Tag: #booknerdproblems

Don’t go into a Bookstore with me

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I LOVE bookstores!

Barnes and Noble is my favorite place to visit! I could spend HOURS browsing through the stacks! Reading bits of poetry. A chapter here and there. Browsing the biographies! I love it!

But it is dangerous for anyone else to go into a bookstore with me because…. I will want to tell them all about my favorite books!

Recently I had a girls night out with a friend. We went to the mall, browsed, had coffee, had dinner, and, you guessed it, went to BARNES AND NOBLE!

Now we both love books and bookstores so this should be a good fit. And it was, mostly. Except, every time I saw a book I loved I picked it up and did a book talk right then and there! In the middle of the store! She heard all about my favorites! She’s so lucky!

And then I had to grab my phone and pull out my goodreads app to add all the new books I wanted to read. And then I had to pull out my librarian Instagram and post all the books I’m fangirling over on my Insta story!

And then the most tragic thing ever happened. I heard an employee describing a book I’ve read to a customer and…. they were butchering it!

They were super underselling it! This book is amazing! Why were they making it sound like a drudgery to read??? There was no inflection in their voice! There was no excitement! Come on! This book is awesome! I love this book! Why are they sounding so boring about everything???? I knew I could do better.

And so after the employee walked away I sidled up to the person. They didn’t know me. I think they were trying to buy a book for their daughter. I told them I couldn’t help over hearing, told them I was a Teen Librarian, and asked them about the person they were buying the book for.

The customer ended up leaving with three books and a smile on their face. They bought two for their daughter and a copy for themselves. 🙂 You’re welcome Barnes & Noble 😉

So it’s dangerous being in a bookstore with me, but it’s really just because I love books so much! So go enjoy your own local bookstore today!

Keep Sparkling,

B

Challenges of Being a Book Nerd

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Honestly, being a book nerd is the best! You get to travel to distant lands! Explore Oceans! Live lives of adventure! All from the comfort of your very own chair, or lawn, or wherever it is that you like to read at! But there can be some very real challenges to being a book nerd!

1- People will not get your obsession with books!

2- Other people are not nearly as impressed with your favorite books as you are.

3- You find yourself becoming anti-social many times because the people in books are so much more interesting than the people around you.

4- You become super judgmental of other people’s book suggestions because you’ve read more books than most people.

5- People will say things like “why read the book when I can watch the movie” and you think to yourself “Today will be the day I assault someone”.

6- People will try to convince you to stop reading and go see a something on a screen.

7- You understand that new books are cause for a happy dance, but everyone will judge you for it.

8- Your To Be Read pile continues to grow every time you go to a bookstore, but you can’t resist buying another book.

9- In spite of having lots of books that need read, you will still go back and re-read your favorites.

10- People will want you to give less details in your stories, but you know the importance of good imagery to help them really understand it!

Got any other #booknerdproblems ? Leave ’em in the comments!

Keep Sparkling,

-B