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MissBloodsucker™ (shadowraith) wrote: "I like biting my bookmark............xD"behehehehe XD
I like sniffing my books
I also read myself to sleep...reading until my eyes cant stay open anymore :P
Book habits: *I can't read with the covers of my books on. Not really sure if it is because I feel like the books slides, or what.
*I also have to have a book mark (bending the pages hurts my soul!), but I don't care what bookmark it is. It could be a receipt, a business card, or a folded piece of paper. I just have to have a book mark.
*If the next book in the series is out, I usually like to have quick access to it so I can start reading immediately after I finish the book (especially if it is a cliff hanger!).
I guess..I don't know. I dog ear my books and I always have to drink something while reading my books. I can't read otherwise..I don't know. I don't really have a habitual book place though, y'know?
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Sometimes, I eat while I'm reading... and I read after I do my homework and catch up with Goodreads. I carry a book with me during school so..."
Ooh .. I always do that. Wherever I am I constantly have to have a book with me. However, these days I just end up having my phone with me, and that has e-books so it's all good.
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behehehehe XD
I like sniffing my books"
Do you like the smell of new books or old books? I prefer new ones.
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behehehehe XD
I like sniffing my books"
Do you li..."
Library books never smell nice to me.
I actually love the smell of library books. They smell..kind of musty and homey, y'know? I just love em.
I eat or drink when I read, most of the time. I have a bad habit of biting my nails while I read... I just can't sit still, and stressful parts bring my bad habits out.
I love the smell of old, musty books. So much age in the pages - so much 'life'.
I can't read a book sitting up or sitting down, I have to be curled up. And yes, that's a really nice smell, and when you can hear the pages as you turn them ^~^
I love the smell of books, new and old. I also have a habit of biting my mails when I read and I have been trying to break it for years. I try to read as much as I can which usually means I read until the early morning hours of the day.
Olivia wrote: "I love the smell of books, new and old. I also have a habit of biting my mails when I read and I have been trying to break it for years. I try to read as much as I can which usually means I read un..."Glad I'm not the only nail-biter!
Lady Poppy wrote: "Olivia wrote: "I love the smell of books, new and old. I also have a habit of biting my mails when I read and I have been trying to break it for years. I try to read as much as I can which usually ..."Me too!:P
Brittany wrote: "I actually love the smell of library books. They smell..kind of musty and homey, y'know? I just love em."
Yuo're library must have nice books. My school library which is my primary source of books has books that are super outdated so generally they don't smell all that good...
BUT I LOVE THE SMELL OF NEW BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S JUST... ASFHJGKFL;
NO WORDS.
I also have a habit of neglecting real life whenever I get into a real good book so I'll just... accidentally... forget to do things...
Bugs my parents to no end. Whoops.
Yuo're library must have nice books. My school library which is my primary source of books has books that are super outdated so generally they don't smell all that good...
BUT I LOVE THE SMELL OF NEW BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S JUST... ASFHJGKFL;
NO WORDS.
I also have a habit of neglecting real life whenever I get into a real good book so I'll just... accidentally... forget to do things...
Bugs my parents to no end. Whoops.
When I read I tend to block out everything else. My mom hates it.
Pretty much. Happens to me all the time.
Isabelle wrote: "Miss Oddball (Shadowraith's Apprentice) wrote: "MissBloodsucker™ (shadowraith) wrote: "I like biting my bookmark............xD"behehehehe XD
I like sniffing my books"
Do you like the smell of n..."
I liked to smell a friends' old books bc they smelled like him.
I tend to get totally immersed in what I'm reading...bugs my wife.
Yeah, but I get annoyed when people keep interrupting me when I'm reading. If it's something important, okay, but most times it's just someone trying to make conversation. I hate it.
Exactly. *shows them cover and continues to read.*
H99 wrote: "Ugh, yes. "What book are you reading?" -asked by a stranger."That's the worst! Also, when I'm reading in the living room and my mom tries to start a conversation with me. I get really angry.
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Agreed. It's even worse when they're not interested at all and when they ask you what it's about, that is really annoying because I can never for the life of me properly explain the plot of a book to someone.
Olivia wrote: "Exactly. *shows them cover and continues to read.*"
H99 wrote: "Ugh, yes. "What book are you reading?" -asked by a stranger."
... And then they'll just keep talking to you about that one book as a means to maintain the conversation when they have ZERO interest in the book. Like I'd quite happily talk if the person was actually interested but...
H99 wrote: "Ugh, yes. "What book are you reading?" -asked by a stranger."
... And then they'll just keep talking to you about that one book as a means to maintain the conversation when they have ZERO interest in the book. Like I'd quite happily talk if the person was actually interested but...
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I recently did that with 'Ask the Passengers' by A.S King and honestly this book was such a surprise because I had no idea what would happen or what direction the plot was going in.
I find it very difficult to do that. I will occasionally though.
I do the same thing. I'll try harder to keep reading the book if it was recommended to me.
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Changing my hair a gazillion and one times whilst I read.
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The music I listen to the most is this: http://youtu.be/npWSI9iu2i0
Trust me. Read anything and listen to the above tune and the story becomes 100% awesomer!
