You know you read too much when...

[LostChild]

What? Those were fiction I hope, as though I've read giant books by N.T. Wright, I definately don't think I could read them one in a day no matter what.

as scary as it is, i can prove that to happen. i read half of LOTR in about a day, maybe a day and a half; i don't remember.... anyway, that thing is like a thousand pages long! i still amaze myself that i accomplished that feat.

[Kaligraphic]

I've probably read >1k pages in a single day. I would walk to the library every Sunday, and pick up about 10 books. I usually had none left by Saturday.

And this was in High School - I'd pick up ancient history, physics, language, all manner of subjects, plus a couple of fiction. I'd usually finish one or two by the end of the day. (Starting reading about 3pm, usually.)

[LostChild]

wow! i'm not that patient!

[Rue Shibusky]

You find yourself reading at least 5 books at the same time

You fall asleep while reading a book and still somehow manage to finish it in your sleep.

[Ryoko]

my 5th grade teacher used to have to confiscate my books...

^^;;;

[Indigo_Eyes]

[quote="misao"]my 5th grade teacher used to have to confiscate my books...

^^]

That happens to me at times still, although not at much as last year

[LostChild]

You find yourself reading at least 5 books at the same time

You fall asleep while reading a book and still somehow manage to finish it in your sleep.

LOL! i've done that once or twice, but that was like, for them kid books, like 3 billy goats gruff, and the barenstine bears.

...when ya actually start memorizing the book bottom to top, right to left, and back to front. hmm... fox in sox.

if i start to talk to much, just tell me to away, and away i shall go!

[Sage_Al-Kahira]

...when you have been reading all day in your room, decide to break, stand up, get real dizzy and then faint from standing up too soon.

...when you accidently call one of your friends a charcter from a book you just read.

...when you get grounded from reading, but can still go places, and get on the computer, and play with friends.

...when you want to think of a story of your own, and end up putting together plots and ideas from books you have read.

...when you get in trouble for being late for a class because you left your book in another class.

(Yes i have done all these things and almost all of the others you all have mentioned.)

[mitsuki lover]

*You're cable bill is down to about $10 a month
*You forgot where you last placed your DVDs
*You have posters of Sciezka from FMA and Yomiko from R.O.D.
lining your walls
*You try hard to make your apartment or room look like Yomiko's
or Sciezka's with stacks of books everywhere
*Librarians in a 500 mile radius know you not only by name but also
by nick name!
*You pray that it will rain so you will have more time to get through
the latest Terry Pratchett
*You name your kids:Hemingway,Twain,Poe,etc.and their all GIRLS!

[Sage_Al-Kahira]

*laughs* those are good ones!

[Catapult Turtle]

You know you've been reading too much when:

... You growled at your 7th grade social studies teacher when he told you you couldn't read after the test.

... You finally decide to write your own book.

... Your favorite authors get crazed fanmail having death threats if new books are not published.

... You use curse words from them (in example, instead of using my God's great name in vain, I just say Oh my Glaux, or great StarClan and you really don't want to know ok?)

... Your sight has learned to use x ray vision to find books.

... The first place you go in a new place is the Library.

... You check out 8-10 books at that library (I've done this too much)

... You suddenly forget about pesky little things like eating, showering and changing clothes...

... You woke up reading and you fell asleep reading.

[DaughterOfZion]

after a while youre parents make a limit of how many books you can check out at once

[Maledicte]

...When you think of people as "characters," everyday events as "scenes" and horrible mishaps as "plot devices".
...the people at the library know you.
...by name.
...you don't even have to get your card out.
...you don't even have to say "I have some books on hold" because they've pulled them out for you already.
...they're worried about you if you don't show up for a week.
...they're surprised when you walk out of the library with nothing.
...or, Heaven forbid, a movie.
...over half of the cards in your wallet are library cards.
...people who steal your wallet give it back since they don't want your library cards.
...you read while eating.
...you read the labels on food while eating.

