Bookworms are strange creatures who are mysterious as the dark side of the moon.
And if you didn’t understand that reference, dishonour on you and dishonour on your cow. *
But dishonourable cows aside, we need to talk about one aspect of the bookworm life that seems complicated and unknowable to mere mortals. And that is: reading moods. Because we bookworms get moody. Everyone gets moody! It’s usually used as a derogatory term, like “Oooh, she’s in a MOOD.” But in reality everyone is in a mood of some sort at all times. Like right now I’m in a Smaug mood which means I want to eat hobbits and be very rich. This is my average mood, to be honest.
Reading moods are very complex and varied.
So I’ve conducted a scientific survey (on myself) as performed by knowledgeable and trustworthy people (me) to put together a list of 10 types of bookworm reading moods! And you can let me know if I’ve missed any in the comments, but I probably haven’t because I’m perfect. **
* BOOM. That was like a double SMACK IN THE FACE of references??!? I’m so proud of me.
** KIDDING! I’m not always perfect. I spent 23 years of my life pronouncing the “g” in gnat and lasagna.
You know that feeling when you just want to read EVERY BOOK AT EVER AND RIGHT NOW??? That is a good feeling. It usually comes when you’ve had a good run of excellent reads. Or when you’ve got a highly-anticipated book in your hands. Or your mother never told you not to eat tree bark and you’re legit actually eating the book as your sustenance because you ran out of cornflakes.
When you’re in this mood, you read a lot. Possibly a book a day. Possibly you’re also balancing half a dozen books at the same time because you are The Book Gobbling Queen and your TBR shall quake before you.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: You actually make a dent on your enormous TBR! Not to mention the happy feels you get from so much quality literature!
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: Your eyes fall out of your head and you die. People forget about you because all you do is read. They rename you Armitage, stop sending sandwiches, and turn your room into an indoor pool and it’s a bit inconvenient.
This generally happens when you’ve read a truly phenomenally marvellously excellently good book. AND NOW YOU HAVE A HANGOVER FROM IT. What are you supposed to do?? Nothing will compare?? All other books are ash upon the ground?? You don’t feel like reading anything else because it’s noooooooooot like that amazing book you just finished.
Whoever says that good books are all fun and games is wrong. They are suffering. UGH GOOD BOOKS YOU RUIN ME.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: Well you did read a really good book. So there’s that.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You never want to read anything ever again because it’s (!!) not (!!) good (!!) enough (!!) thus your reading habits slip off the edge of the Nile.
This often happens when you realise the average human lives 79 years and you have 1,674 books on your TBR which means you have to read about 28 books per day. But that’s providing you don’t add MORE books to your TBR. Which you will. Immediately. And honestly it’s just overwhelming. There are SO MANY BOOKS and you want to read THEM ALL. So which one do you even start with????? How do you pick?????
Someone please save me from me.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: You did…maths??? To calculate your doom. So I guess that’s a positive???
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You end up reading nothing because you can’t decide and you have a crisis the size of Jupiter and you go through a lot of ice cream. Which is actually a positive maybe. Because ice cream is freaking delicious.
This happens when you have a TBR of a million good books but NOT THAT ONE BOOK YOU FEEL LIKE. So you pine after it desperately. It’s usually a book that’s not out yet. Like why isn’t it June? But also why isn’t it September? AND I ACTUALLY NEED THAT RELEASE IN JANUARY 2019.
The books are always greener in the future???
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: You become a pine tree and are finally a useful member of society because you supply oxygen.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You still end up reading nothing because you’re staring all starry-eyed into the future.
This is the mood of when you have glorious books to read — BUT YET NO TIME TO READ THEM. When do we start crying? Now? Is now a good time? Because this is just not faaaair. It’s so frustrating to be busy with work or school or like, looking after small children, or being trapped in an Alaskan glacier with no way out.
These kind of moods usually end in tears.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: You might try audiobooks! And when you do get a chance to read, you really appreciate the book. Also: you also water the planet with your tears.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You read NOTHING and your TBR kills you yet again with its crushing weight. This can be awkward if you don’t like life as a one dimensional pancake.
This is the mood when you can’t decide. You can’t choose anything at all of ever. Do you want to read an epic fantasy? Or a fluffy fun contemporary? Or that ARC from 1804 that you’ve been meaning to get to?? Or that book you bought? Or that library book that is about to hit you in the left eye with a FINE if you don’t read it and return it already???? WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE.
YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW. So you end up making croissants and learning French instead.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: Well. You become a proficient French pastry chef.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: Your TBR slays you yet again.
This generally hits you when you feel like something DIFFERENT AND NEW. Avast ye! Stra on your adventurer goggles and load your pockets with snacks for we are out to find SOMETHING UNLIKE WE’VE NEVER READ BEFORE! All the books you typically love seem just a bit dry. Like those croissants you tried making above and failed at because you suck.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: You try lots of new books out of your comfort-zone and maybe realise you have a new favourite genre!
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You might accidentally read a lot of bleh books. Also this actually ends up with your TBR being twice the size and still crushing you flat. Dangit, can we not move away from this side-effect.
