you're addicted to books If ....
By nagikka
@nagikka (407)
Italy
October 18, 2009 6:58am CST
when can you consider yourself addicted to books ? I'd especially like to read opinions that come from your personal experience :) here are mines:
1. you're addicted to books If you read more than one at the same time. I'm currently reading Alice in wonderland, Das Parfum, When Hitler stole the pink rabbit (for my research on litterature for kids) and I just finished The lovely bones a few hours ago
2. you're addicted to books If you need clothes (and I do) but you forget about it and use the money to buy books instead
3. you're addicted to books If you always have a book in your bag
4. you're addicted to books If you draw illustrations of what you're reading
5. you're addicted to books If you know that a movie is being relased from a book that you haven't read yet ... and you read the entire book in a couple of days
can you add something ? :)
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11 responses
@fifileigh (3615)
• United States
19 Oct 09
6. u r addicted to books...when you start dreaming about the book that u r currently reading in your sleep.
7. u r addicted to books...when you cant stop talking about the book that u r currently reading.
8. u r addicted to books...when u start talking about the book u r currently reading in your sleep.
9. u r addicted to books...when u sleepwalk to ur bookshelf and pick out a book to read in your sleep.
10. u r addicted to books...when u visit the library and/or bookstore, once a day, just to browse through books for fun, and maybe skim some while you are there.
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@fifileigh (3615)
• United States
20 Oct 09
most of them. i dont remember sleepwalking or talking my sleep. but the others sound familiar.
@rhycolez (81)
• Indonesia
19 Oct 09
I really addicted to books if the storyline and characters amazed me. For now, I prefer some comics and novel to be read. Especially comics, I really likes Naruto because the story plot of Ninja make me feel excited. For novel, I like Chicken Soups and Harry Potter.
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@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
19 Oct 09
i'm currently addicted to books, but i don't read more than one at a time. it all falls back to my mood on if i want to read. but for quite a few months now, can't seem to go with out reading something. even gone re-read a few i've got, not the long one thou, had a big thing for romance especially those with a good adventure as well. i like to take a book with me when we go out to read in the car, my partner gets annoyed at me for it.
i can't help it i love reading.
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@JAG2009 (266)
• India
19 Oct 09
How about...
1. ... if you can't sleep no matter how late it is, because you just have to finish reading the story
2. ... if you catch yourself wondering what happened to a certin character - in the middle of a meeting at work - even if you're chairing the meeting
3. ... if you love the smell of old books
4. ... if your idea of a good time is spending ages in bookshops - just admiring the sight of all those books stacked together
Happy reading, fellow book addict :)
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@linamachina (521)
• United States
19 Oct 09
Hi Nagikka, I love reading and am completely addicted to books (I have a book next to me right now, as soon as I'm done responding I'm going to read the book on commericals and watch tv) I think one is addicted to books if they fall asleep reading and wake up in the morning, read before getting out of bed, then taking the book with them to the bathroom, then to the breakfast table and then with them to work (in hopes of a few moments to read) and then reading during lunch and then reading as one is stuck in a traffic jam and then home, if the family is out, reading while making dinner and eating and then it starts all over. That is true addiction!
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@linamachina (521)
• United States
20 Oct 09
I read a huge variety of books. This one I'm reading now is called The Standoff by Chuck Hogan. It's fiction, psychological thriller about an FBI negotiator and a family that is barricaded on a mountain top, armed with a complete arsenal of weapons and the efforts to resolved this without the children (whom are also armed and "taught" to shoot "invaders" being killed in the crossfire. Pretty interesting and intense.
@nra091501 (173)
• Philippines
19 Oct 09
i consider myself addicted to books because
1) i keep track of all the books i've read. information includes title, author, when i read it and how long, main characters, how i rate it and some important facts about the book. :D
2) those i liked/loved were stored in my cellphone as ebooks, so i can read it anytime and anywhere i want
3) if i'm reading a book that i'm so intereted in -- that i want to finish so badly -- i read till morning! plus i read it anytime, anywhere i can even in a moving bus!
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@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
20 Oct 09
Hi, I am very addicted to books. I must read everyday (this does not include those technical stuff at work); so I often read before I sleep. Even though I've lots of books still unread, whenever there's a sale, I would go and buy some more, to add to my collection. I splurge more on books than on clothes or cosmetics!
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
6 Apr 10
You are addicted to books if
- you have more than one library card. I have use two different libraries. One of them is close to my home and the other one is not that close, but I still go there because they have so many different books to choose from.
- there are piles of books on your tables, in some of your chairs and on the floor. I definately need more bookshelves ;-) I always read more than one book. When I was a child my parents tried to teach me to finish one book before I start reading the next one, but I never listened to them, and today I still read 3 or 4 books at a time 
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
19 Oct 09
You're addicted to books if someone suggests you "thin out your library" and you break out in a cold sweat. 
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@wengbuenafe (16)
• Philippines
23 Oct 09
6. you're addicted to books if you're skipping one full meal because you can't put the book down..
7. you're addicted to books if you're still awake at 4 o'clock in the morning reading..
@tatazbrush (126)
• Indonesia
19 Oct 09
i like design , now day i read "how to make pop art in photo shop" this book very useful ,because give me lots of shortcut to make pop art design easily =)
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