Saturday, January 23, 2016

AA For The Avid Reader

Hi. My name is Page and I am a reading addict. Over time I have found that there are some very real issues that seem to go hand-in-hand with avid reading. Sometimes I feel a little insane but surely I can't be the only one going through some reading struggles! Here are some of the things I'm talking about.

1. When I say I'm going to go to sleep after this chapter what I really mean is the last chapter. I will go to bed after the last chapter. But if there's a cliffhanger I can't promise to go to bed at all...because obviously I need to start the next book ASAP. And I can't start a book and not finish it.

2. Most times I like my book boyfriends more than my real ones. I do a lot of comparing. Sometimes it's negatively affected my relationships. Who gets jealous of fictional characters anyways?!?!?

3. Ummm....actually I just like book characters more than most people in general. But I swear I am not totally insane. And most of my friends totally get it.

4. I feel like I could be best friends with a lot of the authors I read. Only I'm not. And that makes me sad. We could have such great conversations.

5. The best friends I have are the ones I can talk about books with. And I get irrationally mad when they don't read a book or author I tell them is super amazing. Especially when I specifically ask them to.

6. I don't mean to...but I totally judge people that don't read. It also makes you significantly less attractive to me. Example: Once I loaned a book to a friend and she read one chapter. In the whole month and a half she had it. One. Friggen. Chapter. It was prime reading material too. We don't talk very much these days.

7. I have a real cute nickname for the things normal people call "bookmarks". I prefer to call them "quitter strips". Also, I don't own a single one. Because I am no quitter. Perseverance people!!!

8. No...I am not sad, I am not angry, and I am not mute! I am not talking because...BOOK!!! Why people still try talking to me when I have a book in my hand I will never understand.

9. You couldn't pay me to choose a single favorite book or author. But I will gladly give you a list of top favorites of both. I have many favorites!

10. If you damage a book I let you borrow...I will find you. And I will kill you. Books are treasures. Treat them like it.



Do you understand the struggle??? DO YOU????