Here is the mood of when you just want to be with your old friends again. Your old book friends. Because you killed all your real live friends by feeding them your horridly baked croissants DANGIT, MARGE. WHAT ARE YOUR LIFE DECISIONS.
However rereading is wonderful because (A) you know you’re going to enjoy this book, and (B) what are books even for if not to enjoy multiple times?! This is a mood of comfort and coziness and rekindled love.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: Falling in love with a book all over again! Plus a guaranteed good read.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: Look I’m not even going to say it because it’s cliche by now but your TBR WILL CRUSH YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE STILL NOT READING FROM IT. You might also accidentally have grown out of a book and hate it when it used to be a favourite. Cue betrayal, crises, and a sudden hankering for all the caramel ice cream in your freezer.
This is the very technical term for “I do not feel like reading anything at all.” And it’s the saddest of bookworm moods because it feels like betrayal?!?? And yet it’s actually natural to take breaks from things you love! We all take breaks! Even from food! It’s called sleeping and best taken with midnight snacks. BUT MOVING FORWARD…the fact is this mood is ridiculously annoying. Because our books are beautiful and yet you just don’t wanna.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: Less time in trauma therapy because books aren’t hurting you. It’s possible you even will save money because you’re not buying books right now! Except HA. Bleh-moods rarely curb the book buying…unfortunately.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You feel like a bookworm traitor and probably take up another horrid habit to compensate, like ballroom dancing or necromancy or knife juggling. Also your TBR? YOU KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO SAY.
This is when your mood when there are so many shiny and exciting books and you just GOTTA CHASE ‘EM ALL. At once. Immediately. So woah, you’re reading 7 or 24 books at once, but no big deal. Books are beautiful. Can you fit them all in your mouth at once, I wonder.
This mood generally equals a lot of book collecting to. Particularly gorgeous covers. Particularly shiny covers. I don’t know, mate, are you a bookworm or a bookdragon??? Or a magpie?? It’d be nice if you just sAT stILL and finished reading a book though.
GOOD SIDE-EFFECTS: Happiness! Shiny books! Frolicking about the meadows saying “Pretty book! Pretty book!” like you’re in a commercial that will end in plagues or hayfever medication.
NASTY SIDE-EFFECTS: You get very little done because you’re so busy reading everything. Also you might go broke from all the book buying. The struggles you face.
I got the Extremely Shiny, but I’m really all of these at different times Right now I’m being busyness and rereader. I would Say I’m somewhere inbetween inscisive and busyness most of the time. (right now I’m reading five books. I can’t even) I would say the “stressed but I could be reading something else right now” mood is very common for me.
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I totally go through all the moods regularly too. 😂 Right now I’m being a Gobbler, which feels like a Goblin so THAT’S fun. But generally I’m an overwhelmed small pineapple frond.😂😂 And 5 books?!? YOU’RE AMAZING.
I so do have all these moods! Loved this post :D. Also a quiz. I love quizzes. It gave me The Gobbler, which is just how I feel right now! So it was totally correct. I’m not sure how the lettuce question relates, but you’re very good at making quizzes. I loved this post, I do have all of these moods (not at the same time of course), I could totally identify by what you wrote. Only bookworms know what these moods feel like. I feel understood *hug*.
*hi fives* That’s my mood right now too!😂 I’ve been going through a huge library TBR and I can’t read enough.
And pff the lettuce question relates SO SO MUCH. Trust me. 😇
Oh I believe you about the lettuce question :D! I just don’t understand the magic :).
I’m usually a mix of The Gobbler, Overwhelmed and Ooh shiny with a dash of Piner. Very sometimes do I have a bleh day. But not often. So no quiz, I am not indecisive. I am only reading 4 books at the same time because some I want to read and others I have to read *responsible*
Oooh quiz fail. BLAME THE DRAGONS NOT ME, I’M PERFECT STILL OF COURSE. And I’m proud of you being all responsible. 😉 I’m doing the opposite of that and reading books I shouldn’t be while ARCs with imminent release dates scream at me. 😂
I got the gobbler and I think it is right.. I have little patient and greedy toward books 🙂 I want to have and read everything right now
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SAME! That’s my current mood right now tbh.😂 I’ve got WAY too many books out from the library and I’m just devouring them all so fast right now.😍
I feel like all of these at the same time *panics*
Well that, too, is relatable.😂
YES, YES, YES and did I mention YES?
Okay, so I got the ‘Piner’ in the quiz, which I first thoughts were wrong, but after that description, i think it perfectly describes. I’m always so late on releases and always trying to get my hand on that book I REALLY WANT and I just rant on Twitter about how much I NEED. I spent more time blabbing about books on my TBR, than actually reading them. I know, weird.
Out of all the moods in the world, reading ones are DEFINITELY the most complicated. Like, hey, I have several reading moods and reading mood swings (Don’t get me started!)
The BLEH, is just the worst mood, and I was in it for like 2 months last year, but right now I am the OVERWHELMED because my library books I still haven’t read and it’s been too long. Also, there are books I’ve bought but I still haven’t read sitting on my shelf and OMG, I’m JUST DROWNING OKAY?
