You Know You're a Habitual Reader if...
You know you're a habitual reader if your wife has to 'pat you down' for
books, magazines and your PDA before you're allowed into an airplane bathroom
so you don't lose track of time and frighten the flight attendants.
- Vickie Gray
You know you're a Habitual Reader if you read your alphabet soup before
eating it!
- Jasmine Nakagawa
You know you're a habitual reader if you wonder how anyone's bladder works
without a book in their hand.
- Judy Mathys, Deland, FL
You know you're a Habitual Reader if you've read the backs of all your shampoo
and conditioner bottles just because there's nothing else that's waterproof
to read in the shower.
- Ginger Bear
You know you're a habitual reader if you read the legal agreement before
you click “I accept” and download the new software onto your
computer.
- Tom Ward, Moraga, CA
You know you're a habitual reader if you read while walking to the school
to pick up your grandchild to walk home.
- Donna McGillivray, Romance writer
You know you're a habitual reader if you have a battery-operated light to
read in the car at night when someone else is driving.
- Donna McGillivray, Romance writer
You know you're a habitual reader if when you're bored, instead of turning
on the TV you pick up something (catalogue, computer manual, package of pasta)
and read it cover to cover, or side to side face to face.
- Anonymous, Oakland, CA
You know you’re a habitual reader if you read your grandma’s
birthday card before you look to see how much money is inside.
- Tom Ward, Moraga, CA
You know you're a habitual reader if you take a book with you to Disneyland
so you can read while standing in the lines.
- Sue Ann Jaffarian, Los Angeles, CA, Author of the Odelia Grey Mystery Series
You know you're a habitual reader if you arrive early for your doctor's
appointment knowing he's always an hour late taking you in because it gives
that much longer to read.
- Lynda Fitzgerald, Snellville, GA
You know you're a habitual reader if your home town librarian calls to tell
you there's a new book out by your favorite author (because she knows you
that well, you see) and you've already read it.
- Lynda Fitzgerald, Snellville, GA
You know you're a habitual reader if you buy your handbags based on what
size book they will carry.
- Lynda Fitzgerald, Snellville GA
You know you're a habitual reader if you were assigned to the first Mars
landing mission, you're halfway there and the medical officer finds out you've
copied Tom Clancy eBooks onto the disk that's supposed to hold all of your
medical records.
- Jon Baxley, Hondo, TX
You know you're a habitual reader if you finish reading a book and you panic
because the stack waiting for you on your nightstand is down to three!
- Mary Hanna, Author of You May Already Be a Wiener!
You know you're a habitual reader if the stains on your books include toothpaste.
- David I. Hill, Orinda, CA
It's a dank, unstarry midnight. You crave a new book and don't have one.
If, in desperation, you grab the Oxford English Dictionary, you're a habitual
reader.
- Laurel Anne Hill, Orinda, CA, Author of A Light from the Mountain (A
novel and several spirits in search of a publisher)
If you’ve ever answered any of the questions in the literary category
on Jeopardy, you may be a habitual reader.
- Tom Ward, Moraga, CA
If you’ve ever read the stuff tattooed on Angelina Jolie’s back,
and your name is not Brad or Billy Bob, you may be a habitual reader.
- Tom Ward, Moraga, CA
You know you are a Habitual Reader if you can't find room for your coffee
cup on the coffee table because it's covered with books.
- Lee Paulson, Walnut Creek, CA
back
to the top
Submit your own "You know you're a Habitual Reader if..."
to info@habitualreader.com and it could be featured on our homepage!
Be sure to include your name so we can credit your creativity and wit.
