Top 5 Tuesday is created by the always prolific Shanah, the Bionic Book Worm, and this week we’re looking at bookish habits. This was a tough one to figure out, because I’m so blind to the habits I have. They all blend into my daily life so seamlessly, it’s hard to see that they exist at all. Upon a closer look, here’s what I discovered:
Constantly Rearranging Bookshelves
Right now, my book are arranged in two sections. Read and unread. The read are arranged by genre, and the unread by the ones I want to read most. Though there’s nothing saying that next month I won’t rearrange by author name, or alphabetical by title.
Getting More and More Books Even When I Have Too Many to Read
Whether I’m cruising NetGalley for yet another ARC, or falling for another Amazon book sale, I can’t seem to stop myself from adding more and more books to my pile.
Getting My Hackles Up When People Diss Reading
“Why bother reading? I’d rather wait for the movie to come out.” Cue roaring laughter from people that don’t realize they’re making themselves sound like dumbasses. I’m not going to begrudge anyone who doesn’t like to read. But the people who have their cute little quips imply reading is stupid, pointless, for losers, or anything else makes me see red. I don’t like hunting, but I don’t talk shit about it. I don’t like figure skating, but I don’t talk shit about it. Why some people talk about not reading like it’s something to brag about is so far beyond me. Would these same people brag about not using math since being in high school?
Buying Additional Copies of a Book Because of a New Cover
This isn’t a common one, but it’s been known to happen. With those books that are the absolute top of my list, I can’t resist buying additional copies with a better cover. Witness the first copy I bought of The Art of Racing in the Rain, and then the second. (and no, I didn’t stop at 2 copies…)
Using Goodreads More Than Any Other Social Media
I can’t remember the last time I was on Facebook. I’m not interesting enough to post much on Instagram. I’m too old for Snapchat and TikTok. And twitter might be the only one that comes close to claiming as much of my time as Goodreads.
I hate it when people make reading sound bad.. If you say you read a good book over the weekend, there are always people who look weirdly at you..
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multiple copies of favorite books is a big one. Sometimes I’ll buy multiple copies of the same book, even if they have the same cover. I have like 6 copies of Outlander, two copies of Jellicoe Rd… and on and on. Many things cause it. I like having a loanable copy, and a pristine copy. With Outlander, if I see it at a used bookstore or garage sale, I’m compelled to buy it. Like, if I buy it than there aren’t any abandoned and hurting copies out there or something.
I also keep buying books while having hundreds of others to read at home. Same with arc requesting.
Agreed with Goodreads. I use it WAY more than any other social media! And I think that people know better than dissing reading near me. They know they would have a flying midget coming to kick their ass!!!
I can relate to a couple of your habits, in fact, reading everyone’s T5T posts, I’ve mentally more than doubled my list! Ha!Ha!
As far as social media is concerned, yup, I love Twitter and the group I belong to on Goodreads and don’t really go on anything else.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your week. Here’s my Top 5 Tuesday Post
Flora x
I also get multiple copies for the ones I love!!
You can never be too old for Snapchat!!! Haha except for the Social Media one (I spend waaaay to much time on Reddit and FB), I do all of these 🤣 Great list!