1. You have books stacked in front of books and are still
running out of room on your shelves.
2. You are also running out of room on your counter.
3. And your table.
4. You are slightly in love with a fictional character.
5. You have cried over the death of a fictional character.
6. Pretty much all of your #friendshipgoals come from
fictional characters.
7. For that matter,
most of your #relationshipgoals do too.
8. You have been known to lose track of time in a bookstore.
9. And in a library.
10. And in bed when a
good book is involved, which has probably resulted in more lost sleep than your
entire sexual history so far.
11. You’ve ignored a call once or twice (or more) in order
to finish reading the paragraph you’re on.
12. Two hours later, you realize you still haven’t checked
nor returned the call because you kept reading.
13. Sometimes, you don’t even hear the call in the first
place because you’re just so into the book.
14. Several of your
books have food stains from reading while you eat, because you can’t bear to
stop.
15. They also have water stains, from reading in the
bathtub.
16. One or two may also have lipstick stains because…. well
that one is a long story.
17. You have ended friendships with people who refuse to
return borrowed books.
18. You have ended relationships with people that say
reading is “a waste of time when you could be out there, living life.”
19. When visiting friends, you have been known to become so
intrigued with books you find at their house that you have to borrow them.
20. That’s the best-case scenario. You have also been known
to visit a friend, find an interesting book at their house, and start reading
then and there.
21. Three hours later you realize it’s three hours later and
you’ve been completely ignoring your friend.
22. They may have even gone to sleep at this point. You
don’t know until you start searching for them.
23. Amazingly enough they are actually okay with this,
because you’ve done it before and they’re awesome enough to be understanding of
your book problem.
24. Almost everyone you know has gotten you a book for a
present at some point.
25. Or a gift card for a bookstore.
26. All of your good friends know there is at least one book
(if not more) that they should never, ever mention unless they want to hear you
rant about it for hours.
27. Actually, several of your coworkers know that too.
28. In fact, so do
some of the random people that you see every day on your commute.
29. Your ideal vacation is going to the beach, because then
people are cool with you spending most of the day reading.
30. You love rainy days for the same reason.
31. Also winter… basically anything that can be an excuse to
stay in with your books.
32. If you didn’t need to get food and more books, you might
never leave the house.
33. You legitimately like books clubs.
34. For the book discussion, not for the food and wine.
35. You love jokes about how much people love books.
36. You also started a blog mainly to convince people that reading
should be a sport.
37. And to give you an online forum for all of your book
rants.
