Being a bookworm has its ups and downs. You’d think it’d be 100% pure pleasure, right? WELL WRONG. Occasionally awkward things happen, like paper cuts, oxygen shortages when you fangirl too hard, and books from your over-stacked TBR falling and crushing you half to death in your sleep. #inconvenient
So I am here (kindly) to remind us of the EXCELLENT moments one experiences while being a bookworm. There are many. I have made a list. In fact, I’m joining up with Broke and Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday meme, since the prompt this week is FREEBIE.
Also copious #bookstagram pictures ahead because WHY NOT. And also I’m having a giveaway in my instagram! GO ENTER.
1. CONVERTING SOMEONE INTO YOUR FANDOM AND THEN NURTURING THEM INTO RABID FANGIRL STATUS
There is nothing better than watching someone spiral into the fandom life, particularly if it’s a painful fandom. NO, I’M NOT CRUEL AND CRAZY. I’m actually fair. If I have to suffer — why shouldn’t you suffer with me?! Mutual suffering! Nothing grander!
I would like to believe I’ve converted* many people into being Stiefvater-fans. There are now hordes of us waiting anxiously for The Raven King and I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I had a hand in some of their creations. Pain. We love it.
* This is also translated “threatened their lives unless they read her books”, but whatever.
2. DISCOVERING SOMEONE WHO ABSOLUTELY “GETS” YOUR FEELS OVER A CERTAIN BOOK AND WILL JOIN IN YOUR HOWLING
Not everyone “gets” it when you fall into suffocating shrieking love with a book. I mean there’s “I love this book” and then there’s “I! LOVE! THIS! BOOK! AJRKUUUKQQQRR!!!” which are both incredibly different phrases. When a fangirl experiences the latter, they do need someone to ajrkuuukqqqr with. Yes? Yes.
Only dragonish howling will help these feelings.
So when you find someone who loves a book like you do, it is basically time to LET LOOSE THE SEVEN SUNS AND HALLELUJAHS AND DANCE IN THE GLITTER OF GLORY. This feeling = the best. (Particularly when it’s an obscure book and you’d nearly given up hope of finding a fellow fan.)
3. OPENING A BOX OF BOOKS
It doesn’t matter if you know what’s inside — IT’S STILL CHRISTMAS. It’s glorious. New, packaged books smell good. They look good! They taste good!
Um…wait. Okay, one of these reactions is slightly less normal than the others.
4. FINDING A BOOK THAT WAS BASICALLY 100% WRITTEN FOR YOU.
Being a rabid bookworm, I’ve developed a list of things I love in books. It’s a lengthy list, it basically includes cake and dragons and stabby stabbings. (Which are all so much fun.) So when I find a book that fills, like, all the criteria on my list for “Most Excellent Book Of Them All”…it honestly feels like the author wrote the book FOR ME.
Books That Have Been Written Specifically For Cait, And Basically Her Name Is On The Front Cover:
- Everything by Maggie Stiefvater, duh, but particularly The Raven Boys
- The Accident Season ~ this was like my Maggie-Stiefvater-hang-over-cure
- Bone Gap ~ because strange boys and strange girls and corn and bees and midnight horse rides
- The Girl From Everywhere ~ because dragons and maps and a sassy thief
- Fangirl ~ because anxious fangirling writer, aka me
- Half Bad ~ because abused strange sad boys and crazy dark scary stuff
5. EATING A CAKE THAT LOOKS LIKE A BOOK
Okay, I confess. This is my one LIE. Because I have not yet eaten a book cake. This is 98% of the reason* I want to become an author, though? So someone will make me a book cake and I can eat it.
But until then, I’m just going to assume this is one of the best bookish feels.
* If you’re curious about the 2%, which of course you are, it is because I also plan to annotate my own book someday with a sarcastic/hilarious side-commentary on MY OWN characters/writing style and then give them away to unsuspecting humans and watch them spiral into laughter or doom. Either is okay.