Booknut wrote: "Listening to music.The music I listen to the most is this: http://youtu.be/npWSI9iu2i0
Trust me. Read anything and listen to the above tune and the story becomes 100% awesomer!"
Wow..That works wonders! Haha Even the boring parts of a book become amazing:P
Booknut wrote: "Listening to music.The music I listen to the most is this: http://youtu.be/npWSI9iu2i0
Trust me. Read anything and listen to the above tune and the story becomes 100% awesomer!"
It works,this music is awesome! :)
LOL I love this soundtrack:) I have a symphonic metal station on Pandora (that's bands like Nightwish and Trans-Siberian Orchestra), so I listen to that all the time while I read xD
Listning to movie soundtracks whilst reading the book! {even if the film isn't 100% exactly as the story - - but close enough}. For instance i love listning to New Moon: The Score, whilst reading the book
Weird book habits, huh?
Okay, I always find myself:
1) Giving a book 100 pages to catch my interest. If it can't, I quit reading it. One more chance exists for that book to appeal to me before I pass it on.
2) Reading two or three books in one genre, then jumping to another.
3) Reading all of the reviews, introductions, author notes, or author biographies before starting the book.
4) Never stopping in the middle of a page. I always have to read to either a chapter end, a break in the text, or a page that ends in a period.
5) Alphabetizing my bookshelves and sorting them into genre.
6) Always avoiding reading a book out of order in a series, even if they are not remotely connected, and just have a common character.
Okay, I always find myself:
1) Giving a book 100 pages to catch my interest. If it can't, I quit reading it. One more chance exists for that book to appeal to me before I pass it on.
2) Reading two or three books in one genre, then jumping to another.
3) Reading all of the reviews, introductions, author notes, or author biographies before starting the book.
4) Never stopping in the middle of a page. I always have to read to either a chapter end, a break in the text, or a page that ends in a period.
5) Alphabetizing my bookshelves and sorting them into genre.
6) Always avoiding reading a book out of order in a series, even if they are not remotely connected, and just have a common character.
I sniff my books and always read everything in the book on first read (including copyrights, acknowledgements, dedication, author's note, everything) but my biggest and possibly worst book habit is that I write in the margin of everything. No one ever wants to lend me books because I have to almost duct-tape my fingers together to prevent myself from writing in the margin. They're often little notes to myself, theories about what will happen later in the book, or just general commentary. My copy of the Hobbit no longer has any space in the margins at all, on any page. I've tried abstaining from it but it's a lost cause.
Curious bookish habits.. of a nerd! * I find reading in bed relaxing! ~
a moment to just chill out! I think most during sleep {or just before} with many multitudinous musings swirling around in my head.
* I love the smell of books?! ~
That musty, homely smell of archaic, leather-bound volumes.. pummelling the senses as though you've strolled into a quaint bookstore.
I was read many stories to as a young'un, {usually before bed} hence why I get a nostalgic feeling inside.. comforting!
* I love this Quote..
"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
Reading is an escape from reality, as synonymously a form of realistic perspective!
For, I truly believe that anything containing no depth to it, is like a body without a soul.
* Coffee and early morning reading are synergistically fated!
.. Challenging hypothesis' can only be acquired when fully awake.
For the curious folk, in possession of limited time, one must make peace with incomplete knowledge.
For instance -
You will never read everything!! Dan Kennedy, associate professor of journalism at North-eastern University, notes that he tries to read The Boston Globe and The New York Times daily as part of teaching his students..
But to get all the way through both, he just didn't have time!
So don’t try. Instead, figure out roughly how much time you’re willing to devote daily to staying informed..
Hey, don't get bogged down with wordage!
So, in short..
Oftentimes normalcy is found during moments of tranquillity. Period.
So don't overthink, ease off the heavy and just enjoy reading!
Usually the routine was that I'd head to my room, do my homework for the day and then I'd position a thick blanket behind my closed door and I would put a pillow against it. I'd then sit against the pillow and read for hours. Usually from around 5pm till around dinner time which was 7pmish.
A lot of the time I'd pretend I was asleep when I'd hear my siblings coming upstairs so that they wouldn't interrupt me. Now that I look back on it it was a pretty strange habit which only lasted about a month before I grew out of it.
Another habit I had was that on weekdays because I went to sleep early, and my mum had a 'thing' with getting enough sleep on school nights, I'd always assign myself 30 minutes every school night of reading before falling asleep.
On Fridays and Saturdays I would always go through my older sister's cabinet and pick a Goosebump book (which was what I was into at the time) and I would read one each night, which took me about 2 hours. So I was up pretty late on Friday and Saturday nights. On Sunday nights I just read about an hour before sleeping. This was also around the time when I had heaps of nightmares because of how scary Goosebumps was.
It's sort of strange, because with that habit, night-time was the only time I would read. But now, I read whenever I feel like it, I don't restrict myself, however I do prefer reading during bedtime.
What book habits did you have as a child, or during the time when your love of reading developed? They can be as absurd as mine or as simple as having a special place to read. They can be habits you had, or have. Let's get discussing!