I’m so indecisive even my handwriting isn’t the same in the same sentence. SO like, I have to choose between my children, SOMEONE TELL ME HOW THIS IS FAIR!
Loved this post, Cait!
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I AM LIKE THAT A LOT TOO.😂 Like the books I want to read most right now aren’t oooout yet…despite me having glorious ones on my TBR as is. I can’t even with myself. I’m hopeless.😂
Don’t drown, Mahriya!! *sends you a small cake that you can use as a canoe and paddle to safety* I am always feeling like I’ll never get on top of my TBR but like ACK CAN WE BE IMMORTAL SO WE CAN READ ALL THE BOOKS?!?
I am The Overwhelmed. That’s…accurate. Although in the summer I’ll probably be The Gobbler and The Ooh Shiny. I couldn’t actually remember for the life of me what my last five star read was and had to go and ask Goodreads to remind me, which is a sign of how dead I am from coursework. 🙁 The really annoying thing is that it was Six of Crows – I have recommended this to everyone. EVERYONE! I will not shut up about it, so how did I forget it?!?
I am so glad that cake has now been reclassified as a vegetable. 😉
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Ack I’m sorry school is eating your brain. *gives you a book made out of chocolate to eat* And I totally change moods depending on how much time/energy I have too.😂
AND YES. Like I’m really waging a war against lettuce here. I will prevail. *raises battle axe*
I got the gobbler, which is so very true!
But can I also suggest the procastinator – the reader who hasn’t really been reading that much and then suddenly exam season hits and you have loads of work to do, and yet suddenly you get through ten books in a week? (Which is totally me right now because there are far too many new books out and who even needs a maths degree?)
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Ohhh YES to that mood too!! How come you always want to do the most reading when you should be doing something else?!?😂
I’m in the ‘Ooh the shiny!’ according to the quiz but really its all the moods at once and they fight to surface to the for a few mins of glory. This was fun! We need more quizzes 💖
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YAY I’M GLAD YOU LIKED THE QUIZ. *flails happily* And omg agreed: I think we all cycle through all the moods regularly. 😂
I get ALLLLLLLLLL the feels, which means I also get ALLLLLLLLLL the moods, but the quiz labeled me a gobbler, which I suppose is true. 😛 also, my TBR is scattered across the house on different book shelves, or at the library. and I’m currently not fangirling over a book, I’m fangirling over a TV show. (NINJAGOOOOOOO!!!) but that will change a soon as somebody picks up my book from the library. (Come ooooon mom! PUH-lease??) anyway, I’m off to go make ninjago theory’s, and my mom’s mothers day card. #multitasker
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I get all the moods at times too.😂😂*HI FIES* ANd omg the Gobbler is where I’m at right now too. *nods* Books are just so awesome and we need to read them all immediately?!??
Yeah, I’m kind of an oh shiny…book gobbler – if only I had more free time! 🙂
There is NEVER enough time to read everything we need to read!!
I got the rereader! That’s pretty accurate. I’m trying to reread at least one book a month this year. But, I always feel guilty for ignoring my huge TBR pile to reread.
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I’m trying to re-read a book per month too! And so far it’s not going well at all because guuuuilt.😂 *shares cake of understanding with you*
The Quiz was 100% accurate! I am The Gobbler and need to read every book I see RIGHT. NOW. I am EVEN craving a non-fiction. Wut?
Congratulate the Dragon Secretaries for me, please? Thank u very much. See you!
YAS FOR BEING A GOBBLER!! And also what strange creature are you wanting non-fic…😂😂 JUST KIDDING. 😉 That’s actually really awesome you read so widely!
Yeah well, in theory, it would be awesome. But a book Gobbler WANTS to read every book they see. Doesn’t mean they actually do….😂😂
But I really wish I can get to it soon anyway!!! 😘
Haha yes! This is too accurate. All these moods are so real (FYI I got the “ooh shiny” in the quiz). The threat of that TBR is definitely a very real problem. I’m going to take a moment now to think about your maths and the horrible realisation that I do not have a long enough life span for this lifestyle.
Immortality, Kirstie. IT IS THE ONLY ANSWER. And don’t think too hard about my maths because my math skills are scary and also nonexistent.😂
Apparently I am the Piner. Which makes sense because 73% of my time is spent laying on the floor and wishing that books could just bE RELEASED FASTER. Is that so difficult??
I try to be in the Adventurous mood, but I usually just end up rereading all of my favs and napping.
Honestly that’s me so much of the time right now too.😂 I might have a gazillion books to read, but noooo what I WANT IS THE ONES I DON’T HAVE.😂
I got the “OOH SHINY” and YES THAT IS ME.
ALL OF THESE MOODS ARE ME THOUGH. How to choose which one I relate to most besides the quiz result? REAL PROBLEMS.
I also am definitely:
– The Piner
– The Indecisive
– The rereader
– The Busyness
^^^ all of these represent me procrastinating on my reading *cries inside*
So basically we should just be ALL THE MOODS AT ONCE. HUZZAH.
I got “The Busyness”. Pretty accurate, I guess. I don’t know if I’m all that busy; I just don’t make time to read a lot.