6. BECOMING A BOOK
Because you are what you eat, as they always say. And with all the books I’ve read, I’m pretty sure I’m 80% book and 18% immortal genius and the 2% nobody knows what.
7. BEING A BOOKWORM ENCYCLOPEDIA (A BOOKPEDIA? AN ENCYCLOWORM?)
I perfer Encycloworm? So I’ll go with that. MOVING ON! It is glorious to know all. the. things about a book, or the process of making a book, or the publication journey of a specific book, or how books grow and sprout leaves when unattended. JUST KNOWING NERDY BOOK THINGS, OKAY?
8. REALISING A BOOK IS PRETTIER IN REAL LIFE AND THEREFORE PLEDGING TO ABSCOND WITH IT AND MARRY AT DAWN
I am a Goodreads fiend. Meaning, I rule it almost all hours of the day (unless I, personally, am accidentally unconscious and one of the clones is on coffee break) and therefore I behold MANY beautiful covers. I won’t deny: I read books on cover love alone. But when I order the book and it arrives and it’s so suffocatingly beautiful I can only hold it and shriek because my entire being is about to explode with the gorgeousness clasped to my soul???????!
THAT IS A GOOD FEELING.
9. BEING RECOMMENDED A BOOK BY SOMEONE WHO GENUINELY KNOWS YOU, ERGO THERE’S AN EXCELLENT CHANCE YOU’LL LOVE SAID BOOK
I get recommended books on Goodreads all. the. time. and it drives me crazy, because it’s never from people I know and it’s always for books I’M INTERESTED IN EXACTLY 0%.
But if I know a person and they dash up to me and holler, “CAIT I’VE GOT A BOOK FOR YOU. READ IT OR I’LL BRING OUT THE LEVIATHAN AND IT’LL THREATEN YOU WITH A SPORK” I really trust that. I think they know me. So I read the book. I love the book. I am saved from the leviathan. We have tea and scones together, instead, and discuss the book and my life* is infinitely better**.
* The moral of this story is if you think you have a book I might really like to read, do holler at me…but not through Goodreads because I ignore those rec’s now.
** The second moral of this story is that I like leviathans, because they are dragon’s cousins, and if you give me scones I’m quite reasonable about all sorts of things.
10. BEING SO EXTRAORDINARILY INSPIRED BY A BOOK, YOU GO OUT AND DO A THING IN HONOUR OF BOOK
For instance, after I read I’ll Give You The Sun, I wanted to go out and ART, SO SO BADLY. I’ve never felt so motivated to art than after I read that book. And books do this to me all the time!! It can be quite inconvenient, because no one thinks it’s a good idea for me to lead a life of crime after How To Lead A Life of Crime. Which is understandable. I’m a notorious evil overlord OF COURSE but I have far too many manners — ergo, I’m not fit for a life on the streets.*
Failing the physical doing…some books really inspire me to write a thing. And that’s intensely spectacular and exciting.
Or, the darn books give particularly delicious food descriptions and inspire me to go EAT THE FOOD. Don’t read Game of Thrones, just…umph, don’t even bother unless you’re fortified with lemon cakes. This applies to The Wrath and the Dawn and Persian curries….oh, and The Scorpio Races and those DANG NOVEMBER CAKES WHICH I WANT SO MUCH I COULD HOWL.**
* I’ll need an evil, nice, posh lair to rule from, obviously. Preferably a dark palace.
** I cannot make November cakes right now, obviously, because it’s not November and do I look like a deluded pineapple to you? No. So I will wait for the correct season.
All of these moments. Yes. And it’s also strangely satisfying to see a total stranger in public reading one of your favorite books. Like, you don’t even know them but you’re super happy they’re reading it???? This happened the other day with Daughter of Smoke and Bone and I wanted to rush over and talk to this girl about it so badly but I didn’t.
