1) Dropped a book on your face while reading
Yep
2) Hid a book you were reading
No
3) Lied about what you’re reading
No
4) DNF a book
MANY books. Why waste time finishing a book you hate when you can spend your time reading books you love?
5) Dreamed of a book boyfriend
Lookin' at you Ponyboy Curtis, with Gilbert Blythe on the sly
6) Complained about a book turned movie
Do not ever ask me about the first version of The Time Travelers' Wife. You will get an angry lecture that culminates in me just grrr-ing for about five minutes.
7) Said the movie was better
Forrest Gump. The book was TRASH
8) Cried while reading
Of course. If you don't loose your shit when Matthew Cuthbert dies you are completely soulless and dead inside
9) Went over your book budget
I don't have a specific budget for books. I buy used as cheap as I can. Less $$$ = Books ++++
10) Made someone read your favorite book
No. My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird, so most people had to read it for school
11) Fangirled over an author
Not publicly
12) Waited up for a book to hit your kindle
Nope
13) Followed your favourite author online
No. Do not do social media
14) Pulled out your kindle at a party
Do not attend parties, but I have no shame about reading anywhere, anytime
15) Gone to a book signing
Yes. Haven Kimmell came to a coffee shop in my town. She was amazed to hear I grew up in a small town not too far from where she grew up in Indiana. Her brother lives a few towns from where I used to live in Wyoming
16) Joined a book club
No. Wine and wrong opinions don't interest me
17) Laughed out loud at a book
Yes
18) Got an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy)
I review for Netgalley, so yes
19) Read a taboo trope
No
20) Missed a meal so you could read
Eat while reading. That's why PopTarts were invented
21) Waited in your car to read
Not my car, but yes
22) Listen to an audiobook
Nope
23) Messaged an author online
No
24) Took a selfie with an author
No
25) Traveled for a book event
Yes
26) Met a book model
Huh? Like some one who models on book covers?
27) Watched Passionflix
What is that?
28) Swooned over a book character
Mr. Knightley, oh so aptly named
29) Wished to live in a book
Do the Marches need a 5th sister?
30) Wanted to live at a library
Only every day since I took my first trip to the public library at age 5
31) Hated a character in a book
I love who I love. Fuck the rest
32) Threatened to go “Misery” on an author
WAY TOO EXTREME. An author does not write their books just for you
33) Hugged or kissed a book
What am I, your Grandma? Full penetration all the way. And I don't stop till that book has been TOTALLY read. I leave those books quivering, begging for a re-read
34) read a later book in a series – before reading the first book.
No
35) burned a book.
Yeah, just the other day when I was hanging out with this fireman ...
36) read a book I knew I would hate.
NO! WHAT MASOCHIST DOES THIS?
37) written a fanfiction about my favorite books
does Sam-I-Am porn count?
38) loved a book when I was young, yet hated it when I got older
Yes. A book I read when I was a teen, Princess Ashley. Oh Chelsea, grow a spine already!
39) dressed up as one of my favorite literary characters
No
40) hated a book by an author I love
Yes
41) gone into a bookstore to buy one book and come out with many more
Honey, I have ruined at least 2 or 3 shopping bags at my local library sale...there is no such thing as buying only one book
42) read the ending of a book before reading the beginning.
No. I have flipped after a few pages though
43) read a book without the dust cover.
Why is this an issue? All that matters is READING THE BOOK
44) skim-read nearly half the book.
Yes
45) pretended to have read a book that I haven’t.
No
46) seen the movie before reading the book
Ashamed to say, but like, all of Jane Austen
47) read a history book or anthropology book for fun
I have an issue with this question. Any one can see something as fun that others may not. Again, as long as people are READING, distinctions are not necessary
48) picked up a book based on the cover alone.
I don't think just on cover alone...usually title and cover combo
49) bought multiple books in a series without having started it.
Yes - 2 series infact
50) kept reading a series even if I didn’t love the first book.
No
51) kept buying books even though my bookshelves are full of unread books.
Yes. I support my local library at their quarterly sale and take home many books for which I don't have shelf space...luckily the universe invented baskets
52) bought/read a book because of a booktuber/book blogger.
No. Again, not really concerned about the opinions of others
53) given a book as a shower, birthday, Christmas, graduation, or wedding gift.
Yes
54) thrown away or donated a book you really wanted to keep?
Yes
55) Stayed up all night to finish a book
Yes, a few times