At the moment, I pretty much feel like “The Bleh”.
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Aww, I’m sad you’re in the Bleh mood but I’ve been there so I UNDERSTAND. *pats shoulder*
I got the gobbler, which is probably accurate because I tend to read every new book available right away… lol then I sit and wait until another new book comes along.. I’m very picky about what I read though so that probably helps my TBR list…
Love this post though!!! you always come through for funny and uplifting posts Cait!! thank you!!! 🙂
oh and here’s some cake…. 🙂
Llissa
Oh and my current mood is ugh.. because I have SO much to do in the next few weeks that I may not get a chance to sit down to read or blog!! Son’s high school graduation, baby girls middle school graduation, move to new house… busyness…… its killing my reading time…. But I shall catch up soon…. 🙂
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I’m generally in the gobbling mood too tbh.😂 Right now I’m trying to get through 2 books a day to fit in all the library books I need to read before I move. IT’S NOT GOING WELL, BUT AT LEAST I’M TRYING.😂 I’m glad you enjoyed the post!! *flails happily*
I’d definitely classify myself as “overwhelmed” with a side of “ooh shiny,” and your quiz definitely agrees! Oh my god, the lettuce question XD clEARLY the gay rainbow lettuce is the best, as it matches my soul. Wonderful post!
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I’m glad you liked the lettuce question.😂😂 It may or may not be THE MOST CRUCIAL QUESTION OF THE QUIZ.
So basically no matter what the TBR will slay me. There is no way around this. We will die alone and hungry with our books squashing us into pancakes. #Cannibals
I got Hangover, which is true… I just read a couple of books that made me want to scream from the rooftops and then proceeded to crush my soul (Mockingjay, anyone?), and it was great. It makes me tired. And I just read two two-star books so that’s… disappointing.
I totally agree with you about all of these, though. I’ve felt all of them at some point or another.
THIS IS THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER. Like there’s no hope. We might as well just swimin books. (And awghghg I hope you get to read another good book soon though. 2-star reads are so depressing.)
i’m not even surprised that i got “the piner” as my result. i relate a lot to the description, since i mostly fangirl about books i want to read and countdown the days until their release, when i could be reading another book. i also find myself in a “broke” mood quite often, even though it is not exactly a behaviour, but a situation. i mean, i never have money to buy the books i want to read! i guess one of the good-side effects is that my TBR can’t grow any larger, but the down-side is that i have to wait months so i can finally buy them and, by then, the hype is already gone and i missed it. i know some people like to read books after all the hype is gone, but i also feel like i never have people to discuss with afterwards.
I do that a LOT too.😂😂 It’s not our fault that books in the future just seem SO SO MUCH BETTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE?!? *shrieks from the hilltops*
My quiz was right in one way that I WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH FRACKEN TIME TO READ I AM ALWAYS BUSY. However, I DO usually read more than 1 book a month *hair flip* I must go speak with the dragon secretaries at once!
I definitely get book hangover and then I’m paralyzed (I’ve been to Alaska by the way, and I fracken conquered that glacier). I also get paralyzed by staring into the all-knowing-eyes of my TBR. Oh and needing a new release. Basically, reading is simultaneously the worst and best thing I do 😛
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I’M SO GLAD THE QUIZ WORKED.😂 And good job with Alaska and that glacier. Someone’s gotta do it. Maybe perhaps build an army of glaciers next and teach it to battle your TBR? #WiseLifeAdviceFromCait
Apprendre le Français n’est pas une mauvaise chose puisque la France essaye de t’attirer grâce à des salons du fantastiques sur les dragons 😉
I got the Hungover from the test, which, totally on point, but I’m usually more of an indecisive and my book-BFF is making fun of me everytime I finish a book because I just can’t decide what to read next! 😂
As usual, amazing post, Cait! You’re definitely my fav book blogger, and have a good night ❤ (day? night? it’s the middle of the night here but timezones) !
*packs bags and definitely moves to France* THE DRAGONS CALL TO ME. 🐉🐉🐉
Also getting other people to decide your next read is an excellent idea. I thoroughly approve. 😂
(N’awww, THANK YOU. <3 That honestly makes my day!!)
You’re quiz is amazingly accurate! As I read the moods I was able to relate to them all but figured it would be busyness… until I got too Oooh Shiny! This is so me and the quiz confirms!! Great post as always Cait!
Ahhh I’m so glad you liked it!! 😊😂 I’m really glad the quiz worked too haha..*pretends is not surprised because quiz was so random* 😂😂
Love the quiz! It’s super fun. 😀
Yayyy I’m super glad!! THANK YOU. 😊
I got The Piner, which is accurate. XD I thought my most anticipated releases were coming out soon or already had, and then I discovered all these brand new books coming out in the Fall/Winter. So, now I’m just trying to see what I have to sacrifice to get an early copy of ALL THE BOOKS. I swear, the year is going by both super fast, BUT STILL AT A SNAIL’S PACE.
