Signs of a bibliophile

sassypants527

When you look at the page count for a book and disappointingly think to yourself "Oh, it's short," when it's 400 pages.

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booneybear

When you have to stack books on the floor because you run out of room on your bookshelves.

sfgiantsjo

When  you meet a famous person, and the first thing you ask them is "What's your favorite book?"

sonore32

When you finish reading a book and look up to realize nothing in the world around you has changed, even though you feel like you just went through an emotional war.

WillyH19

sassypants527 said: When you look at the page count for a book and disappointingly think to yourself "Oh, it's short," when it's 400 pages.
I did that this morning with Blue Lily, Lily Blue (391 pages). I thought it was going to be longer! 

I have a coworker who will not read anything longer than 300 pages. 

sassypants527

WillyH19 said:

sassypants527 said:

When you look at the page count for a book and disappointingly think to yourself "Oh, it's short," when it's 400 pages.

I did that this morning with Blue Lily, Lily Blue (391 pages). I thought it was going to be longer! 

I have a coworker who will not read anything longer than 300 pages. 

How sad! That cuts out almost all of my bookshelf!

sonore32

Ooo...this one happened to me yesterday...

When your pleasure reading book is heavy enough to set off the passenger seatbelt alarm in your car.

booknerd226

Owning multiple copies of your favorite book just because they have different covers. And, with me anyway, also having one of those copies be the only one you actually read so the others stay nice and new.

Also, no one in your family can buy gifts for you because your wish list is nothing but books and they're too afraid to pick them out without you.

MrsJenE

Keeping your most prized books on the top shelf in hopes that no one touches them.

booneybear

The only time you will move a sleeping cat is to get him/her off of the book you are reading.

booknerd226

booneybear said:

The only time you will move a sleeping cat is to get him/her off of the book you are reading.

THIS. The urge to pee will finally reach danger levels and I will contort myself in all kinds of weird ways to get out from under a cozy blanket/kitty situation without disturbing them.

But if they're on my book I get annoyed and move them (and let's be real, keep moving them as they continue to get back on the book).

GilliC

booknerd226 said:

Owning multiple copies of your favorite book just because they have different covers. And, with me anyway, also having one of those copies be the only one you actually read so the others stay nice and new.

Or when you have "loaner" copies of your favorites, so that you can still force other people to read it while keeping your own copy safe!

GilliC

When you can't leave a bookstore without buying something. ...Even though you have dozens of books at home that you haven't had a chance to read yet.

julie37619

When you're a member of multiple libraries, all of your holds come in at once, and you have to disappear for two weeks to finish them all.

jjr1214

When your family doesn't ask you "what do you want for Christmas?" and instead asks "Which books do you want for Christmas?"