What is the strangest thing you’ve done for the love of reading?
I once read a book… half an hour at a time, 20-30 pages at most, for two weeks…in a bookshop! I’d come, read a bit, sigh at how expensive it was and leave… After two weeks somebody bought the book. Can you imagine my despair? I had almost finished it. Luckily, two things happened the following day: a new copy arrived and my pay check got through.
I just adored ‘ Reading Quirks’ by Javier García del Moral, Andrés de la Casa Huertas and Laura Pacheco and couldn’t help sharing this discovery with my bookloving tribe.
This is a series of vignettes on strange things we do for the love of books. The characters are cute and come from all walks of life. You are bound to find the situations described in this collection all too familiar:
Have you ever…
- waxed lyrical about the merits of a book to a total stranger who might or might not have been interested?
- been desperate because you lost a book you were just about to finish?
- found irresistible the smell of a new book?
- packed way too many books in a suitcase (and left out most clothes)?
- liked the book so much that you felt sad that you were about to finish it?
- realized you love somebody because they get your reading habits?
For some of them I thought: No, surely not. Actually, let me think…Yes, I have done that.
I know some of my friends are going to find these pictures irreverent. I love you for the respect you pay to your books and the way you treat reading not as a pastime, but almost as a religion.
My favourite vignette?
Thank you to Edelweiss and Deep Vellum Publishing for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.
Title: Reading quirks
Authors: Javier García del Moral, Andrés de la Casa Huertas, Laura Pacheco (illustrations)
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Expected date: October 8th 2019
Mannaggia Happy.. Ho messo un like ma non lho letto.. Appena ho un attimo di tempo, traduco… Ciao 🖐️
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😁👍grazie
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I used to steal books from my parents’ den because the sissy kid books in our school library were, well, sissy. This is how I read The Exorcist and got hooked on the horror genre!
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That’s how I got my first Stephen King.
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Ha! Reading the book at the store until you could afford it – that’s awesome!!
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😁 surprisingly, they didn’t seem to mind!
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I love reading…..
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I like your gratitude posts. There are so many things in my life to be thankful for and reading is definitely one of them ❤
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💗
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I love those stories. Maybe even more than reading I like reading about the book passion of others 😀
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The same here😁 That’s why I follow so many book review blogs. Actually, I like reading about other people being passionate about things. For example, quilting ❤❤❤ Have a great day
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Haha thanks. I have both a bookblog and a quilt blog :-D. And I agree. Reading about passionate people is always a joy
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This looks very cute!
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I don’t usually go for these books but this was on the topic so close to my heart that I couldn’t resist reading it!😁
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Reblogged this on Hamed M. Dehongi.
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Thank you, Hamed!
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Welcome. You have a nice blog.
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This post is so heartwarming! From one book lover to another, I can totally empathize with your passion! 😀
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Thank you very much ! I could see it straightaway from your posts that books and reading mean a lot in your life❤📚🌞
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Aww! Thank you. They really do. ❤
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Yesss, I totally understand the feeling of reading books at the bookstore because you can’t afford it. (That’s what I’d do before when there was a bookstore in walking distance of my house 😂😂.)
Reading opens you up to another person’s mind. It doesn’t matter if it’s fiction or non-, I’ve learned probably all my “life lessons” from books. That quote “Books live their life, while you live theirs” is just 👌. I need to google this book up.
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Thanks for understanding. I felt so weird confessing this one up😁😁😁 It’s a great book, hope you love it as much as I did ❤❤❤
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I read a book the same way in Chapters:)
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I am very partial to books with short chapters🤣🤣🤣 Still, I bought the book later and it is one of my favourites to this day.
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I love it when you find an amazing book!
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Oh and by the way- I read the unhoneymooners
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Great book! A perfect read for summer!🏖🏖🏖📚
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Yes it was!
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My family also bought me a kobo so I would quit packing an extra bag just of books for each trip.🤣
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🤣 mine gave me a kindle with the same purpose!
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Lol great families think alike🤣
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