Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I've never participated in a Top Ten Tuesday post before, but that's because I usually can't think of 10 things to list. This Tuesday's post was different. Everyone bookworm has bookish confessions - for me, it was just a matter of deciding which ones I wanted to share with you guys.
So here ya go, my top ten bookish confessions:
1. I love hard
covers. So much so, that if I own the book in soft cover and come across the
hard cover at a thrift store or in the bargain section of the book stores, I
will buy the hard cover to replace the soft cover.
2. Before I purchase a hard cover, I always remove the dust
jacket to look at the cover/spine just to see how visually pleasing it is or
isn’t. But I never actually remove the dust jackets once I get them home.
3. I was 16 years old when I read Outlander by Diana
Gabaldon. I loved the book and I fell in love with Jamie Fraser. Now, 10+ years
later, I am married and my husband’s name is James Fraser. Crazy.
4. I always have a book with me, wherever I go. Even if I’m
just going over to a friend’s house – you never know - they could get a really
important phone call and I’d just be sitting there for 20 minutes wishing I had
a book with me.
5. I look forward to waiting in the waiting room before
appointments just so I can read my book. I also look forward to flying, just
for the (mostly) uninterrupted reading time.
6. I have only read the first 3 Harry Potter Books. I was reading them as they were being
released, but then I fell behind and the movies started coming out. I told
myself I wanted to re-read the first HP book before the movie and that never
happened. This is what I said before each movie. And now I tell anyone who will
listen that I plan to have a huge Harry Potter reading/movie watching marathon
in which I will read each book, followed by its movie. This hasn’t happened yet, but it’s on my
bucket list!
7. I think it’s really weird when people don’t have any
books in their home. I get it, you don’t read a lot, or you use the library,
but everyone should own a few books, even if it’s just coffee table books!
8. It makes me sad that I will die before I can read ALL the
books. When I was really young, I believed that I could read every book in the
library and for a few months, I took out books starting on the top shelf of the
‘A's.
9. When my husband (boyfriend at the time) and I were moving from the East Coast of Canada, back to the West Coast, he made me lift up all my boxes of books and decide which boxes felt the heaviest. The top 10 heaviest boxes came in the truck with us because hubby didn't want to pay the movers to ship the books across the country for a second time. Seriously. I think we saved maybe 10 bucks.
10. If I’ve been to
an author reading and hear them read out-loud parts of their book, I will then
read the entire book in said author’s voice. So if they have a British accent, I will read
the book with a British accent in my head.
Tell me: What are your bookish confessions?!
I totally agree with number seven. It makes me sad when I see someone's bookless house.
ReplyDeleteYou married Jamie Fraser!!?? How cool is THAT? :)
I thought I could read all the books too, once.
It's pretty cool, hey? :) Although, MY James Fraser doesn't think it's nearly as neat as I do lol.
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I totally understand your sadness about not being able to read all of the books you want to read. And more just keep coming out!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your TTT! :)
I try not to think about it because it overwhelms me too much!
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I still love how you take off the dust jacket to see what the hardcover book looks like underneath. Now I'm going to be doing that ALL THE TIME!
ReplyDeleteYOU MARRIED JAMIE FRASER???? How crazy!
I need to reread the Harry Potter books. I've read them all but it's been so long! I've always wanted to read them and watch the movies as I go, too. :)
And, oh my gosh, MAJOR anxiety when I think about how many books are out there and how much time I have to read them. I mean, a book is published EVERY 30 SECONDS! That doesn't give me enough time at all! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks about this.
Thanks for sharing, Brie!
One day I would like to have all my hardcovers on the bookshelves without their dust jackets on! But for now, I just can't bring myself to do it ;p
DeleteAnd YES, I MARRIED JAMIE FRASER! Lol, although he doesn't get really get why I think this is so cool...*sigh*
I think about ALL the books, ALL the time! I must learn to stop wasting so much time and accept that it's ok to read for an hour+ everyday.
I always take of the dust cover to check the condition, too! My dad bought me the last three Twilight books after I read the first, and the copy of Eclipse he bought has a big dent in the cardboard of the cover...if I'd bought them myself, I would have definitely not picked that one. :P I do take off my jackets though. I never read a book with them still on. I don't like them to get warped or bent out of shape so I take them off and place them on my bookshelf while I'm reading a book. :)
ReplyDeleteI always take a book with me too! :D Or my kindle. I agree, you never know when you'll want a book. :)
Oooh, that's an awesome idea to have a huge Harry Potter reading/watching marathon! It would definitely a take a while though. Although since you haven't read the books yet, they might go very fast for you! :D I find I never read something quite as fast as I read it the first time. :D
Thanks for sharing your bookish confessions with us, Brie! :D
Haha! That's funny about your Dad and the dented book - this is one of the reasons why I'm always nervous to order books online! What if they aren't in pristine condition once they're delivered?! I take the dust jackets off when I'm reading the book too!
