Then you probably are! Pat yourself on the back. Book nerds love books unapologetically. And being the designated book nerd in your family or social circle can be an important job. It brings with it a certain set of expected experiences.
Most everyone knows a book nerd, and if you don’t, you might want to. Book nerds are a different, emotional, special, obsessive, yet intelligent breed of humans and life can be rather boring without having one in your lives.
If someone asks you your greatest hobby and the first thing that comes into your mind is reading books, you are undeniably a bookworm.
Take the book nerd test:
- You love the smell of books
- You own more books than will fit in the bookshelf
- You gift books on birthdays and Christmas
- You are currently reading more than one book
- You have an unending love of bookshops
- You would rather be reading your book than taking this quiz
- You have actually done an all-nighter reading a book
- Your essentials for leaving the house: wallet, phone, keys and a bopk
- You read while working out
- Vacation time is reading-time
- You got off on the wrong bus stop because you were reading
- You cry and laugh out loud when reading
- You have converted non-readers into readers
- You’ve attended book readings, launches, and signings
- If you could have dinner with anybody in the world you’d choose your favourite writer
- You tweet, post, blog, or talk about books every day
- Whenever someone asks what your favorite book is you end up naming twelve books
- You’re a stickler for spelling and grammar, even when you’re texting
- You’ve binge-read an entire series
- You gave your pet a literary name
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