Right now, I think I’m a mix of The Busyness and The Bleh. I’m so busy with blogging and school and everything that I’ve been neglecting reading, but when I DO have the time, I want to spend it watching a show, or on Youtube, or taking bookish pictures, or re-watching a movie, etc. UGH I HATE IT. I miss reading so much, and I miss my ability to read 15+ books a month with ease. But, hopefully, with school ending soon for summer break, it’ll get better???? PLEASE???
I’m always permanently looking forward to something more than what I have.😂😂 I feel so bad haha, but BOOKS OF THE FUTURE ARE SO SHINY OMG.
Aww, I totally understand that it’s so frustrating when you don’t have time to read. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. 😭 I hope summer definitely brings you more reading time!!
I got the “ooh shiny” which is probably true to an extent, but even MORE true are The Overwhelmed and The Indecisive. I am both of those things on a very regular basis. I bet it was because I picked the fancy “lettuce”. Seriously, as I type, I am trying to figure out which book I need to read next… and having no luck. Because I want to read them ALL but also NONE of them. See the predicament? So now I have spent tons of time NOT reading, and still don’t have a book. I feel like there should be professional help for this.
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The lettuce question was DEFINITELY the most crucial to the quiz *nods seriously* And omg I totally understand being in more than one mood at once. I feel like I’m just about to enter hangover stage (*WEEPS BECAUSE GOODBYE DAYS BY JEFF ZENTNER*) but I’m also in Gobbling mood because I’m trying to devour all my entire library in two weeks. Don’t ask. 😂
Professional help is me and my blog. We’re here for you with LETTUCE.
Your quiz told me I was Ooh, Shiny!! Which is pretty accurate. You know how it is, I start one book, get to chapter four and then see another book with a pretty cover/interesting blurb/character with a name I like, and start reading that. Before you know it, I’m reading forty books at once. Well done on a very scientific quiz. 🙂
There is also the reading mood where you want to write a review on something, but just. can’t. get. to. the. end. of the book. And maybe its just me, but I can’t write a review on something unless I finished it. So there is the Frustrated-that-I-can’t-get-to the-end-of the-book mood as well.
YAS THE SCIENCE WORKS! *tries not to act too surprised* 😂😂 (And also tooootally relate with ending up reading 39839 books at once.)
You just described the moods I go through in basically chronical order. I seriously rotate through them all on a monthly basis, one mood after the other.
Right now my mood is “OoOOH SHINY” according to your quiz and it’s accurate. Both literally (as my current read, Lady Midnight, has a very shiny cover) and I’m very busy trying to get my hands on and my brain in all the pretties ASAP!
Soooo much agreement. 😂 And I can change reading moods in like a matter of hours hahha. AHH THE BOOKWORM LIFE IS SO FUN. (I’m glad the quiz worked!😂)
I felt so satisfied reading this post! It’s all so true!!
I’m definitely The Overwhelmed. *sad face* Although, I actually help myself out by not setting myself a TBR. I just focus on whatever book, or books (let’s be serious here), I’m reading until they’re finished. Then I just look at my shelf on go: I’ll reeeaaad… THIS ONE! Of course that works until I realise there’s a book I’ve been intending to read for over a year and still haven’t got round to it.. but we won’t talk about that!
Loved it! ^.^
I’m so glad you liked it!! And agh the Overwhelmed is such a hard place to be and I was that like last week so I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. *pats shoulder* Why must the books attack us with their beauty and potential for awesome?! I want to read them all but aghhghghg.
I know, I seem to be in it all the time. *cries* There’s just so many tv shows to watch, and musicals to be obsessed about. Wanting to learn all these different things while still reading everyday. Then you walk into a charity shop and come out with 10 books. Damn, what the hell do I read now?!
*Stares at pretty books for therapy*
I SAW WHAT YOU DID WITH THAT LETTUCE QUESTION,CAIT. I SAW. You cannot hide from me. No you cannot. (Really, cake may be more fabulous than lettuce, and calling it ‘good lettuce’ is just rude.’
Anyway, I got ‘ooh shiny’ which partially does describe me, maybe? I’ve been trying to keep my relationship with books monogamous the last few months, because I’m more likely to finish them in that case, but last weekend I caved *cries*. Then it worked out well and I read Cinder and I made my teacher read Cinder (it was a school camping/rock climbing trip) and now I finished Scarlet and yayayayay and I finished The Winner’s Crime. I’ve only read 4 books so far this month but hopefully I’ll finish more because boooooksksksksks. And there are SO MANY i want to read this summer omg !!!!!
(ps shinyyyyyyy is the best)
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HA! I DO WHAT I WANT WITH LETTUCE. (Honestly I have waged like a one-person war against lettuce at this point and I don’t even know what I’m doing. :’) Good times.)
Also that is AWESOME you’re converting people to Cinder. GOOD JOB, SHAR, THAT’S THE WAY TO BE. And omg how did you find The WInner’s Crime?! I loved it. So cruel that ending though. 😭😂
I got the ooh shiny! AND THE NEWT AND NIFFLER GIF IS ON POINT, THANK YOU. ok but like I haven’t commented in a long while SO PLS IGNORE THIS.
