15 Ways to Tell If You Love Books

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You might be a book lover if…

• You relate everyone you meet to a book character.
• You memorize your library card number.
• Your library imposes a limit on the number of items that can be checked out on one card.
• You know what an Inter-Library Loan really is and must explain it to everyone who uses the term improperly.
• Your librarian knows you on sight and knows exactly where your spot on the hold shelf is.
• Your wishlist is composed entirely of books.
• You can rattle off the release dates of a dozen books on your wishlist.
• People wonder if you ever give any gifts besides books.
• Your first question to new friends is, “So, do you read much?”
• You constantly nag your friends to read more.
• You walk out of used book sales carrying several large boxes of books.
• You insert random book quotes into conversations and don’t mind the perplexed looks.
• You’ve had nightmares about going somewhere and forgetting your book.
• Nobody will watch a movie with you because you keep yelling, “That wasn’t in the book!”
• You plan on naming your children after characters from your favorite fantasy novel.

Special thanks to everybody in the forum thread who helped come up with this list!

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