[mitsuki lover]

*You dress up as Yomiko Readman for Halloween and you're a guy!
*You know every character in The Wheel Of Time series and still can't recall
the name of your Senator!
*The thought of an undiscovered Tolkien story gives you goose bumps!
*You have the library's number on speed dial!
*It takes two days just to sort through all your paperbacks!
*Barnes & Nobles have your face up on their walls!
*You swear in Klingon,Abh and Elfish!

[oro!]

You know you've been reading too much when:

... You growled at your 7th grade social studies teacher when he told you you couldn't read after the test.

Sheesh, why do they have to do such evil things as that. I remember my teacher doing it once. Really ticked off.

Y'all sound a lot like me. What should we call ourselves?
How about " The really obsessively immersed literarial stationed"?

[TurkishMonky]

your room is 8x10 and has four full bookshelfs in it...

there are 3 books on your nightstand, none of them under 1000 pages,and you're over halfway through all of them

Lord of the Rings is a six evening read

(all the above true about me. Now for some fun ones:)

Barnes and noble charges you rent.

You'd rather read the book then watch the movie

You can quote the entire works of all twelve of your favorite authors

[starfire]

When you check out at the library the lady behind the counter says"Did you get enough books?"
(my cousins)
Your parents threaten to ground you by taking away your books instead of your tv.

[mitsuki lover]

Yomiko Readman is your dream girl.
You haven't noticed that your parents have moved to the next county.
Your room can only be accessed through worming a tunnel under all those books,mangas and comics.
The librarians give you coffee and a dount every time you come because you're
such a good customer.
You haven't been able to make it out of your house for the last four weeks because
of all the stacks of books that you have to manipulate through.

[Icarus]

*You know every character in The Wheel Of Time series and still can't recall
the name of your Senator!

Umm...

It's Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. (I had to look up the guys name).

You won't learn to speed read as it would only let you spend money faster.

[mitsuki lover]

Actually I do know my Senators names(Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell)and no
I haven't read the Wheel of Time as of yet...it was just a rather extreme example..

*You volunteer at the library and while checking shelves just happen to pick up and go through any book that interests you.

*You've actually read Shakespeare,Caesar,Bacon,Virgil,Homer,Aristophanes(and you laughed),Dante,etc.and it wasn't for school.

*You know that Ernest Hemingway's ancestors spelled their last name Hemenway.

[FarmGirl]

...You always follow-up on book reccomendations.
...Most of your close friends have read most of the books you have, and you are always up for a discussion on them.
...Those of your friends who don't read much avoid the subject of LoTR like the plague.
...Your scores in Vocabulary and English were at college level back in the 5th grade.

[mitsuki lover]

you actually know the origin of the F word and other such words.

[rocklobster]

[quote="Catapult Turtle"]
... The first place you go in a new place is the Library.

Didn't Lisa Simpson do that?

[Icarus]

you actually know the origin of the F word and other such words.

It's amazing what you learn reading Robert Ludlum.

...the ratio of time spent reading to time lived started shrinking at five and has been in a free fall ever since.

[mitsuki lover]

Your hero is Plato!

[Taka]

you actually know the origin of the F word and other such words.

true

When you have to wait somewhere and freak out that you somehow didn't put a book in your purse, because you always, always have one to pull out, just in case.

[Heart of Sword]

When you find a giganormous rock in the woods and it takes you 5 days to carry/haul/drag it home because you think it's going to hatch a dragon.

[Maledicte]

You know what "lugubrious", "onomatopoeia", "indubitably", "discombobulated" and "pseudo-antidisestablishmentarianism" all mean.

[mitsuki lover]

Luguburious=very sad or mournful.

Onomatopiea=formation of a word by the imitation of the action or sound associated with the word.

Indubitably=undoubtedly

pseudoantidistestablishmentarianism=falsely claiming to belonging to the
group within the Anglican church in favor of the established order of things.

[starfire]

XD Show off!
^^

When you start seeing the parallels between your life and a novel.
Your vast collection of books has moved from your bookshelf and now takes up space in your drawers.