- I like to check out books from the library that I'll "read soon" and just keep renewing them and not returning them... for a long time. Once I had books checked out for a year before I returned them! Thankfully I work at my library so I don't get in trouble.
- I read too fast. Seriously. That's why I re-read so much... cause I don't remember what I read the first time! Especially when I'm at the end of the book and I'm excited to find out what happens in the end or on the other hand when I can't wait to get done with a book because I'm tired of reading it... that doesn't happen often though.
- I take forever to read books.... Now you may think that contradicts the above point but it really doesn't. When I'm actually physically reading the books I read too fast, but actually getting around to reading them can take awhile for me. Especially with Dickens but you can't exactly blame ME for that. ;)
- I wear out books. I'm not sure how it happens because I've always been a very careful person when it comes to handling books but somehow they always end up with bent or torn pages, coffee spilt on them or a worn spine by the time I'm through with them.
- I take pictures of quotes I like. You've probably seen this on a few of my book reviews. To remember parts of the book I liked, I'll snap a quick picture on my phone so I can keep track of them. Normally I'll type them out when I write the book review but sometimes I'm lazy and I just use the picture. I think it would be really neat (and more organized) to have a notebook of literary quotes that I would write these out in but that may take some years before I become that organized and want to that the extra effort. ;)
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Glad I'm not the only one who keeps books out of the library way too long. It's gotten worse for me now I can do it online...no guilt, unlike when I had to ask staff to check it back out.
ReplyDeleteIt is so much easier now. I can just renew them when I'm working and no one will ever know!
DeleteI often wear out books as well and it makes me so sad.
ReplyDeleteAmanda
Yeah. I'm not sure how it happens... I do try to be careful. :(
Delete#4: so you are a reckless reader. Me, too.
ReplyDeleteYes we are! ;)
DeleteWe only get 3 renewals from my library and only if there's not another hold on the book. I've kept plenty of books the full 6 weeks though! I destroy books too so I completely understand that one. I have several books that I've literally read to pieces. Great list!
ReplyDeleteMy public library has a three renewal deal also but my college library, where I work does not. When I check out at my public library then I have to get used to the idea that the book actually has a deadline to be returned.
DeleteHaha! I do the same thing with taking pictures. Then I find a random picture of a page in my phone and I'm like, "what is that?" Oh well...
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Yes me too! I look at the picture and I try turning it various ways before I realize what it is. :)
DeleteWhen it's a book I like, I tend to read it way too fast and then forget most of it. I can't seem to make myself slow down!
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult! with non-fiction I really have to pace myself and sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't.
DeleteI have quite a few quote pictures on my phone. I really need to add the quotes to Goodreads or post them on my blog. :P
ReplyDeleteNormally once I've used them on my blog I delete the pictures but there are a couple I save because I love them so much. :)
DeleteI've run across that read-too-fast problem myself. I originally read To Kill a Mockingbird in fall of 2013. I just reread it last week, and I was very surprised at how much I didn't remember. Especially considering how much I loved the book. I tried to slow down and savor it in my reread, but that just didn't happen (I blame the snow day. What else was a supposed to do but read? :)
ReplyDeleteI actually read To Kill a Mockingbird to fast myself and I'm planning on re-reading it next month. Hopefully I'll slow down for it but I'm not sure. I still love it either way. :)
DeleteI have the reading too fast problem as well. It's awful. I will say though...I need to start documenting my favorite quotes like you do. I was just thinking about that the other day. Time to start a notebook!
ReplyDeleteI always forget them if I don't and it's really been helpful in writing book reviews. :)
DeleteGreat list! I know what you mean about both #2 and #3. I read really quickly and sometimes I forget a few of the smaller details. And there are books that have been on my Kindle for YEARS that I haven't read yet. Crazy!
ReplyDeleteYep! It's weird how we prioritize things when it comes to reading. At least for me, I do a lot of mood reading and that makes a difference as to when I read books.
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