Books·Posted on Apr 7, 201528 Things Anyone Who Grew Up Loving Books UnderstandsWho needs playdates when you have fictional friends?by by Arianna ReboliniBuzzFeed Staff, by Krystie Lee YandoliBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. You LIVED for the Scholastic Book Fair. View this photo on Instagram 2. And you circled almost every single book in these. View this photo on Instagram 3. You thought the library was more fun than any playground. View this photo on Instagram 4. You were on cloud nine when you finally got your own library card and realized you could take out whatever books you wanted. 5. And you killllllled during summer reading programs. View this photo on Instagram 6. You always reached a point when you were just over your playdate and ready to go back to quality reading time. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. You were outraged whenever you were told to "go outside" on a beautiful day when all you wanted to do was sit in your room and read. View this photo on Instagram 8. You were depressed when you finished all of a certain series — until you found a new one. View this photo on Instagram 9. Your backpack was extra heavy because you carried at least two books with you at all times. View this photo on Instagram 10. You spent years just waiting for the day you would get your letter to Hogwarts / find Narnia / happen upon a secret garden. View this photo on Instagram 11. The adults in your life were bewildered — and sometimes downright disbelieving — at the amount of reading you could do. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. Nothing amped you up like the MS Read-a-thon or the Pizza Hut Book It! program. View this photo on Instagram 13. You and your school librarian were tight. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. You read wherever and whenever you could — during free period, in the lunch line, while walking down the hallway and bumping into classmates. sophielovesbooks @book_sophie #reading #harrypotter in school... got some free periods this morning, so why not read hp? 07:27 AM - 26 Mar 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. If you ever got scolded by your teacher, it was for one reason only: Nic Lake @niclake Other kids in school got in trouble for skipping, for getting in fights, for not turning in homework. I got in trouble for reading books. 10:44 PM - 26 Dec 2011 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. So any time this happened, it was a gift. EverAfter Romance @EverAftereBooks Remember when... #bookloverproblems #readingmatters #oldschool #Bookish 10:58 PM - 29 Mar 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. Punishment wasn't really punishment unless your reading privileges were taken away. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. You were always hoping to unwrap books at birthdays and holidays. Maygan Melendez @Itsmay_again A letter I sent to my aunt in kidergarden lmao I wanted bugs and books for Christmas 😂 11:27 AM - 03 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Your memories of family vacations are mostly just you reading in various locations. View this photo on Instagram 20. You still have a vivid recollection of your childhood library's layout. View this photo on Instagram 21. You probably did some writing of your own. View this photo on Instagram 22. You may have missed your stop on the bus because you were in the back, too immersed in whatever you were reading. RobotSpiderOwlBrains @MrGlucksClass Nice & quiet bus ride back to school. This is why we always bring a book with us, wherever we go! 10:45 PM - 06 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. Book reports? NO PROBLEM! View this photo on Instagram 24. You didn't mind bedtime because it meant reading time. View this photo on Instagram 25. And if your parents told you to turn off the lights, you knew how to get around that, too. View this photo on Instagram 26. You ignored your motion sickness to read any time you were in the car, so you felt sick a lot. View this photo on Instagram 27. Any time you find a book you loved as a child, it brings you right back. View this photo on Instagram 28. And every time you read a particularly magical book now that you're an adult, you feel that exact some childlike wonder. View this photo on Instagram