OMG YES THAT ONE TOO!! It’s like the book is recommending the person, right?! I think I saw that as a quote somewhere and it’s stuck with me ever since. :’)
#1 made me laugh so much!!! Its so true. Sadly it doesn’t happen that often =( Although I did get my brother stuck on Half Bad recently, and he got so into it that I bought Half Wild and he just devoured it. So now I’ve hooked him on the series lol. And because he’s still in school and not earning any money, he’s pretty much at my bookish mercy (hehehe). Stiefvater is still on my list – I’ll admit she’s only on it at all because of you!! But It seems like I’m taking forever to get round to her. Plus I’ve got uni books to read too, now.
I still can’t get over that beautiful colourful bookstagram!! Whoo! (Now you’ve mentioned the glare, it honestly the first thing I see. I didn’t even notice it before!!) This brightened my day. Thank you for a fun post. :3
Oh! Oh you are a GOOD SISTER. My sister has basically gone off reading, which makes me howl, because we were Lunar Chronicles fans together?! And now I’ve read Winter and she has zero intentions of reading it AND I CAN’T EVEN. I NEEDED TO FLAIL ABOUT THE ENDING WITH HER. *sad face* But still. Converting siblings is an awesome feeling.
ZOMG I HOPE YOU READ A STIEFVATER SOOOOOOON. I shall keep flailing until you do. OKAY FINE. Let’s face. I won’t ever stop flailing.😂
Great topic choice, Cait! I love throwing the books I love at people in the hope they’ll read them, just so I have someone to share in my elation/misery. Also encycloworm. I like that word.
Throwing books is like the BEST part of being a bookworm. We should be called professional book throwers and paid for our enthusiastic marketing skills. :’)
The best part of bookish life, for me, is opening a new box of books. I jump up and down every time, like a toddler getting a Christmas present.
SAME! SAME! It’s like a potential christmas ANY TIME OF THe YEAR. :’)
I stand for Encycloworm .That name is 50% disturbing and 50% fabulous. But I’m like that – the two weeks that follow after I finish a book I REALLY love, I will either obsessively reread, or spout quotes from the book. And make fandom crafts. And try out the food mentioned in the book. And carry it around, occasionally stroking it. It’s a glorious process. By the end of it, everyone is truly fed up of me lol.
ALSO OMG THAT MINI HOBBIT IS SO CUTE?? How do you print books that small? HOW? *cries bc cuteness*
Agreed. Disturbing and fabulous are awfully glorious combinations and I LIKE THEM A LOT. I go crazy taking photos of books I love an astronomical amount. And then my instagram feed glowers at me because I spam everyone with photos of ONE BOOK BUT I HAVE FANGIRL PASSIONS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED.
That moment when you walk out onto your front porch AND SEE A PACKAGE YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING.
Best.
Feeling.
Ever.
YESSS. OMG I COULD CRY BECAUSE I LOVE THAT FEELING SO MUCH. Or like if you win something and then forget about it?!? Christmas. Potential christmases EVERYWHERE.
Oh my this was the funniest thing I’ve read in a while! Fa girls going to fan… 😉
Fangirls gonna fan and NO REGRETS. 😂😂 I’m glad you liked it, Lois!!
Yep, these top 10 moments are the best thing to ever happen! Especially finding perfect books that you just want to reread over and over again for the rest of your life. Also, being inspired by a book is so motivating! Unless it’s near impossible for you to achieve it. (Like becoming a Grisha.) 🙁 But anyway, awesome post!
Omg, I want to be a Grisha too though. JOIN ME IN THE QUEST OF FINDING A WAY TO GRISHADOM, CLOE!
THIS LIST IS SO ON POINT.
#1 most especially are the best bookish moments for me. I just can’t stop flailing when I recommend a book and the person I recommended to loves it so much that they join the fandom! On my blog I say that I do what I do because “the nirvana of reading can only be achieved once you share it with other people” and I think this moment pretty much is the realisation of that.
