Mid-Continent Public Library discussion

I take no credit for the awesomeness of this quiz. I borrowed it from another group I participate in on Goodreads.

Instructions-
Start with 100% and subtract 1% for everything that you have not done or is not true to you.
Then re-post as "I am __% Bookworm."


1. Learned to read before age 5.
2. Read your first novel before age 10.
3. Had been caught in school reading during class time (unauthorized reading)
4. Had your parents read to you when you were little
5. Had been scolded by parents for reading too much
6. Had experienced reading in the dark with a flashlight
7. Can read fluently even when a book is upside down.
8. Can quote verbatim lines from favorite book
9. Can walk and read and not hit anything
10. Reads while waiting for a red light to turn green

11. Reads a book while eating breakfast, dinner or lunch.
12. Can finish a typical book (minimum 300 pages) in a day
13. Still owns a copy of the first novel you read
14. Owns a library card.
15. Owns an e-reader.
16. Bought a book today.
17. Owns over a 100 books. (print version)
18. Owns more than 50 ebooks on your computer or ereader
19. Owns more than two full book shelves.
20. Wears eyeglasses or contact lenses

21. Had given up television
22. Reads more than 2 books at the same time.
23. Is listening to an audiobook right now.
24. Reads before you go to sleep every night.
25. Carries a book with you all the time
26. Burnt dinner because you were too busy reading
27. Had refused a night-out with friends to stay home and read a book
28. Reads while in the bathroom when doing your ‘business’
29. Has a book stash in every bathroom in your house
30. Reads an ebook or listen to an audiobook while at work.

31. Cried while reading a book
32. Laughed out loud while reading a book
33. Scared yourself silly while reading a book
34. Forgot to do chores (make dinner, do laundry, etc) because you got engrossed in a book
35. Would pick up a new book within minutes of finishing one
36. Would rather read than shop for clothes
37. Picks up a book upon waking in the morning to read before getting out of bed.
38. Had stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to finish reading a book
39. Reads a book while running on a treadmill
40. Listens to an audiobook while exercising or doing housechores

41. Has books scattered on the floor right now
42. Had been teased by friend for reading too much
43. Had a fight with hubby or boyfriend for reading too much
44. Is known to sleep with a book tucked underneath your pillow
45. Feel asleep reading and woke up with your hand/s still marking the page where you stopped
46. Reads while taking a bath
47. Read for so long that your eyes starts tearing
48. Develop a major crush/obsession with a literary character.
49. Talk about literary characters to friends and family as if they were real.
50. Experienced having a dream set in one of the books you read.

51. Had written a ‘fan’ letter to a favorite author.
52. Attended a reader/writer convention
53. Met a favorite author in person
54. Is a member of a real-life book club
55. Named a kid or a pet after a literary character
56. Visited a bookstore today.
57. Bought books from eBay.
58. Orders books online
59. Belongs to a bookstore (Barnes and Noble, Borders, etc) membership program
60. is a member of an online book club (the kind that sends you books automatically every month)

61. Carries a list of books to buy all the time just in case you stop by at a bookstore
62. Experienced maxing a credit card due to ordering of books
63. Had bought a book only to discover that you already owned a copy of it
64. Had experienced standing in line waiting for a bookstore to open to buy a new released book
65. Attends every book sale that you can find
66. Fought with BF/Hubby/Significant Other about money spent on books
67. Visited the library today
68. Goes to the library at minimum once a week.
69. Had experienced maxing out your library’s limit for borrowing books
70. Is on first name basis with your librarian/s or local book clerk

71. Reads magazines and/or newspapers.
72. Reads fanfiction
73. Reads reading blogs
74. Read the Bible
75. Reads cereal boxes
76. Has more than one book sitting by your bedside
77. Hides books underneath the bed
78. Hides books in the closet
79. Hides books in your car

80. Check GoodReads more than once a day.
81. Have over a 1,000 books in your GoodReads TBR shelf.
82. Has been a GoodReads member for over a year.
83. Is participating to more than 5 reading challenges.
84. Has a PaperbackSwap and/or Booksmooch account
85. Has sent out or received a book from GoodReads Swap
86. Has a blog devoted to books
87. Is addicted to reading challenges

88. Broke up with a special someone because he/she doesn’t like to read
89. When visiting a house, always checking out what books they have in the bookshelves.
90. Read to your kids everynight
91. Received a book as a present last B-day
92. Gave away a book as a present to a friend
93. Had finished reading an entire book while on a plane
94. Rereads a favorite book when upset or lonely
95. Do not like lending your books
96. Always used a bookmark while reading
97. You dread moving because of the amount of books you owned
98. Owns a bookcover and uses it to hide some of your ‘sexy’ bookcovers
99. Had been known to waste a whole day by spending it reading
100.Is a book addict and proud of it

I am 58% Bookworm.

I am 74% bookworm. That was fun. I couldn't believe some of them because they're so true, but I never thought anyone else would think like that (especially the one about dreading moving because of having so many books!)

I am 73% bookworm. Need to work on some of these so I can get my score higher!!!

I am a 78% bookworm. Agree with Liz some of these were funny.

My family will never believe that I am only 66% a bookworm! Actually I'm too old to remember how old I was when I learned to read or the title of my first novel!

I'm at 88% and you know what, I'm okay with that.

68% bookworm! And Beth, it in no way surprises me that you are the top bookworm on this list. :)

75% bookworm > #49 was my favorite. My poor husband, LOL.

I am 76% bookworm!

72% and kind of underwhelmed by my results, but I'm not sure I agree with the quiz :D

78% bookworm, but I think it's unfair to put in things like "reads to kids every night" because I happen to spend too much time reading to bother having children. Or "wears glasses or contact lenses" when my perfect eyesight enables me to read more than my slightly less than perfect friends' eyesight. Or "spends ridiculous amounts of money on books" when I can get everything I want and more from my library or through Inter-Library Loan FOR FREE.

Sheesh.

:)

Literary wrote: "Or "wears glasses or contact lenses" when my perfect eyesight enables me to read more than my slightly less than perfect friends' eyesight."

I agree completely. I wear TWO sets of contacts in each eye and I probably read 1/100th of the books Erin goes through in a year. :)

70% bookworm!

70% Missing out on the "rich people options". No I don't own a e-reader, or a bathtub to read in, or a treadmill/gym card, or own a car to hide books in, or a credit card to max out. And with all that, I most obviously don't have kids. I wound't be able to feed the poor sods. Books make awful breakfast cereal.

I don't remember how old I was when I learned to read but remember my third grade teacher, Mrs. Hann, reading the Little House books to us and wanting to do it for myself. I'm an 78% bookworm.

I am 49% Bookworm

I'm pretty sure the first novel I read I must have borrowed from the school's library.

75% bookworm

84% bookworm because I'm not tech savy yet and never got into audio books-- yet

I am 85% book worm.