12 Things All Bookworms Have Said at One Point or Another

You know you’re a bookworm if you’ve said one or more of these phrases… (Also, you just know.)

I’ll stop just as soon as I get to the end of this … chapter.
Yeah, right. You and I both know that unless you accidentally fall asleep mid-page, you will keep reading for five more chapters. Or the end of the book. Whichever comes first. Who needs to sleep, work, cook … anyway?

I can’t come to your party. I’m busy. (Busy reading.)
Because parties. And talking. Us bookworms would rather be reading than standing around making small talk.

I’m showing my kids the importance of reading.
Who needs to clean the house or cook dinner when we’re trying to emphasize the importance of reading to our kids? I’m just doing my part as a reading role model, showing my kids how reading is a part of one’s everyday life. Now back to my book…

WHAT?! Are you kidding me right now?
When your book abruptly ends in the lamest, most non-wrapped-up way possible. You’re just mad. You read the whole book and then, this is how it ends? There may be other words said that aren’t appropriate for this article.

Are you talking to me?
Because what?! Can’t you see that I’m reading and don’t you remember the rule about not interrupting me? I’m busy, very busy reading. Go away.

I’m so depressed. I just need to read for a while.
You know you do it. We all do. There’s nothing better than escaping into another world to take your focus off your own reality and put it somewhere better, calming, and oh-so-distracting. And it works like a charm too. You feel so much better after spending time in a good book.

You can never have too many books.
Which really isn’t true because if you’re like me, you only have so much space in your home. But we want this to be true. Maybe hoarding isn’t always a bad thing.

Books help you make sense of life. And also prepare you for the zombie apocalypse.
Don’t you love when stories show you the lives of others and how they handle challenges? It’s inspiring and educational. And also, if you’re like me and you’ve read enough dystopian and zombie novels, you are READY. You could totally rock that apocalypse.

A favorite book? Are you serious right now?
It’s impossible to pick just one, so you’ve categorized your favorite books by genre and sometimes even by year or decade.

What?! There’s a cliff-hanger and no sequel yet?
Murderous thoughts. Anger. Acceptance. Despair. This is the cycle of emotions that takes place when you finish a book in a series, you don’t have the next book, and you desperately need to know what happens next!

I just couldn’t sleep until I finished my book … which wasn’t until 3:00 AM.
Uh, yeah. We’ve all done this before. It’s the best when you’re in the midst of your enthralling novel and the very worst the day after when you’re completely blurry. Book hangovers suck. But we’ll probably never learn, will we?

Books are better than TV and movies.
We don’t need the overstimulation from actors on a screen, we just need a good book. That’s where we travel to other worlds and are entertained by compelling story arcs. We create worlds in our minds because we’re cool like that.

Fellow bookworms, what other things have you found yourself saying once, twice, or 30 times?