Also, #4 and #10! Finding a book that speaks to you and inspires you is such a precious thing.
WHY THANK YOU HAZEL. <3😂 And I totally agree! Like it makes books even more special to fling them at people and get them as excited as us, right?!? I LOVE IT. I WILL DO IT FOREVER. I think that's like a top reason why a lot of us blog, too, right?! We must make little armies of fans. *nods*
Brilliant list! My favourite is opening a box of books. I LOVE getting a box of books delivered to me. I swear my hands tremble with anxiety and anticipation as I try to open it ever so carefully so as not to damage any of the books. lol
SAME! SAME! Even if I know what’s going to be in the box?! I still can’t contain the excitement. Plus boxes of books smell ridiculously good?!?
All of these, yaaaaaassss.
The book that I’m convinced was totally written for me was Goliath by Scott Westerfeld. I mean, the dedication was even “to everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last”, and that’s me 100%, so the book was obviously written for me, and no one will convince me otherwise 😉
Omg that is so so awesome you found that book then!! (I still need to read that one actually. :P) But I just looove that feeling of the book being like 100% FOR YOU. <3 Best of ever.
Nothing better than geeking out with a friend 😉
HALF BAD! OH MY GOD! SO READY FOR HALF LOST! ALSO, THE RAVEN KING! (And yes, you were the person who converted me to Stiefvater through your near-constant fangirling. 😉 ) BUT, SERIOUSLY, HAVE YOU SEEN THE PREVIEW CHAPTERS FOR HALF LOST?! I’M ALREADY BETTING IT’LL BE THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR!!
I’ll Give You The Sun made us all want to art. 🙂
NOVEMBER CAKES. I was going to make some in November, but they take A LOT of ingredients, and I am a poor student. 🙁
…I’m thinking about permanently disabling my caps lock key.
I AM SO READY AND YET NOT READY FOR HALF LOST?!? I absolutely don’t trust Sally Green to deliver a nice ending.😂 All the babies are going TO BE HUUUURT, I JUST KNOW IT. Ah, but omg I’m so glad I converted you to the Stiefvaterfan life. :’) It truly is the best. Nothing like agony amongst friends.
AHEM.
I have a lot of food allergies which is probably the #1 REAL reason I haven’t made November cakes. LIFE IS CRUEL.
I like that moment when you see someone in Starbucks or on a train reading a book I really liked. I particularly enjoy trying to make awkward eye contact and organise my face into an expression that clearly says “I am not a weirdo and I don’t want to actually speak to you or anything but yay we are secret book friends.” These moments make me happy.
OMG OMG YES!! HOW COULD I FORGET THAT MOMENT?! I love that. I saw a quote once that said “when you see a person reading a good book, it’s like the book is recommending the person” (that was badly reworded, but you get the gist) 😂
It’s fun read 😀 Thank you Cait 😀
I really love number 1-4 because it is quite often happen to me 😀
Aw, thanks, Hana! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😂
Oh these are all really darn good. I think #3 is pretty much the best. I LOVE opening a box of books and seeing them in all their glory. Lovely list!
Yessss, it’s so wonderful. Even when we know what’s inside, right?! IT’S STILL SPECIAL.😂
YES to all of these! Also, I just know that number 9 was inspired by my constant yelling about Simon VS. It is, isn’t it? *nods* I thought so. Mission accomplished then!
AND ABSOLUTELY YOU WIN FOR #9. 😂 I had so. so. many. people. telling me to read that book though, like literally threatening to smack me with it if I didn’t read it. I’M SO GLAD I LISTENED.
