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Re: You know you're addicted to reading when...

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When you wish books came in liquid form so you can inject them directly in your blood stream.
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Very nice!
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Cappy wrote:When you wish books came in liquid form so you can inject them directly in your blood stream.
Well put :)
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When you count the number of books you've read not by titles of books, but by the number of pages they take up on your kindle!
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You forget to eat two meals in a row!
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Or when your broke but spend your last couple bucks on books anyway :)
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Yeah, I have been there! :oops:
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When you can quote lines from numerous books!

When you look up after reading a book and don't even realise that an entire day has gone by.

When your mom wants to splurge on you and she has to tell you that she would rather buy clothes for you and has to urge you not to buy books.

When you know you have to wake up at 5am to get ready for work and you just don't care.

When you have to catalogue your books in excel and place it in your phone just in case you come across a book sale.

When you have an entire notepad full of the titles of the books you want to buy.
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SharisseEM wrote:
When you have to catalogue your books in excel and place it in your phone just in case you come across a book sale.
Hahaha! Love this one!!! I don't actually have a catalogue of my books, but I should! I sometimes come across a book, and I have to stop and think if I have bought it before or not.
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My parents never realized that sending to my room wasn't a punishment although my father was known to yell, "Put that damn book down and go out and play ball with the other kids." He ordered me out to play one day and caught me sitting under a tree reading.
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You look up at the clock at it's 2:00 AM. Then you say to yourself.....well, maybe I'll read just one more chapter :)
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When I saved my money for buying shoes and then I bought books with that money
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Put them in excel! What a great idea!
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...when you realize you need at least two more bookshelves for your place.
...when you worry one night that the stack of books on your bedside table could crush you in your sleep
...when you have three books at one time (I.e. one to keep in a purse, one for a school bag, one for nighttime reading, etc)
...when you're not allowed into bookstores by your significant other because you would blow your whole budget
...when you don't feel bad that you have to eat like a broke college kid because you blew your budget on books
...when you have a wishlist of books on your phone and computer and written down somewhere because you're terrified it will be lost forever on one of the three.
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When you have to count how many books you have on your Kindle before you leave home, because you're afraid you will run out before you return.
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