I always love your quizzes and I want to make some myself but they intimidate me lol
I just bought Spellslinger since it’s cover is FAB and I have zero regrets. ZERO, I also am reading like, 7 books at once so I feel like the results = honesty.
I never knew you were a mind reader okay???
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OH HELLO YOU. I HOPE YOU’RE WELL!! *gives you welcome back cake* And also the niffler is my new favourite magical creature. it’s so relatable. 😂
ooh I have Spellslinger to read too!! *flails*
I got “The Hungover,” which is accurate, because the last book I read was five stars and now I’m looking at all the books I want to read and thinking “meh. Maybe tomorrow.”
The question about lettuce cracked me up. xD
I so relate to that.🙈🙊 I just finished Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner and if you see a puddle on the floor, THAT’S ME.
The lettuce question was the super crucial one to the whole quiz, I’m sure. 😉
What about Guilty Reading? The “I shouldn’t read because I’ve got so much to do but yet I’m reading” ? I get this very often and it’s usually combined with The Busyness. Maybe it’s just a subcategory of The Gobbler, though 😀
Omg absolutely YES to that one too!! I hate feeling guilty for reading but I definitely do that too at times. 🙈🙊
Wow, this is all waaaay too true. I feel like I’m going through 3+ of these moods right now and just….HOW ARE YOU SO RELATABLE??
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These are SO GOOD, Cait xD I’ve loved every single one of them, they are so true 😀 I don’t know, maybe I’d add the fangirl phase? Although maybe that’s just a variation of the hungover? 😀
Currently I’m in gobbler mode, but was indecisive this morning. I can’t say what I’m most often in though!! Cause I’m sure I have had all of these, I can just relate so well 😀 honestly, this is like one of the best posts of yours that I have read probably ever, and I am totally sharing it 😀 it’s awesome!
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Omg how did I forget the fangirl?! YES. ABSOLUTELY !! That’s like a crucial reading mood.😂 I’m in Gobbler mode too right now, tbh, and I actually finished two books yesterday so that was awesome. hehe.
AWW I’M SO HONOURED. YOU’RE SO LOVELY!
Yay for Gobbler mode!! After the Fangirl mode, I think it’s the best one 😀 best one for a blogger anyway!
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I’ve been The Piner and The Bleh a lot lately. XD I got The Hungover for the quiz which might be accurate since the last 5-star book I read was in March (When Dimple Met Rishi) if you don’t count my re-reads of Illuminae and Gemina last month.
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Oooh I’m about to start Dimple Met Rishi! EXCELLENT. I NEED GOOD BOOKS IN MY LIFE. Hangover here I come.😂
So I got THE PINER which is TOTALLY TRUE. I’m so behind on all the books I want to read (isn’t everyone???) so I’m just left there staring off into space, waiting and hoping and dreaming of the moment I’ll actually get to read them. *cries* Please note that this is the person who didn’t know where the YA section was in her local bookstore because GUESS WHAT SHE IS BROKE AND HAS NO NEED FOR THE BOOKSTORE. (I’m such a liar; I bought Illuminae yesterday. XD)
Lol but I’m also pretty indecisive — especially if I go into the library not having a set list of what I want — and I can just drift between the shelves ALL DAY. Like which one do I choose??? They’re all so pretty??? They’re all calling for my attention???
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YES EVERYONE DEFINITELY IS. *howls* I’m always behind on my TBR even when I read multiple books in a day.😂 I just can’t catch up. Publishers…stop coming out with such amazing books AHHH.😂
(Also Illuminae is AMAZING so good life decision there. 😉
These days I am the busyness!! Whenever I read a book I love it so much (and turn into some sort of Gobbler who reads until the wee hours and then some) but that’s usually followed by a loooooong period of reading nothing at all. And somehow the TBR keeps on growing!
The TBR is just the rudest thing with how much it grows with zero chill, right?!😂
I feel like I am pretty much all of these by turns. Like aaaah, help, too many boo — oooh, so many books I must nom them all at once — nothing will match up to the last book I rea — oooh, shiny!
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SAME!😜 I just alternate which ones I am at a given time. 😂 right now I’m in gobbler mood though haha, because BOOKS.
I got the Gobbler–pretty accurate! Doesn’t it blow your mind sometimes (read: all the time) how many books there are in the world? And how many books there are in the world that I HAVEN’T READ YET?! Because it blows mine.
YES it definitely knocks my socks off when I think about all the books I desperately want to read. Ahh!!😜
THE OVERWHELMED. Well, yes, that pretty much is me 110% of the time. I want to cut down on my TBR so bad but there’s also like, 50 books I was to reread because they make my heart turn into warm chocolate. le sigh. At least I’m 10 books ahead in my Goodreads reading challenge! (plz ignore the fact that like, half of the books I’ve read this year have been rereads). BUT STILL. Reading is being done and that’s all that matters, right?! RIGHT!?!
Awesome post and quiz, Cait!
Ashtyn @ Wonderland’s Reader!
I’m a gobbler, which is what I think I am (well, with a healthy dose of re-reader), so you’re quiz was pretty accurate! But more importantly, we need a book about someone with a DRAGON FOR A SECRETARY because OMG.
