1. You learn so many new, unique words while reading that when you use them in real life people get weirded out by you.

2. People who don't really read never understand your references.
3. When a character you love dies, you die.
4. If there's no sequel to an amazing book, it almost feels like there's no tomorrow for you.
5. When a good book turns into a movie and an important character looks nothing like they were described, you feel cheated.
6. If you ever decide to sneak a peek at the last sentence of the book and it ends up SPOILING EVERYTHING.
7. Authors never show any remorse for killing off your favorite characters but don't they know they've sucked all the happiness you ever had out of your soul?!
8. You send an author a long, meaningful email about how their book changed your life and they respond (if at all) with a one-sentence way to say "thanks for being a fan!"
