The audacity of me buying new books while I have a bookshelf full of unread books at home.
thinking gently of all the bookworms who are going to make their 2023 resolution "read what i own and get my tbr under control" just like they pledged last year and the year before that and the year before that and--
I love when people are like “Oh, you just use fantasy as a way to escape from reality.”
Yeah Dude, Get me out of here! If not physically! Mentally at the very least!
Mom: You need to stop buying so many books.
Me: But–
Mom: You don’t even have a bookshelf to put them on!
Me: And you think that’s going to stop me?
An amazing bookworm talent is how if you get a new shelf you will immediately fill it up thanks to all the random piles of books on your floor. So again you are left with the problem of no shelves. So you get ANOTHER shelf and--
Many years ago I said I would read all the books I owned before getting more and, after dedication and perseverance, I can finally announce that I have not done this at all.
What is being a reader if not having a pile of books beside your bed that you're "definitely reading next" except it's currently stacked 13 books high and you've just added another.
Everything is a bookshelf if you're brave enough. I mean what is the FLOOR for if not space to create a maze of book piles so you can live amongst them like an eccentric magician.
Benefits of being a reader:
✓ books truly make you think and grow
✓ live so many lives
✓ support artists
✓ the pure magic of exploring a world outside your own
✓ books are so beautiful, excellent to collect 10/10 to living amongst piles of them
Downsides of being a reader:
✗ you are broke
Someone: wow you read too much, go outside for once
Me: *goes outside*
Me: *returns with 11 new books*
Someone: that's not....what I meant--
My Mom: “Don’t you already own enough books?”
Me: “I don’t understand the question?”
My Hobbies include reading, writing and doing neither of those things.
When I enter a bookstore
My heart:
My Bank Account:
Me at my bookmark when it falls out and I lose my page:
That’s what I do. I read books, drink cocoa milk and know unimportant things.