DeleteYa, he didn't even care. :P I've gotten more lax about it since buying online, but I definitely don't like getting books in less than pristine condition. I haven't had problems with the book depository so far though. Some have had the book jackets slightly dented near the corners, but that's about it, so it makes me happy. :D I've heard they take returns if they're really bad, too. :D Yay! Glad to hear I'm not the only one. ;)
DeleteI loved Outlander (more than any others in the series) and it's awesome that you married James Fraser! I like arriving in the waiting room early too (if I have a good book).
ReplyDelete1. I am opposite with you on hardcover. I hate hardback books. They're so heavy and cumbersome. The ones I have were either gifts or books that I just couldn't wait for the softcover to come out before reading.
ReplyDelete7. There are people who have no books? None, at all? What? How?
I agree some are heavy, and since I don't have an e-reader, it can be awkward to have a big hard cover in my purse at all times, lol, but I do prefer hard covers for when I'm reading in bed! It just stays propped up easier.
DeleteMy bookish confessions:
ReplyDelete1. Books I consider "high-brow" are prominently displayed in my upstairs bookcases.
2. I buy all of Dean Koontz's new books in hardcover. I'm not sure I even LIKE Dean Koontz anymore.
3. I resist reading new popular books because I hate jumping on bandwagons (but I did really like Hunger Games when I read them a year after everyone else had.)
4. I set up a little reading nook in my living room, but my favourite place to read is still my bed.
5. I was adamently opposed to buying a Kobo - until I got one. Now, I couldn't live without it. Once, the battery ran out while I was in the middle of a book, and I was distraught...until I remembered I own the book in paperback. It still wasn't the same.
6. I quit my book club partially because it made me mad that the conversations got ridiculously sidetracked and some of the women didn't even bother reading the books.
7. My favourite book is Self by Yann Martel - a fictional autobiography about a man who magically becomes a woman. The book has literally two chapters; how the heck do you know when it's time to put the book down and go to bed if there are no chapters to act as story breaks?!
8. I've listened to one audio book in my life - the last book in the Eragaon Interitance Cycle. I found it really hard to follow, and the voice acting made me laugh.
9. I read for at least an hour every single day. Most days, it's more like three to five hours. (Related: I have no life.)
10. The book that made me fall in love with reading was the Stepsister by RL Stine. I always had my nose in a book when I was little, but it was that first RL Stine book (lent to me by my grade 4 teacher) that turned me into an addict. I never thanked my teacher for that.
Jen, I love your list! And I love that you shared 10 with me!
Delete6.I hear ya on the bookclub - mine is notorious for that! But I love the girls in it, so I've just accepted that most people rarely read the book and even when they do, the conversation about the book is short and sweet.
7. I haven't read Self yet, but two chapters?! I can't stop reading mid chapter!!
8. Audio books are hard! I'm practicing though ;)
10. I loved Stepsister too! Actually, I loved a lot of RL Stine books when I was young.
Nice list! I relate to #5. I would get pissed off when my OB was on time (they are notorious for being late) because I wouldn't get to read my book :)
ReplyDeleteThis meme is all over my reader today. If I get time, I'm gonna do it to!
I've never done a meme before, but this one was so much fun, and I've really enjoyed visiting some other blogs and reading other people's bookish confessions. I could easily come up with 10 more, but these were the first that came to mind. You should definitely do it! Even if you don't do ten...
DeleteNice list! I relate to #5. I would get pissed off when my OB was on time (they are notorious for being late) because I wouldn't get to read my book :)
ReplyDeleteThis meme is all over my reader today. If I get time, I'm gonna do it to!
i love paperbacks. maybe we can swap. :) i do like hardcovers but i prefer paperbacks for practical reasons. and there are a lot of people coming out saying that they have never read harry potter. i kind of wish i could read it again for the first time. thanks for sharing!
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I like trade paperbacks, but I love hardcovers - although, I will admit, it can be awkward to carry around a hardcover in my purse all the time. And anytime I travel on a plane somewhere I try to plan what I will read so I'm not bringing a bunch of hardcovers with me.
