I have an eReader, which can be lit up so as to read in the dark. Even the intensity of the light is adjustable. That solves a host of problems.

This is me. I've rarely had a conversation with a person as good as the ones I have with my books

The quickest way to escape from life is the first book that comes your way.

I used to collect books until they started taking over the house. Now I read almost everything on my Nook, and I love it. Now my collection of ebooks is enormous, but they can still be loaded on to a Micro SD card. :)

Reading helps make solitude more enjoyable. You may be alone, but at the same time not alone.

i'm not a bookish nerd, but i did this too .. just can't look at misplaced book

There are a few books that have always stuck with me. Once I grew up, I went back and reread them in order to enjoy them again. But I discovered one thing. The way I remembered them growing up was not quite the same as rereading them as an adult. Not a 'positive' or 'negative', but different. If you are going to return to your favorite books, be prepared for this.

...My favorite summer read when I was a kid is "Charlotte's Web". What about yours?

When I was 10 years old I read "The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley" by Martine Murray, it was my summer escape, and I've read it every summer since. I'm now 23 years old. Some things stick with you, some words are too perfect, and some writers capture yourself in ways you never thought they could. I wonder if Martine Murray will ever know how much that book means to me?

Cool, fellow bookworm, I'm gonna check it out.

I'll wait for the day I meet a man like him!

The last chapter of the last Harry Potter book literally made me feel like my childhood was ending and nothing was ever gonna be as good as the time I spent reading that series (I started in like 11th grade )

Yeah this has happened

The movies almost never delivers. They usually leave parts out or twist things that's essential to understanding the characters or to how the ending will unfold.

Omg you know that song!! *whistles*

You still can be friends...

The nice thing with the pencil is that you have the option to erase. With the ink pen.................?

So true. Many people from my class see me as out of ordinary (I like to think I really am unordinary) and thus, worth investigating, so they keep inviting me at parties and so on... First reason I don't go: I have other things to do(especially reading). Second reason? They are morons. You can recognise one by the fact that they don't read books on purpose(for sometimes one barely manages to find a few minutes to spare for a favourite read. I've experienced that. It's depressing.)

So true... I've missed my bus stop several times because of a book

This is so true! For me there is also: a new find that your dying to read

So comfortable reading together.

It's fine to lay them down like that for a moment. What really drives me crazy is when someone curls the page over so that they're only looking at one page at a time!

This is adorable! Those squirrels are too cute!

if you liked that, see isle of dogs

100% me

...then I regret buying my oh so portable, light, friendly, ginormous library-in-my-hand e-reader...there is no more satisfaction after the last page is done :'(

This is a teachable moment that can change a child's life. All reading adults should be prepared for this question and how to encourage a journey of a lifetime.

just read your side book for a couple days....

I always make sure my purse is big enough to fit a hardcover book comfortably.

... when you buy books by smell ...

From George Orwell "1984". Everyone should have read it. Sadly, it becomes more and more important in these times.

LOVE THIS!

Can someone explain to me what this is

I still can read to 2 am even though I'm well past my childhood years... and won't even regret it in the morning xd

The original audio book.

Its like the band playing on the Titanic

Sometimes I write down names I see over the shoulder and Google them to find out the title :).

This is where ebooks are an advantage. I like physical books too, but I like more being able to have and carry more titles.

My grandpa's younger sisters often did such 'borrowing'. He even considered hiding his most precious books from them XD

That id a sign he needs reading glasses

Hear, hear!

Erm - every spot is my reading spot.

Unfortunately, the ones in the public libraries I vised after growing up never seemed at all happy to be there.

I don't understand the need to buy all those copies, though. If you have the ebook, you can read it in bed or at lunch. If you have the audiobook, you can also listen to it in bed or at lunch. Why also buy another? If you save on it, you can buy more books.

Hahaha!

Like the toilet- 'whichever' is a great way to think!

I feel a huge sense of accomplishment when I find and correct a typo that got published in a book I'm reading.

Ummmm

Me...I'm a 400+ length myself.

and they say texting and walking is bad

Why would you buy without reading the blurbs? You know nothing about the book that way. How can you tell if it's the kind of book you'll like? There's a huge chance of wasting money on something you won't like when you could have bought something else.

...But you also need to respect it and take care of it.

lol I feel like this will happen at my wedding!!!

hahaha yeah I love how they call it homework - the book is the TRUE story, the movie is just an idea in comparison. You gotta do your real homework first!

What!!!! Never use the book for this in the first place!