How book obsessed are you?

[DJ Triviality]

i read books when i dont fancy eating, a wank, watching tv, sleeping, arguing or playing footy. i get through about 4 books a year, if i dont read at least once every six months i get really depressed and short tempered.

i am what you'd call a bookaphiliac. i just cant get enough of reading! most of you probably wouldnt understand.

 

[LDR]

I can read walk too which is great.

I find if I don't have something to read on public transport, I get really moody and impatient. If I forget my book on my commute to work it can ruin my morning.

 

[elevendayempire]

what prompted me to start the thread was a conversation I had with a friend where I was griping about hard backs. He thought the cost was the source of my irritation. The real reason I don't like hardbacks is that they don't fit in my coat pocket

Oh god yes, it's annoying, isn't it? I was reading The Meaning of Night, an 800-page hardback monster, while cycling into work (no, not literally...). That was a bugger, though I probably burned off a few calories. Funny thing about TBR piles - sometimes I get a bit edgy at having a big TBR pile, because it feels like I've mapped out my life for the next couple of months. I like to be spontaneous, me...

SG

 

[Roadkill]

I counted my books the other day in an idle moment. The total came to just shy of 800.

I'm a proper old book-obsessive, I suppose. I just like having books about. I do read a lot, partly for work but I'd do so anyway. Tbh, an afternoon watching TV usually ends up feeling like a wasted afternoon, whereas an afternoon spent with my head buried in a good book never does.

 

[trashpony]

I can read walk too which is great.

I find if I don't have something to read on public transport, I get really moody and impatient. If I forget my book on my commute to work it can ruin my morning.

Me too - it's very irritating isn't it?

I've missed my stop on the tube on several occasions because I've been so engrossed in my book

 

[cillaB]

well there is nothing worse than being stuck on a tube which has been delayed with nothing to read - happened to me once for 2 hours and I was ready to cry within 15mins

 

[Paris Garters]

well there is nothing worse than being stuck on a tube which has been delayed with nothing to read - happened to me once for 2 hours and I was ready to cry within 15mins

I always carry a penguin 60's in my little bag with my purse 'n that, just in case, that way even if i don't think I'm going to have chance to read, I'm never caught out.

Books are magical to me, how a page of someone else's words can create a whole reality in my mind....

Absolutely.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

I'm on a three book rotation - one new release/acquisition, one classic, one old favourite. I also usually have a graphic novel on the go, plus techy books when I get them for review.

I never really got into reading non-fiction, even biographies, don't know why.

We need new bookshelves.

The coolest bookshelves in the world

 

[Vintage Paw]

*raises hand* I r VP and I r a bookaholic

I buy them, but I never get around to reading them, but I need them around me. Is there a twelve step programme?

 

[Shandril19]

The coolest bookshelves in the world

See, those just seem silly to me as bookshelves, because the only way to fit the maximum books on them would be to stack books on books, which I try not to do. (Even though I always do because I don't have enough bookshelves for my books and even if I did have, i'd just buy more books.)


I read about 1 book a week, I think. I go through slight phases, where I'll read in every spare minute I have for a few weeks, and then a few weeks where I only read at bedtime. I get very disconnected and disoriented if I don't have a book to read. I collect books somewhat compulsively, but am trying to get better about that.

 

[Final]

mediumly obsessed here.

Can go for months without being bothered to pick one up, but when I'm stuck into one reading it will be my #1 priority until it's finished.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I'm not obsessed at all. My book budget is now less than my housing budget. For a number of years it was more than my rent. I solved that by buying a house and my housing budget doubled. When I moved in the moving guy pulled his back moving my books.

 

[Orang Utan]

I like books. I like books. I like books. I like books. I LIKE books.

 

[Orang Utan]

We need new bookshelves.

Bricks and plywood are all you need

 

[Fez909]

I buy more than I can read, but I will read them. I'm not obsessed, though, I just forget about things easily so I buy them to read later.

Currently have about as many books which I have read as those that I haven't (the total isn't very high), but I've imposed a book-buying ban on myself until I get the ratio down.

Got a few meaty books for Christmas though, so can't see that being any time soon

*edited to add* That was all about buying. I meant to talk about reading! Ahem, anyway, I read in no fixed pattern and I can go a while without reading, and equally I can devour a few books a week. On average I'd say I read 3/4 a month.

