Some people never understand my fondness on reading a book. I even found myself keeping secret when buying books, making sure the price tag was neatly removed and receipts were put in trash.. it's because I had these feeling some people may not understand me spending money on books when there are more other things to be priorized or more valuable than it.
Here are the list I think only book lovers would understand..
- We know the uniqueness of a book.
We know it will always be different than any other movie adaptation. It's not that we want to criticize those movies, we know that they had put a lot of work for that. They would never understand our disappointment when our expectations wasn't met after watching the movie knowing we had read the book.
- Having a hard copy.
Nowadays, reading any books you want is so easy thru ebooks, ipad, kindle, etc. I admit, I've been a fan of ebooks for some time, as my budget limits me from buying books most of the time. But the feeling of having a hard copy in your hand, the smell of the paper while reading.. oh that's different!
- Creating you own world when reading a good book.
We don't want to be interrupted when we're into it. We'll use every minute we could have just to continue reading it, some may say it's like an addiction more like a hobby.
- Having attachment to characters.
We feel the emotions of the characters. We laugh and cry as they do. We feel so connected just by reading, like they were really true people like us. There are times that we get too emotionally involved.
- Finishing a book was harder than starting.
We're having a book hangover after reading wishing it had never end, that means sleepless nights, overthinking and sometimes trying to read it again.
- Having a good book makes a perfect weekend.
Perfect weekend doesn't have to go out of town or night outs. We can go different places any time as our imagination is limitless. But that doesn't mean we can't or doesn't want to go out.
- OCD when in comes to our books.
We want our books neatly covered like books sent by teachers that were required to cover. We tend to think twice when someone wants to borrow books from us because we're worried they won't take care our books like we do. We worry too much wondering if they would ever return it, would it be in a good condition when they return it or if they were still okay in someone else's hands. We don't want any dirt, fold or even a small crumple on it's pages.
- Bookstores are our shopping malls.
We enjoy spending hours in bookstores browsing every shelves without getting tired like some would do in their favorite shops. We're close to getting crazy, so confused which book to buy like any shopaholics do.
I'm sure some book lover out there can relate to this.. :)
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