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

[RobertM]

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

You keep falling behind your partner at the supermarket because you stop to read anything on product labels that looks interesting.

[abecedarian]

Originally Posted by RobertM

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

You keep falling behind your partner at the supermarket because you stop to read anything on product labels that looks interesting.

He KNOWS! I am so busted

[nick_m100]

When you run out of books to read you go to the store and read ingredients or you hide and read their books.

[rvgeek]

Originally Posted by abecedarian

She wouldn't talk about the book? Are you sure she wasn't an alien
Really, most readers would be thrilled that someone was interested in the book they're reading. I'm usually so happy to find a fellow book lover, I don't mind the interruption. Her loss...

Maybe she was so deep into the book that she couldn't pull herself out of it long enough to answer you.

[rvgeek]

Originally Posted by SFG75

Well, if you watch booknotes on C-SPAN, then I will submit to anyone the title of King Nerd and hand over the pocket protector and roll of tape for the middle part of your glasses.

Booknotes is good! I don't watch it very often, but every time that I have watched it I found new books that I wanted to read.

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by anthony.trimarc

When you have not finished 1 book and have 12 more waiting in the wings and you are ordering more,

12? Not bad....

I have around 20 waiting for me... after I promised I would only buy new books when I had only 2 or 3 to read...

Dharma

PS - Obviously I'm not counting the books my parents are gonna lend me... otherwise...

[mothermayhem]

When your hold list at the library is maxed out.
You burn the bacon you are cooking for breakfast.:mad:
You have a book stashed under the drivers seat for when you're stuck in traffic.

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by mothermayhem

You have a book stashed under the drivers seat for when you're stuck in traffic.

Now that's a good idea.... Thank you.

Dharma

[Oklahoma]

Guilty of cramming paperbacks into jean's pockets, cargo pant pockets, or when all else fails and it is an emergency, into the waistband itself.

You Know you are Addicted to Reading When:

-The cat lies on top of your book pile so you will notice him.

-You wonder if books make good baby/wedding shower gifts.

-You buy a house with lots of empty wall space for shelves. ( guilty)

-The local thrift/second hand book shops raise the price on books a quarter a month, because they know you are a sucker and can't resist.

-Your Books to Read list maxes at 100.

-Your in the library so long the Librarian forgets about you and starts to lock up. ( it's a teeny library too. So what if I was crouched in the back corner desperately reading from Turgenev...while balancing a growing stack of books on my knee.)

[KdashRoe]

Originally Posted by StillILearn

When you see a perfect stranger reading a book in a public place, and you make a fool out of yourself trying to see what it is. :o

Haha. I used to work as a lifeguard at a waterpark and I saw a lady sitting in a chair reading a book and I wanted to know what it was so i just kept getting closer and closer to her while trying to see what book it was. hah.

[BeerWench13]

I must admit guilt to all of these. Here are a few more of my own.

You know you're addicted when...

...you call in "sick" to work because you're at the climax of your book and you stayed up all night to read it and still have 2 chapters left.
...you get "rewards" from Borders for ordering so much.
...you have 3 copies of so many books because you're afraid that you may lose one or lend it and not have it returned when you wish to re-read it.
...your local bookstore salespeople fight over who gets to help you because they know they're getting a fat commission.
...every conversation you have starts with "Have you read..."
...everyone you know calls you to ask your opinion before purchasing a book because they just know you've already read it at least once.
...your Amazon wish list is 7 pages long and there are only 2 items on it that aren't books (and they're bookmarks).
...you forget what your spouse looks like while you're reading, and then look at them as if they've been away for a week when you finally finish your book.
...you buy 2 copies of a book so that you can have one at home and one in your car "just in case".
...you make your friends and relatives fill out a form before loaning any book to them.
...you have to consult your financial advisor before making a trip to the bookstore.
...you only go to the mall when you're heading to the bookstore even though you need shoes and socks and clothes.
...you've gotten frostbite from the bathwater getting too cold because you were too engrossed in your book to remember to get out of the tub.
...you're nodding you head as you read each of these and thinking "I've done that!"

[Landslide]

Finally I have found my tribe!!!
I can relate with so many things posted here...

Here's another one I'm guilty too:
I keep a list of the books I want in my purse, just in case I feel the urge to buy one or if someone casually ask what I'd like for my birthday...

[BeerWench13]

Remembered a couple more at lunch yesterday.
You know you're addicted to reading when you're disappointed that they brought out your food at the restaurant because you have to put your book down for a few seconds to put your napkin in your lap and pick up your fork.

And, you know you're addicted to reading when the waiter comes by to fill up your drink and you give him/her a dirty look because they caused a momentary distraction from your book, even though your throat is parched and you've been trying to suck the ice through the straw for the last 10 minutes to get some moisture.

[Dharma]

... when somebody asks you about a possible wishlist ("what you'd you buy if somebody offered you 200 euros?") and all you can remember is books (I'm not materialist (sp?), maybe that helps).

Dharma

[BeerWench13]

Originally Posted by Dharma

... when somebody asks you about a possible wishlist ("what you'd you buy if somebody offered you 200 euros?") and all you can remember is books

Yes! My in-laws think I'm crazy because I directed them to my Amazon wishlist for things I wanted for Christmas last year. There were no clothes, shoes, towels, sheets, etc., just books, one video game, a book shelf and classical cd's (to listen to while reading, of course!). I worked, however, because I got 30 books last year for Christmas from relatives and friends. Sadly, I had finised all of them before the St. Patrick's Day.