It’s true.
I looked it up on the internet, and I present these typical symptoms:
- I will sit and read for hours at a time, sometimes until my eyes are so tired I can hardly focus on the words on the page.
- There are stacks of books everywhere in my house—on tables, on chairs and footstools and, of course, in bookcases.
- I have been known to not answer the phone if I am in the middle of a chapter that I find fascinating.
- When I finish a book, I am anxious and at loose ends until I start the next one.
- I think about the characters even when I’m not reading the book.
- I have a Kindle and an I Pad with books loaded on them.
- When I read a book for my book club, I can’t wait to discuss it.
- I find it hard to give books away—even ones that I know I will never read again.
- I love libraries and bookstores.
I’ve been like this since I was a child, so I think that my case may be hopeless.
When I was a kid, my sister complained that I read too much and wouldn’t put my book down to play. And one of my teachers thought that I might have read every book in our local library.
Friends have suggested a support group to help me deal with this addiction… but I can’t go anywhere until I’ve finished reading this chapter.
Picture Credit: Kathy Joyce Glascott
WOW! You’ve really got it bad. Yes, books are good friends, companions, and knowledge-givers.
I agree, books fill so many places in our lives.
I think we are twins.
Writers are readers, too. Ginger!
Ditto – I love my books too and have to have one with me at all times : )
Me too, Marsha. I carry books with me all the time–that’s why I love my Kindle.
You make me smile, Kathy. There are bad addictions and good ones; yours is definitely the latter. I remember my adult relatives saying, “Linda always has her nose in a book.” Is there any other place as satisfying?
You sound like me, Linda. And as addictions go, reading is probably the best. Glad you enjoyed it.
Gosh, Kathy, I don’t think I am as much of a Bookaholic as you but I certainly do love to read and books have been a big part of my life since I can even remember. My curse is that I keep wanting to tell everyone about what I have read…….