1. You know nothing beats the smell of a brand-new book...
2. ...except maybe the smell of an old one.


Mmmm. Smells like the rest of my weekend.
3. Sometimes you wonder whether it's normal to like books more than people.
4. You are never, ever without a book.
5. The Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last" is your actual worst fear.
6. There are books you associate with certain points of your life, and re-reading them takes you back.
7. You begin to think of fictional characters as real people...
8. ...and talk about them accordingly.
9. The thought of moving scares you because you're going to have to haul about 127 boxes of books.
10. And, of course, there's the matter of deciding which twenty (-five hundred) books you'll take with you on a trip!
11. You feel a secret thrill when a book teaches you a new word.

12. Sometimes you become so immersed in a book that you begin thinking and speaking like its characters.
13. Nothing and no one can keep you away from a book you've become invested in.