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I like hard covers and paper backs. I confess I don't enjoy reading from kobo. I like to read in the bath tub which makes my books look very worn. I dog ear too which makes me a book bully, but old habits die hard. I agree on the book club thing. I dream of an oprah like book club where we get deep into the imagery and under lying thoughts of the author. But good people are great too. I would never complain about that. I too can't imagine a home without books. I have so many I need a room for them all. Books can be so beautiful. I can't imagine a gouse without them.
ReplyDeleteBooks ARE beautiful, aren't they!!? I love my bookshelves so much, and love to just look over at them during the day. And I love using books to decorate - on coffee tables, end tables, window sills, etc. I could not imagine a home without books, either.
DeleteAs much as I "complain" about my bookclub, I really do love it and look forward to it every month!
Thanks for sharing, Brandie! :)
I like hard covers and paper backs. I confess I don't enjoy reading from kobo. I like to read in the bath tub which makes my books look very worn. I dog ear too which makes me a book bully, but old habits die hard. I agree on the book club thing. I dream of an oprah like book club where we get deep into the imagery and under lying thoughts of the author. But good people are great too. I would never complain about that. I too can't imagine a home without books. I have so many I need a room for them all. Books can be so beautiful. I can't imagine a gouse without them.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE hardcovers too!! And I love taking the jackets off because the title on the spine is always different, I just LOVE it.
ReplyDeleteIt's easier to read on airplanes.. reading at home.. my parents will just constantly interrupt me and I don't want to go out grumbling because they'd just complain about me grumbling.
I can't believe you started taking books from the "A" section, haha. I wish I could read every single book... but that'd take a loooooooooooooong time.
Yay!! So glad someone else LOVES hardcovers too! :) One day, I WILL take off all my dust jackets and display my books that way! While they are all on the books now, I do feel that over time, dust jackets can really date a book - like the first few books in the Outlander series I own in the original covers and the dust jackets look like really old romance books lol.
DeleteMy husband is good for interrupting me when I'm reading too! I swear, he doesn't want to talk until I get a book in my hands. ;)
Hahaha, I'm pretty sure that "phase" didn't last long - I didn't get to the 'B's that's for sure ;)
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI am late to the party but here are my bookish confessions:
1. I always finish every book I start no matter how painful.
2. I only read 1 book at a time, very occassionally a "self-help" or non- fiction on the side but not often.
3. I love researching and shopping for books as much as I love reading them and I hate spending full price for a book.
4. I prefer the nice paperbacks to hardcovers (although I used to be opposite). I find the paperbacks are more easily portable when I take them with me.
5. I've never listened to an audio book. Unless I go blind I don't think I'd be interested.
6. I will NEVER read a book on a Kindle or a Nook. It can't be anything but a real book for me.
7. I will never read a book twice because there are so many books yet to read. Which brings me to #8 . . .
8. I too fret over all the books I'll never get to read. This year I lost my younger brother who also had passion for reading (real books also) and that worry makes it that much more of a reality.
9. I love the smell of books and when halfway through always take a deep inhaling sniff.
10. Finally, I leave you with one of my favorite quotes by John F. Kennedy, Jr. just after his mother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died. "My mother died surrounded by her friends and her family and her books, and the people and the things that she loved."
I absolutely LOVE Jaime Fraser!! You are a lucky gal ;-)
Reading your list felt like reading an extension of mine!
Delete1+2. I always finish the book too, no matter how long it takes me. If I read more than one book at a time, it can't be two fiction books, it has to be a non-fiction book on the side. The only exception to this is audiobooks (which I'm just getting into). I can have an audiobook on the go at the same time as another book.
3.Haha - I also research books before purchasing! I always compare online prices to in-store prices, I check Costco if convenient and if the time allows, I peruse second hand stores first. I rarely spend full price for a book either.
6. I don't own (and don't ever plan on it!) an e-reader. I'm happy that people are just reading, but I will never give up my books!
7+8. This is why I don't really get the whole re-reading thing. You're right, there are way too many books to be read. Their are only a few books that I'd like to re-read, ones that I read when I was really young and would like to revisit them (like Outlander!). I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I can't imagine ever losing one of my siblings.
10. Thank you for sharing that quote with me! I love it and will write it down someplace safe :)
This is such a great list! I had a slow blogging summer, and missed this week, but I think I'll do this post during one of the "free choice" weeks. When I read hardcovers I always take the dust jacket off first =)
ReplyDeleteI thought summer would give me the time to "catch up" on blogging, and even though we haven't gone anywhere, this did NOT happen lol. I think because I'd rather be out on the deck reading in the sun, then sitting at the lap top. (Needless to say, I am *very* behind in reviews!)
DeleteYou should definitely do this one in a free choice week - it was a lot of fun, and one where I really enjoyed reading other people's responses! :)