Hello all! After writing with *no disclaimers*, I thought it might be fun to continue in that vein and give you ten bookish confessions… which I may very well regret making 😉 enjoy!
#1 I spend way too much time thinking about the books I ought to be reading (than actually reading). But don’t we all do this? 😉
#2 I find all those #relatable bookish posts on social media far too relatable 😉 I still like to trawl through twitter for them (when I should be doing better things… like reading 😉)
#3 I don’t actually want to talk when my book is open!!! (And I don’t know why this still needs to be pointed out to the rest of the world!)
#4 Yes, I do actually want to spend all my spare money on books, thanks for asking!
#5 I spend way too much time plotting planning to get hold of new books. I think about if I have it in my budget, if it’s available at the library, if it might be better to listen to the audiobook version… basically I overthink everything and turn each book acquisition into a full-blown project!
#6 Sometimes I don’t want to read your favourite book- sorry! I get A LOT of suggestions… and I don’t always find them interesting… so I have to make a quick escape from the conversation…
#7 That said, if I tell you I do want to read something, I’m planning it out already. Just bear in mind some of these convoluted plans can take years to execute 😉 Don’t be surprised when you finally catch me reading your favourite *years* after mentioning it!
#8 And at the same time, if a book crosses my path, I’m always a little intrigued. I’m definitely going to look it up and down, maybe feel it up, get under the dustcover… even if all that frisking ends in rejection anyway. I have no scruples when it comes to my book addiction!
#9 I’m done trying to be objective about books- I’ll settle for honesty. If I can’t see a book’s merit, I’ll say so.
#10 I take inspiration from a lot of things I read… even if they’re bad (maybe even especially if they’re bad, cos it’s often more encouraging than reading the greats 😉)
And that’s all for now! Do you share any of these bookish habits? Or do you have any confessions of your own to make? Let me know in the comments!
Haha! I’d say that I relate to about 90% of these. 🤣😂📚🤪
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I rarely read the books people recommend to me. *hides* But I have so many books I know I want to read already that when people start pushing their favorite book, I just think, “Eh, maybe someday.”
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Is it in your job description at the library to read books? And if so, does it leave you afterwards enough time to write one?
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I probably relate to about 90% of what you said and I love this post!!
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I absolutely relate to most of these!😁
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#s 5 and 7 … make the experience all the sweeter.
#8 … hilarious harassment language, but I do that too.
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Hi, my names Lauren and I took am guilty of these things, hahaha
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too*
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I get as much inspiration from a bad book as a good one!!
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“#5 I spend way too much time plotting planning to get hold of new books. I think about if I have it in my budget, if it’s available at the library, if it might be better to listen to the audiobook version… basically I overthink everything and turn each book acquisition into a full-blown project!”
LOL. It’s a bit different for me, but I can relate. I read the blurb, read a number of reviews (especially the 1 and 2 star ones), look for excerpts…just trying to be reasonably sure I’ll like the thing, even if I’m only requesting it from NG or EW!
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This was fun. I share with all the points except first two. I do actually read than keep thinking about it. If the book occupying my mind I have to read it or I wouldn’t do anything else.
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Yep, I am definitely guilty of all of these. Especially #1!
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I relate to pretty much everyone of these😂😂
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Very relatable content!
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Oh man, yes! I agree that I’m not really likely to read a book that’s been recommended to me unless the person has done a good job of talking about why they loved it. Don’t tell me a book was your favorite if you want to get me to read it; tell me WHY it was your favorite!
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Haha yes absolutely!!! And if it’s “I thought it was pretty good”… Them why are you recommending it to me?
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