YAS QUIZ WIN. *flails happily in the background* And I shall write a memoir someday and star my dragon secretary so don’t worry, it’s coming.
Be a man! You must be swift as a coursing river. Be a man! With all the force of a great typhoon. Be a man! With all the strength of a raging fire. Mysterious as the dark side of THE MOOOOOON.
Why yes, I did sing that song the entire time I was reading this.
And I got “ooh shiny!” As my bookworm mood… which is pretty legit, tbh.
I probably experience rereader the most (I constantly crave reread!) But ooh shiny would be a close second. Except both are often sadly superceded by real life forcing me to have zero time to read :'( Which one best describes regretting the life choices that lead you to a life wherein you’re luckily if you get an hour a day to spend with a book?? :'(
*gives you cake because you understand the most glorious of references*
Oh yay that the quiz is a semi-win there!! *flings confetti on self* 😂 And I’m so sad that you don’t have much time to read at the moment. SO MUCH SADNESS. I suppose you’re the Busyness then?
I am perpetually the busyness. It is my constant underlying mood, on top of which the other moods sit.
I have experienced all of the above, but the quiz result is very accurate with my current mood: the overwhelmed xD There are too many books and arcs I need to read, but there are also homework and finals and amazing tv shows and I’m just ????????? Totally overwhelmed xD
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YAS THE QUIZ WORKS! *pretends isn’t super surprised because quiz was so random today* 😂😂 Ahhh I hear you with the overwhelmed though. It’s impossible to fit ALL the things in omg. 😭
I GOT THE GOBBLER!!!!! Which I think is pretty accurate for me at this precise moment. Usually I’m the Bleh. 😂😂😂
This post was HILARIOUS!!! Oh my word, and SO accurate… The accuracy…it burns…. My TBR pile is sort of getting out of control, so I’m quite thankful I’m the Gobbler right now!!! Time to go eat ALL of the books!!!!!
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YAYYYY I’M GLAD YOU’RE GOBBLING!! (Okay…that sounds weird to type out but you know what I mean. 😂) I’m in Gobbler mode too tbh, because I’m trying to read so many library books right now. And failing. But whatever. Books are great. :’)
Oh my word, that is hilarious… 😂😂😂 Oh!!! I love library books! But I have this severe phobia, because I accidentally forgot to take a book back once, and I felt SO BAD. (Our library doesn’t even charge late fees, but I still felt like a rotten tomato…)
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lol the first paragraph made me lol & start singing…
I got the gobbler which is true… gobbler w/ a touch of the “ooh pretty” (which is waning a bit… it was much worse when I first fell down the book blog/bookstagram/booktube rabbit hole..) and also get a hangover everytime I finish a Percy Jackson book and HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO RETURN THE NEXT ONE TO THE LIBRARY!! *grumbles*
EXCELLENT. YOU UNDERSTOOD MY REFERENCE.😂
I’m permanently stuck down the bookstagram rabbit hole with needing all the pretty books and yet…no regrets. 😍 And zomg I hear you with Percy Jackson! SUCH A GOOD SERIES THOUGH. SO MUCH PAIN. SO MUCH PERFECT.
I got the Ooh Shiny! Yeah, that seems accurate. There are just so many books in the world, how can one person be expected to choose?!
I know right?!? Why can’t we just read them all at once…😂
The book hangover is something I always feel whenever I finish an awesome book. It’s a great yet torture experience. 😩😭
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SAME!! Good books are great until you hit that horrid hangover part. 😂😂
Hahaha it said that I was overwhelmed. WHICH I GUESS I AM? But aren’t we all. I mean I am mainly overwhelmed with how little time I do have to read books. And oh you know what would be a good category? The procrastinator. Where you procrastinate reading because hey there’s this small time consuming video game that is a much better use of your time then…these “responsibilities”. Which I really need for them to STOP being responsibilities, but meh.
Thanks for this Cait! This was entertaining.
I think we all probably are the Overwhelmed to some extent. 😂😂I alternate from being like “omg I’ll run out of books one day…” to freaking out because I HAVE SO MUCH TO READ AND NOT ENOUGH TIME. #BookwormLogic
And YES! I can’t believe I forgot the Procrastinator!!
Overwhelmed which, accurate because why so many books and also why am i not immortal. I would make excellent use of immortality.
I know right?! If anyone deserved immortality, it is we bookworms. *nods sagely*
The Busyness…*sobs* But OH MY GOSH these are all so true! It’s not just me? You all suffer the same? *distant weeping*
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Absolutely! We shall suffer together. *weeps with you*
I love this article so much!!! And the quiz with the comfortable reading nooks 👌😂 Amazing! How do you make so many amazing blogs so quickly?!?! 😍😍
Awww thank you! I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.😂 Even if my questions were completely bizarre hahaha.
I am still reeling from the following:The westing game ,wonder, hour of the bees, Out of my mind
also why is my TBR so small
Because i read like 400 books in under 3 months during the summer and yes it was delicious
(And have i been pronouncing lasagna wrong all these years?!
Woah 400 books in 3 months?!? That is like MAGICAL WIZARD POWERS.
