Blog: You’re a Book Addict if You do These Things…

Time to out myself. I am a book addict and as a book addict from a family of book addicts, I consider myself an expert on the warning signs of being addicted to literature. So like the title said, here are the signs that you may be one too.

#1: You spend half/all of your paycheck on books.

#2: You have books piled up all over your house but can’t put them anywhere because you’ve either used up all of your bookshelf space and have no money for more bookshelves.

#3: People walk into your house, see your book collection, and become concerned.

#4: Your family is slightly concerned for you.

#5: When you find out there’s more books in the series filled with lore, you must buy them as quickly as possible.

#6: You have essentially become the lore master for at least five different book fandoms to the extent where you have learned the fictional languages and can read/write in them fluently.

[Author’s Note: I am guilty of this one. My friends are kinda weirded out by it.]

#7: You have a wishlist of books that you’ll never read going on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, etc. that has surpassed several hundred dollars.

#8: You haven’t read most of the books in your collection because you’re stuck on one that you love above all else or there’s just too many.

#9: You have returned hundreds of dollars worth of books because they were slightly damaged.

[Author’s Note: I have not done this one because most of my books came in being fine, but family members have done this before. On the brightside, I’ve gotten plenty of driving practice from it.]

#10: You’re constantly sniffing the spine and pages of the book you’re reading because they smell awesome.

#11: You’re disappointed when the pages don’t smell like anything.

#12: Existing bookshelves look like they will break if you put another book on the ever growing stack.

#13: You count down the days until a new book release from your favorite author/authors religiously.

#14: You print fanart or paint your own fanart to hang in your house as decoration.

#15: You start a blog/YouTube Channel dedicated to giving book reviews.

Comment below which symptoms you have and if I missed any.

Until next time,

M.J.