7 signs you are a real bookworm

Here's a checklist in case that book in your hand doesn't convince you enough.

Jonathan Lim| October 25, 06:01 AM

1. You Firmly Believe E-Books Are Not Books

You never understood why everyone’s going apeshit over e-books. Voodoo e-ink can never replace real ink and paper. Kindles and Kobos can never substitute the heft of pages held together with that thin strip of glue. By your definition, books are self-contained universes of delight, compactly packed into paper pages. Books do not come with batteries or retina burning backlights.

 

2. The Thought of Thumbing Through Paper Pages Makes Your Heart Flutter

This one is for the ladies, or some dudes even.There is something romantic about turning a paper page to continue your ride on the story’s melody. Pixels just do not, and cannot, do it for you.

 

3. Cracking Open A New Book Is An Experience In Itself

You get a little frisson of excitement when you hold a new book with its impeccably sharp edges, and are almost always filled with the impulse to fan through the pages quickly just so you can enjoy that fresh crisp paper scent.

 

4. The Phrase 'Curling Up With A Book' Entices You

To you, the best version of me-time is curling up under the covers in your pyjamas, with your nose buried deep within the pages of a favourite book. Yes, that counts even if your preference is for curling up with manly books by Lee Kuan Yew.

 

5. You Love Wandering Into Book Wonderlands

You naturally gravitate towards places where books are highly concentrated. Once you are in a bookstore or the library, time flies by as you get lost in the rows of colourful spines and that familiar whiff of well-loved pages.

 

6. You Are Always In The Middle Of A Book

You feel a little displaced when you finish a book, and will quickly pull another off your shelf to start on. You are always halfway through a book because you appreciate that books are ever dependable upon to whisk you away and take your mind off things anytime you need a breather.

 

7. You Are Always Buying Books

Booksales are your favourite events. You can never have enough books - the more new books you have squirreled away, the bigger your treasure trove of wondrous adventures to embark upon.

 

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