"And now people think I'm a simpleton for liking this story to begin with."

It's get worse when your favorite character died and there's nothing you can do to save them.

It does indeed.

THIS!

That‘s one of my favorite lines in all of Austens books!

This, this, THIS! 😄

Oh, a couple that ruined every book I've read since.....

He may well be a character in an Orwell novel... I'm sure you know which one.

I feel this, when I'm in a bookshop nothing else seems to matter

I have one special book I read before sleeping, I have probably read it hundreds of times, and I just read a few pages, put out the light and read it in my head until I fall asleep, sometimes it doesn't work because I start elaborating on the story, but I mostly just fall asleep.

Nooooo I could never do that - unless it's a sequel. I'd have to process the books first, and as another post said, maybe a tiny bit process the loss of the lives of the characters. I was an avid reader, but I kind of stopped because I get too engrossed in books. To me they are addictive. I delay cooking for my kids. I postpone doing laundry. I skip cleaning. Stay up wayyyy to late... so I decided I need to be very carefull with reading. Also because of this immersive reading, I'd often walk around and "mix" the bookworld with the real world. I love fantasy. So I'd walk around imaginging that there could be elves behind trees, or that there was a second world layered over this one, or... just not be completely in the present. I have a huge imagination. That is also why I never tried d***s, too afraid I'll believe I can do magic things and end up killing myself.

There is no in-between.

So children,.the moral is, stay inside, with your books, cats and warmth. 🙂

Yes, perfect!

*cries in Arthur Conan Doyle*

Young adult and kids books often display the many layers of feelings way better than adult books. And they get dealt with better than "Brithanaiey lost everything so she flew to the beach and drowned herself in Margarhitas and Marcels"

I will definitely judge a book by its cover. I'll still buy it, mind you, but it will be a judgmental purchase.

❤️

More of a critical edit than a translation! 😄

It really is a bit like that though, isn‘t it?

But still can't remember what you had for breakfast. I know this feeling.

I have a cat named Merlin. Went to the vet, said his name, explained it was the wizard from King Arthur, and they still wrote Murlem. I've never heard of that as a name. And how can they not even have heard of Merlin? Seriously.

Yes, always.

This stopped my scrolling, and after fifteen minutes of thinking I think it is the same in Danish, but I do no remember ever being taught it either.

And a cat theat likes people and some labradors

This except the SF Masterworks collection for me!

Facts!

Gandalf is waaaaaaaaaay to educated...

oh my god

Tech from the Bad Batch 💔

Did all that.

All the time, it's my preferred place, to be honest

"You're a horcrux, Harry!" gasped Hagrid

Add to this that the dishes need washing as someone has prepared my meals and I'm sold on this dream

No no, this is 'show, don't tell' ;)

And a spider named Charlotte who keeps the moths away

I need to inform my boss of this

I once nearly fell down a flight of concrete stairs at a train station because I had a book in front of me

I just quickly pop over to ao3

Indeed. And once the books are at your place, you have to take care of them. Dusting the pile, invent a dozen new ways to rearrange them (author, colour, size...) and sometimes picking one of them out, petting it and read one to two random sentences as a treat for yourself.

Billy the Kid be like:

I have a woollen cloack, and even at my advanced age where I should know better, I swirl that thing around me, and in winter I will wear it while galloping across the fields pretending I'm bringing an important missive to the rebel leader so we can bring down the king.

When I saw this in the movie theatre when it was originally, the entire audience burst out laughing.

I started reading Tad Williams' Memory Sorrow & Thorn series because a kid had one of those books on his desk in class, when I worked as a teacher...

Writer's block is a nasty thing to tackle.

My new friends occupy the shelf next to me like a colourful 3D reading sheet, vibing our newly discovered mutual bonds.

I already know I'm going to have to kill off poor, innocent little Pegel who just wanted a friend and I'm stalling like a madwoman.

Not a girl, but Boyd Stevens is my comfort character and I would die for him.