Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by our friends over at The Broke and the Bookish!
Today’s topic is dangerous. I’m nervous. But here you go. In no particular order.
Top Ten Bookish Confessions
1. I dog ear pages. Not in my lovely new hardbacks, but in my old, well-worn paperbacks? You betcha.
2. I’ve been known to use books as coasters. Again, not the shiny new ones. But my old books have taken their share of abuse.
3. I check books out of the library ALL THE TIME without setting aside time to actually read them, and they wind up going back either unread or half finished. Yes. I am that annoying person who has the book you want. And I’m not even reading it.
4. I prefer Jane Austen movies to Jane Austen books. Love her characters and her stories. The books don’t hold my attention the way I wish they did.
5. I read while I eat lunch. I try my best not to get food on my books. Sometimes I fail. (Basically what we’re learning in these confessions is that I am disgusting.)
6. I can’t read Shakespeare. I love to see it dramatized, but when I see it on the page, I just get bored. My brain can’t turn the words on the page into this:
7. I didn’t like The Great Gatsby. At all. I don’t even want to see the movie.
8. Although I love all things supernatural in my stories, and I love many of his other books, I’ve tried reading Stephen King’s Dark Tower series twice, and failed both times. Can’t seem to make it past Book 4.
9. I enjoy a well-done love triangle.
10. While I’m not a fan of the actual writing and do think the story is intellectually absurd, I really enjoyed Twilight. And Breaking Dawn was my favorite, even though it makes the least amount of sense and has the worst ending.
Dude. Gatsby is the best! Blasphemy! I did however, totally identify with #3 on your list. I have renewed it 3 times, and I’m STILL only a quarter of the way through The Poisonwood Bible. Ugh! Great list 🙂
A Bookworm Belle recently posted..Top 10 Tuesday: Ten 10 Bookish Confessions
I, too, have a library problem… and I ‘contribute’ to the coffers all the time with my late fees for that one or two I actually am reading. One bummer is with our library is that you can only renew a book once online – you get a funny little message that if you want to bring the book in to prove you have it, they will check it back out to you! I would rather keep it a little longer and pay a fine than go in to check it out for another 3 days! 😀
Hopping by to say Hi! Hope you have a chance to read my Bookish Confessions!
Kate @ Musings recently posted..top ten Confessions
Ha! I did number 3 A LOT growing up!
Marybeth @ Manhattan Reader recently posted..Top Ten (8) Bookish Confessions
Nice list.
No. 1: I shouldn’t judge, as I am a spine breaker myself. But I do. Sorry, I am working on it. Your no. 3 is my no. 5. I overborrow and then spend the month reading my own books.
Bibliophile recently posted..Top Ten Tuesddays meme: Bookish confessions
I’m pretty sure I’m getting judged left and right on this list. I figure it’s not a “confession” unless it’s something you don’t want people to know and it makes you look bad, right?
TheHouseworkCanWait recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday (August 28) – Bookish Confessions
Whoa. We have some sort-of overlapping confessions. I have an Austen and a Gatsby confession… Also, I do the same thing with taking out too many books and not finishing them. Only now realised that I might be disadvantaging others in the process.
BarefootMedStudent recently posted..TTT: Good Intentions, Bad Habits
I read while I eat too. I said this in another comment on another blog, but I’ll say it again: That valuable reading time! 🙂 Also…I love Twilight!
Lori recently posted..Confessions of a Book Blogger
Solidarity, sista!
TheHouseworkCanWait recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday (August 28) – Bookish Confessions
I try to read while I eat, but tend to end up getting annoyed in my attempt to keep the book clean and give up. 😉
Amanda @ Letters Inside Out recently posted..Top Ten Bookish Confessions
Yeah, I SHOULD get annoyed with that, but I don’t. I just wipe the spaghetti sauce off the pages and move on (I never eat with borrowed or library books though).
TheHouseworkCanWait recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday (August 28) – Bookish Confessions
Hahaha, your list made me laugh. We don’t have a lot in common, since I’m extremely careful with my books, but I do like a well-done triangle 🙂 I hate Twilight. I love Shakespeare :’)
Mel@thedailyprophecy recently posted..Top 10 tuesday 15.
I used to love to eat when reading but I had to stop. I never noticed how much I was eating because I was too interested in the book. And I know it’s awful but I totally get number 4. They’re just something amazing about the Jane Austen movies and TV adaptations that lacking in the books.
Adina recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday
Ha! I just wind up reading over an empty plate long after I’ve finished reading instead of going back for more.
And yes, I almost ALWAYS prefer books to movies, but Jane Austen is the exception. I don’t know why.
TheHouseworkCanWait recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday (August 28) – Bookish Confessions
Love the coaster one! I have lots of food and drink stained books I’m afraid!
Mary @ My Sisters Bookshelf recently posted..Top Ten Tuesdays: Top Ten Bookish Confessions
I’m glad someone understands!
Ha! I do the same thing with library books! And I renew them until I can’t any longer and finally send them back. I will also confess to #2 and #6. Great list! And a fun topic for today 🙂
Lori recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday (20)
I always end up with books as coasters! And I constantly try to sneak in some reading at lunchtime, so food is inevitably ending up in my books, too!
Still better than surfing the web at lunch.
Grad Student @ Young Adult Fiction and Whiskey Sours recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Confessions
I don’t like The Great Gatsby either, and I have no plans to see the new movie. Nope!
Quinn @ Quinn’s Book Nook recently posted..Top Ten Bookish Confessions