Buzz·Posted on 17 Jul 201529 Pictures Only Book Lovers Will UnderstandWhen you're in the middle of so many books.by Jamie JonesBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1. When you're in the middle of reading way too many books. View this photo on Instagram 2. So your bedside table ends up covered in books View this photo on Instagram 3. And so does practically ever other surface. View this photo on Instagram 4. When you can't find a bookmark and you're forced to improvise. View this photo on Instagram 5. Or when you're truly stuck and have to resort to the dreaded dog ear. View this photo on Instagram 6. When you visit a fellow reader's house and suffer serious bookcase envy. View this photo on Instagram 7. When your favourite book gets turned into a movie. View this photo on Instagram 8. And a new edition of the book gets released with a horrible cover. View this photo on Instagram 9. When you accidentally break a book's spine. View this photo on Instagram 10. Or bend a book's cover. View this photo on Instagram 11. Or even worse, the cover just completely falls off somehow. View this photo on Instagram 12. When you mourn the death of a fictional character. View this photo on Instagram 13. When you have no space for new books. View this photo on Instagram 14. But you keep buying new ones anyway. View this photo on Instagram 15. When you decide to rearrange your books and realise just how much your book hoarding has gotten out of hand. View this photo on Instagram 16. And you can't settle on a way to organise your books. View this photo on Instagram 17. When a book has an unpeelable sticker on it. View this photo on Instagram 18. When you can't decide which book to read next. View this photo on Instagram 19. Or when someone asks you the impossible: To pick just one favourite book. View this photo on Instagram 20. When you try, and ultimately fail, to read while walking. View this photo on Instagram 21. When you go on holiday and struggle to choose which books to take with you. View this photo on Instagram 22. And inevitably end up questioning just how many books you can actually take with you. View this photo on Instagram 23. When you see a book cover so beautiful, you just have to own it. View this photo on Instagram 24. Which often leads to you owning multiple copies of the same book. View this photo on Instagram 25. When you pass a used bookstore and end up spending money on even more books. View this photo on Instagram 26. And when you find a personal message inside an old book, and end up spending an unhealthy amount of time wondering about the lives of the writer and recipient. View this photo on Instagram 27. When you want to finish a book you love, but you don't want it to end. View this photo on Instagram 28. So you end up rereading it to the point where the book starts falling apart. View this photo on Instagram 29. And finally, the painful task of waiting for the next book in a series View this photo on Instagram Want book recommendations in your inbox every week? Sign up for the BuzzFeed Books newsletter!