Top Ten Tuesday-Top signs you’re a bibliophile

Hi! I know I say this all the time, but I will be more active here. I’ve got some ideas for posts, and I miss writing posts. I took a short break because of the way the world is right now, but I’ve become more inspired over the last few days. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @thatartsyreadergirl The purpose of the meme was to make a list based on the topic of the week and building the book blogging community together. This week our prompt was the top ten signs you’re a book lover. I picked the word bibliophile because I love that word, and I think we should work it into conversations more. This is a simple list and is pretty self-explanatory, but I think that all readers will relate to my list.

1- You always have designated reading time

This might just be me, but I feel it’s a known fact that we schedule our day around reading. At the moment, I have not been reading as much, because of our current situation; however, next month I would like to see if I can focus more on reading. I don’t sit there with a timer, but I do read for about two hours a day when I’m reading consistently.

2- When you go to Barnes and Nobel, Target, Amazon, whatever store you get your book at, you can’t just browse

Perhaps this is just my mom and I. Whenever my mom and I go into B&N we can’t go out without a book, even when we say that we’re just seeing what’s new. At a place like Target, it’s easier because I go with my dad, and so it’s easier to not even stop to browse. As book lovers, I feel a common thread is when we see books we need to stop and look.

3- You pre-order books so you have them on release day

Another common theme is we pre-order a book we’re looking forward to or an auto-buy author. For me, I need a release I’m really looking forward to the day it comes out, that way, I can read it and not worry about being spoiled all that much. My reading speed is not as up there as most people’s, but the principle still stands that I won’t be spoiled for months before I can read the book.

4- You talk about books in conversation, even when the other people don’t read as much as you.

I find myself talking about books and characters with people who don’t read as much. I’m in a discord server with a group of friends, and I have an area where I just talk about the books I’m reading and my thoughts on them. My sister and my dad don’t read that many books, but I still talk about what I’m reading with them. Honestly, when this happens, I just get a lot of head nods, but it’s nice to get my thoughts out there in the open.

5- You dream that the characters would be your friends and family

Maybe this is just me but I did a top ten Tuesday about this last year, and I had so much fun with it. I love characters in YA, and I love thinking about what would happen if we were all friends and siblings. I feel that with my favorite characters we would get into such chaos and shenanigans.

6- You always carry a book with you on long car rides

Whenever I’m on a long car ride, which long for me means about an hour or more, always I have One of my current reads with me. I love listening to my iPod in the car, but at times, I just love to bring my book and talk to my family when I’m not reading. When I’m reading in the car, I feel time passes quicker.

7- You are always reading more than one book at a time. This is how you tackle your never-ending tbr.

This is simple but I feel like every Bibliophile reads more than one book at a time. For me, I love reading three or four different books at one time. I rotate between reading days and EBook and physical books.

8- Your screen time goes up and down based on how long you’ve been reading your EBook

I don’t read on my phone a ton, but I read on my iPad from the Kindle app. Every bibliophile has their own opinions on EBook’s, but if you’re one of those people that love reading multiple formats, I feel you can relate.  

9- You have more than one shelf filled to the brim with books

A simple answer that every bookworm can relate. I have one large bookshelf, and a media center filled with books. I have so many books that I’m running out of room, and so I try to buy EBook’s more now.

10- What makes you the happiest is interacting with like-minded people

Again, I feel like this is simple enough to describe a booklover. The reason why we all blog, join Goodreads communities, join Facebook groups, join Bookblur (book Tumblr), Bookstagram, or book Twitter is because we love to be engaged in conversation. We love talking about our favorite characters and connecting with our favorite authors. For me, I love reading all your posts, and talking about your favorite books and characters with all of you.