You and me both with lasagna then. *sighs dejectedly*
This was an absolutely hilarious and true read, honestly probably the best thing I’ve read all week! I can definitely say that I am a combination of The Busyness and The Rereader. “I have no time to read!” “Ok, I have a couple of hours today, I think I’ll read Harry Potter AGAIN.”
Awww, that TOTALLY makes my day THANK YOU!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Eeep!!
Just as I suspected-I’m a piner! I always want to read whatever book I don’t have…the TBR pile is ridiculous and I keep buying more…HELP!
I hear your struggles so much!! 😂 It’s not our fault books are so DARN BEAUTIFUL, right?!
‘I’m a real dragon!’
And, you used a Supernatural gif. Sweet.
I got The Overwhelmed. Haha, yeah, pretty accurate!
SUPERNATURAL IS THE BEST THOUGH.
Love it! Went to a con this past December and saw Death for first time. Julian is far from the self-contained Death. He was bouncing all over the stage. And my sister and I got a pic with Crowley. Lotta fun! Been to one before?
Omg that must’ve been AMAZING. I’ve never been to anything like that ever. 😜
Me while reading your list: I’m so The Gobbler right now because I’ve read three books in the past four days!
Quiz results: The Gobbler!!
😂😂
Seriously all of these are so accurate! I think I’ve pretty much been through every single one of these reading moods. Especially the book hangover because I go through a lot of book hangovers. I actually went from a book hangover into rereading to reading anything I could my hands on over the past week lol. Also, it looks like the TBR wins most of the time. Yep… The never ending TBR always seems to win. 🙈
OOH THAT IS AMAZING. Congrats on reading so much so fast!! EEEEP. And I honestly go through all these moods too. So much. 😂 Sometimes in the same day hahah.
hahahaa the Mulan references are rolling in and I am *dying*!!! haha Dean for the gobbles as well- perfect!! Hehehe this was wonderful and the quiz was great- but WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN CAKE?! I WANT ALL THE CAKE!!!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it. 🎉 Also yES I like to torture you all with evil cake questions…mwahhha.
The quiz said I was the ‘ooh shiny’ mood, but to be honest, I’m a mix of the busy and the bleh reader right now. I had all these exams going on, and I didn’t have time to read nor blog. AND NOW I FEEL SO UNMOTIVATED TO READ OR BLOG AND IT MAKES ME SOOO SAD. (That’s kinda the reason I disappeared for a few weeks. Did I die? move to Antarctica?? We shall never know, since I myself don’t know what happened. I was kinda on auto pilot.)
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Aww, I understand that pain. Also *pats shoulder and gives you cake to make up for the Antartica excursion*
then there is the eleventh type: all of the above times 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
That being me.
THAT IS ALSO TRUE.
I got the reread. I’m not really one to re read books – the only book I really reread is Simon vs. the Homo sapiens Agenda but I guess THE QUIZ DOESN’T LIE.
Clearly you just didn’t know this fact about yourself, Tomi. *nods sagely like the quiz is great and not utter nonsense*
😂😂
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All these moods are so hilarious and relatable, ahh the struggles of bookworm life 😂
I got Oooh Shiny on the quiz which is SO ACCURATE. I have so many books on the go right now and I want to start so many more but I haven’t actually finished a book in a while…
(Obviously the best lettuce is rainbow cake. Anyone who disagrees can fight me.)
WE DO STRUGGLE SO VALIANTLY. Someone award us for our trails omg. 😂 I’m glad the quiz worked!!
(And obviously you picked the right lettuce.)
I got the Gobbling one which is obviously accurate. I APPROVE. Also the gif was perfect!! 🙂
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I’m so glad you liked it! 😀
I got “The Gobbler”, which is….. so true. At the moment, anyway. I mean, I currently have a paperback, an e-book, and 2 audiobooks going… 😛 So yes, the Gobbler it is! But also a bit of the Ooh Shiny, seeing that I have a stack of about 8 library books sitting on my shelf that I know I’m not going to have time to read before I have to take them back, but… I WANT to read them all right now so…….. I check them out anyway and keep others who may actually HAVE the time from reading them. After all, if I can’t, they shouldn’t either, right? haha! ;P Which brings me to the fact that I’ve also got a bit of the Busyness mood going on right now too. Though it’s not as bad as it sometimes is, I still obviously don’t have enough time to spend with all these good reads. :/
Honestly, though, I have to say I can relate to every one of these moods– I was laughing, groaning, and nodding my head in agreement and understanding as I read through this scarily accurate list. Well done. And loved the quiz too! ;D
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I so wish I had more time to spend reading too. ALAS, LIFE IS UNFAIR TO WE BOOKWORMS. *collapses dramatically* I also relate to having tons of books on the go at once. 😂 ME TOO. I currently have an audio, ebook, and physical all going and I’m not even sorry. :’) The more books the merrier.
Thanks so much for reading! YOU ARE SO NICE.
Ooooooooohhhhh shiny!! That and indecisive have been life lately, except for audiobooks. Audiobooks are wonderful and I can look at shiny covers while reading that way??
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