April 9, Top Ten Tuesday For the Love of Books

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week’s TTT topic is  Outrageous/Crazy/Uncharacteristic Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books (submitted by Aggie’s Amygdala)

I love reading the books and can lose myself in them, but the love of books.

1. Price. I would never spend on a book too much money. So I would probably never buy any rare editions of the book and pay twice the price or more.

2. Judgments. I would never judge someone who reads other genres than me. Or genres that I genially dislike. Even if you are reading children's comics or Sunday News newspaper I am happy for you as long as you read at all.

3. Opinion.  I am all for debates, but I hate when someone is shoveling their favorite book down my throat and explaining me what I did not understand for loving it. If I do not like it, give me time, maybe in 10 years I might re-read it and like. So I would probably not behave with my favorites this way, though it is difficult to do so.

5. Opinion again.  I would not humiliate the person for his opinion of the book. Even if the book made me literally vomit and someone is jumping with joy and saying how good it was.

   

6. Work. I would not make reading my primary occupation. It is a hobby, and as soon as it is not obligatory I can alter my habits and schedule as I wish. I do not want to be forced to read as the deadline is close.

7. Following.  I do differentiate authors from their books, so most probably I would never follow any authors on social media (their personal profiles I mean) or hunt for their signings or autographs. I like to listen to this or that interview, but the figure of the author is not that much interesting to me. The exceptions might be only the books about the authors, but not live-following

8.  Importance. I will always put down a book if it is necessary. I might miss a bus stop, but I would never miss a meeting or flight because I was reading. And of course I would not neglect someone in trouble, just because I am busy reading.

9.  Cult. The book is not a cult for me. So I treat it as a physical object and as any objects it can be thrown away, burned and not regretted over. So I would not cry over a spoiled or not returned book.

   

10. Comfort. I am at the age that I value my comfort. So I would most probably not go into much trouble to obtain any particular book. If it is unavailable for any reason I would just wait, eventually we will meet.