My friends are a metaphorical abyss into which my books tend to fall. They’re like a cosmic black hole just sucking my literature into their unyielding maws. Book grabbers. Thieves. Marauders.
But they do, it must be acknowledged, love books. It’s hard to stay mad at somebody who likes to read. Instead, I’ve decided to categorise and tag them for ease of reference. If you’re a book lover, you’ll relate to these.
1. The Book Thief
You love books so much that you just don’t give them back. It’s all very innocent, of course, but let it be known your bookcase is the product of a sustained pilfering campaign orchestrated by your sheer love of books. I never go around asking for my books back because a.) it would be uncouth and b.) books are such an innate piece of who we are that whenever somebody decides they like a book I’ve loaned them so much they want to keep it, it’s like they’ve decided instead to have that little bit of me stay with them forever. Totally not in a creepy way, I swear.
2. The Dog-Earer
You love your books like you love antiques. Worn. Rustic. Weathered. Sure, the librarians used to mount campaigns against folk of your type in their literary fortresses in days gone by but the reality is: you love books so much you wear them down. There’s no crime in loving a book so passionately that the pages tear and the corners get folded down. Except in Alabama. It’s probably illegal in Alabama.
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Hey, I'm starting a Facebook page just to personally review children's books. My purpose is to share with other parents because I've really enjoyed swapping suggestions at the library and amongst family and friends, to give great children's books more promotion (word-of-mouth turned Facebook, ya know) and also as a part of my study of children's literature in my college course work. Do you think it's okay for me to use one or both of these great images from your "7 Types of Book Lover" article? By the way, I am definitely at least one of those types ;)
~mamasnig~
You missed the "More books! Must have MORE BOOKS!" type; the person who can't go past some sort of reading material without picking it up or flipping through it. The person that brings home books, new or used, like other people bring home groceries. Stacks of books that double as end tables, books that are found stacked in the coffee table, under the sofa table, tucked beside the stereo, on top of the television ... you know, the absolute bibliophile. :-D
Oh yes, I relate very well to this!
This. I'm a book addict. It is as much my vice as the caffeine that accompanies each one.
And a dog-earer. And a borrower (well I lend out as many as I borrow, so it evens out).
I'm also a re-reader.
What's worse. I'm delusional. I'm now almost legally blind, and can't walk into a store and grab a book anymore. I mourn this more than I mourn losing my ability to drive.
So all of my reading is now on my computer monitor, where I can enlarge the print as much as I need. And yet....I still can't walk past a bookstore. And smell the books, feel the covers...check if maybe, just maybe TODAY my eyes are better.
Yes! Read everything & anything as a teenager, now much more discerning as have much much less time. Even read all my brothers school books when they arrived. In January.