 

[Chairman Meow]

I always carry a penguin 60's in my little bag with my purse 'n that, just in case, that way even if i don't think I'm going to have chance to read, I'm never caught out.

Absolutely.

Being bookless on public transport is one of my biggest fears. When I commuted I had to carry at least two books at a time, in case, the horror, I finished one mid journey. I also used to walk and read when I was a kid, until my mates started calling me Mr Magoo. I probably still would if I had to. Does anyone else get reading guilt after buying too many weekend papers, then buying more, then going to the library, and then not knowing what to read?

Edited to add - I'm assuming you all read the back of the bleach bottle when you're on the loo? My husband said I needed help when I admitted that.

 

[sojourner]

Edited to add - I'm assuming you all read the back of the bleach bottle when you're on the loo? My husband said I needed help when I admitted that.

I used to read the ingredients on the vinegar and sauce bottles at the table when I was a kid, cos I wasn't allowed to read books at teatime - drove me mother mad

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I used to take a book to school and hide it behind a textbook in class rather than paying attention. I suspect that I'm better off having done so.

 

[onemonkey]

I used to read a lot.. but totting things up I only managed to finish a measly 33 books and petered on half a dozen more for no good reason.

i guess reading science papers has taken some priority but i suspect that pissing about on the internet is responsible too.. damn bulletin boards and rss readers!

 

[onemonkey]

having said that.. i am currently packing to move house and it has fired me up to discover that my pending pile takes up about four boxes.

(and that before i start wielding any of my 8 library cards )

 

[JohnC]

The coolest bookshelves in the world
They're pretty sexy shelves but any shelving looks great once it's packed with books large and small.

 

[blossie33]

I have loved books since I learnt to read and usually have a couple on the go at the same time to suit different moods. I mostly read in bed in the evenings, I don't have TV, would much rather read a book. Am a bit of a compulsive buyer - charity shops and bargain bookshops are my main source. I must have a sort out soon as I have piles of them on the floor as well as on some shelves! Some of my real favourites I can read and read again so I like to hang on to them.

 

[DotCommunist]

I used to take a book to school and hide it behind a textbook in class rather than paying attention. I suspect that I'm better off having done so.

oh well guilty of that. Thing is most of my teachers had thier hands full dealing with the cunts disrupting the class. So I could chill with my sci fi book all lesson

 

[trashpony]

I used to read the ingredients on the vinegar and sauce bottles at the table when I was a kid, cos I wasn't allowed to read books at teatime - drove me mother mad

My mum swears I learned to read off cereal packets

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

oh well guilty of that. Thing is most of my teachers had thier hands full dealing with the cunts disrupting the class. So I could chill with my sci fi book all lesson

There was a couple of years when I read over 400 books a year (between beatings by my fellow students). I doubt if any of my classmates could match that even if they read their schoolbooks.

I'm a piker now, I only read about a book a week. Damn adult responsibilities!

 

[Orang Utan]

My mum swears I learned to read off cereal packets

My mum told me the first thing I read was a sugar packet - I shouted out 'Tate & Lyle! Tate & Lyle' when she was pushing me past one of their lorries.

 

[Pieface]

Another bookwalker here. I also seem to be the only person at work who reads in my lunch hour.....in the canteen. I just don't want to talk to any of them. Even the ones I like - it's my time and they can go away.

 

[Fosters Mackem]

I wondered if anyone could direct me to an online shop where I could buy a rack style contraption to enable me to read in the bath?? Im sorry that is the best way i can describe it, I used to have one years ago but I cant remember where I got it. It was metal and had a rack to balance the book on!!

 

[trashpony]

My mum told me the first thing I read was a sugar packet - I shouted out 'Tate & Lyle! Tate & Lyle' when she was pushing me past one of their lorries.

 

[DotCommunist]

I wondered if anyone could direct me to an online shop where I could buy a rack style contraption to enable me to read in the bath?? Im sorry that is the best way i can describe it, I used to have one years ago but I cant remember where I got it. It was metal and had a rack to balance the book on!!

Dropping your book in the bath is a fucking tragedy. I once dropped CS Lewis 'Prelandra' in the bath when i was halfway through it. God it makes me angry just thinking about it