me save face...
I can't walk past book shelves in someone's house without looking at what's in there.
As a teen, my favorite place to spend my summer days was a back corner on the third floor of the down town branch of the public library. I really miss that library.
Between ebooks and audio books, I always have a library of books with me whenever I leave the house. Current count: 22 ebooks, 8 audio. (I don't store all of my ebooks on my device, just the ones I'm actively reading, ones I plan on reading very soon, ones I'm trying to guilt myself into reading, or ones I've read but been too lazy to remove.)
I choose cell phones based upon how well they work as an ereader. I buy MP3 players based upon how well they work with audio books. (I highly recommend the Sansa Clip+ with the latest firmware.) I buy purses just big enough to hold those 2 devices, a small wallet, and a handful of thumb drives......and a screwdriver. Don't ask me why the screwdriver. Its a geek thing. If you don't already understand, no amount of explaining will help. :)
One of the deciding factors on the last car I bought was an Aux In jack so I could easily hook up my MP3 player to the car stereo for audio books.
Random wrote: "Wow, I feel rather tame when in comparison to the rest of you. :DI rarely buy a book unless I expect to read it rather soon. I'm not much of a shopper so I rarely spend time in stores. I've ne..."
I don't buy many books at all these days. My shelves are full and I get most of mine from the library. But, since I'm a librarian, this isn't such a bad thing.
I'm not only a bookaholic, I'm a book-pusher! I happily recommend books to friends, family and library patrons until they run screaming in the other direction. ^_^
So your book shelves are full.... you seem to think this is some rational for not buying new books. Are they double shelved yet??? Maybe there are cupboards with less important things in them like....well, cups and "stuff"???? Not sure I'm getting the concept....???:)
Oh dear, yes. I have spent my life so far trying to make everyone around me read more. I've had limited success except with my mother, who has been kept busy reading books I've loaned for many years now. She usually has about 30 to choose from on her Ruby Shelf at any one time. She ends up liking most of what I give her.
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I consider it sort of a holy duty of our kind to evangelize about books to others. It's a good part of my motivation to keep this group running and write all those reviews. We must spread the word! :)
...You've run out of room on your bookshelves. So you have a brilliant and cost-effective idea. A new bookshelf would only take up space, so find the place you'd put a bookshelf and simply stack the books against the wall, going up...
WHAT walls? Walls? What are they??? Haven't seen em for years...
Hmm . . . is it possible to build a toddler bed out of books?
But it's a problem once they start reading, since they'll read the book instead of sleep.
I can remember being three or four and my mother hid the book I was reading in the top of my closet so I'd go to sleep. So of course I used a stepstool and every hardcover book in my bedroom to build a tower I could stand on to reach it.
Ruby, please promise not to talk to my son. He doesn't need any more ideas on how to read when he's not supposed to be doing it. He manages fine on his own. :)
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(here's hoping...)
I agree, Shel! And I'm the one who used to read under the covers with a flashlight when I was a kid. I think I was older than three, though. I might've been six :D.
You know you're a bookaholic when "Just one chapter" actually means a night without sleep and the book finished. You know you've succeeded as a bookpusher when people start coming to you for recommendations.
You know you're a bookaholic when said bookpushing leads to lending out books, which you then miss. I miss my books when they aren't home.
And a very ridiculous one: everytime I look at My Books in cover view, I go a little squee inside.
Jan wrote: "You know you're a bookaholic when "Just one chapter" actually means a night without sleep and the book finished. You know you've succeeded as a bookpusher when people start coming to you for reco..."
I don't like my books not being at home, either! Every time I loan a book, I miss it.
...you have several Excel spreadsheets, sorted by genre, cataloging every book you own and which edition they are.
Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "I agree, Shel! And I'm the one who used to read under the covers with a flashlight when I was a kid. I think I was older than three, though. I might've been six :D."Oh, lord, I was still doing that at 14 - I read most of Lord of the Rings that way....all night. Hardest part: replacing batteries and bulbs...the parents could NOT figure what I needed them for...and man, in the wee hours, half stifled, in the pitch dark with only that flashlight beam (failing and dim) for company - the scenes with Gollum were SCARY....
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Maybe there are cupboards with less important things in them like...well, cups and "stuff"????"I laughed so hard at this. Let's see. I just might have to take a good hard look at my cupboards now.
Cups are for wimps, I drink straight from the carton/faucet :)
Shanshad wrote: ". . . you go handbag shopping with the specific consideration as to how many paperbacks can fit in it. "
I TOTALLY do this. I don't have any need for a hand-bag that I can't fit a nice 300 page MMP into.
or a Kindle
Or a kindle AND a 300 page MMP
AND maybe a HB for good measure.
Wow Dawn...so does my cat. She loves it when I turn on the water, she thinks it's an extremely powerful water fountain...I use disposable cups that come in a plastic bag or cup my hands. So far I have some cabinets in the kitchen that still hold food and a few utensils...but they're always possibilities.
By the way be careful, it's not good for your books to store them in the refrigerator.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Wow Dawn...so does my cat. She loves it when I turn on the water, she thinks it's an extremely powerful water fountain...I use disposable cups that come in a plastic bag or cup my hands. So far I..."
lol, I don't really drink straight out of the carton and/or faucet... I have cups. I was just making a joke :)
Ohhh....uh, okay...don't tell anyone I do. I mean milk cartons are made to be used as drinking vessels right? I'll admit however, eating cold cereal and milk from my cupped hands isn't ideal....
Alright alright I suppose we can fit a few cups and bowls in the cupboard AROUND the books. Sheesh. You people and your manners. LOL :D
Well, like I said...some disposables come in plastic bags. If you use "bookshelves" you can put a nail in the wood and hang the bag on the front, you know like the canvas tote bags of books you have hung like that.