I don’t have many friends that read (except for my online buddies), so I haven’t converted TOO many people to my favorite fandoms. Actually, they’ve converted me to quite a few, like Sherlock and Dr. Who. AKA, they’ve ruined my liiiiife. But for me, my favorite bookworm moments are when I find a fellow fangirl about something I love, and we just tweet away into the wee hours. And stalking actors on YouTube by watching their ice bucket challenges (bc come on some of them wear white shirts). 😀
SAME!! I mean, I did convert my sister to a lot of fandoms, but then she ran off with school and thins so MERP. I shall just continue converting online friends to all my rabid fandoms. 😂
My favorite bookish moment is when you put a new book on a shelf, and you find the perfect spot for it, consequently doing nothing the rest of the day because all you can do is stare at it and marvel at it’s perfection.
YES THAT IS PERFECT TOO!! Actually, funnily enough, I just rearranged my shelves today to make room for more shelves and omg, some books just fit in so so perfectly that it was basically cause for a happy dancing flail. <3
*Sniffle* I SO want 3 and 4 to happen to me.. I can’t wait until I have a book that I love so much I TEAR IT TO SHREDS! …By reading it so much.. Sometimes it’s ok to destroy the things you love?
I HOPE YOU DO FIND A BOOK LIKE THAT SOMEDAY!! I tend to eat them when I love them that much. :’) No regrets.
I think that’s when you know you’ve made it as an author… when you see your book in cake! 😀 Incidentally, I’m not craving lemon cake!
YESSS! Ultimate author goals, right?!? And lemon cakes….omg, I would definitely like to try the official recipe one day.😂
Nice list. 🙂 Not much better than seeing a new book on the porch. So yeah #3. And of course #1- when you recommend something and they become a fan- yesss. Cha- ching. Good feeling.
Lemon cakes LOL. Go Sansa! And #8- sometimes you see a cover and you’re like, oh that’s nice, then it arrives and looks even better. A good cover is not to be trifled with. Oh, and I’ll go with encycloworm, I like that one…
Omg I LOVE IT when the cover looks even better in real life…good covers sell books, they absolutely do. I get books on cover love alone a lot of the time. I should probably be ashamed??!? 😂 But I’m not.
Another great post 🙂 My best bookish moment is when I first walk into the library-every single time it gets to me and I just pause a few seconds to soak in all the awesomeness. There’s so many possibilities waiting for me on the shelves, and it’s always such a joy to find hidden treasures to take home. My kids think I’m an absolute loon and avoid going to the library with me, if at all possible lol.
Aw thank you, Sara! I do try. 😂 AHEMMMM. But yes, I love walking into libraries too. SO SO MUCH. Plus my library has books for sale out the front most of the time?! So it’s like walking in and always knowing you could potentially find a cheap book bargain. I LURVE IT.
I love this topic! I can relate to so many of these. But my favorite is when I push and push and push a certain book on someone and then they LOVE it!! That is the best feeling in the world.
Zomg yessss. I mean, it’s scary?! Because what if they don’t love it…but absolutely worth it when they become a wild ecstatic fan too!😂
I LOVE ALL OF THIS SO MUCH. Like, seriously, ALL of these I HAVE FULLY EXPERIENCED. Thank you for writing this – it makes me happy I’m a bookaholic and if obsessing over words is what I do for the rest of my life SO BE IT. : D
There is no greater thing than being a bookaholic, I think. :’) WORDS ARE A GRAND THING TO OBSESS OVER *hi fives*
Cait, if you want to credit for making me read Stiefvater, you can totally have it. I was leery at first but with your obsessive fangirling, I gave it a go… and I LOVED IT! Yeah for you!
Also, anytime I open a box of books it is like my birthday. I don’t care if it is one book or ten books or books I’ve never heard of it. They are BOOKS!
This is a wonderful list. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you have a great rest of the week!
I shall happily take credit for that. HAPPILY. *commences happy dance* And I’m glad my obsessive fangirling prevailed. 😂 BECAUSE I SHALL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP. DANCE THE DANCE OF STEIEFVATER LIFE WITH ME, AMANDA! Ahem.
I lurvvvve this!!! You’re so adorable. But wait… Cake that looks like books? This MUST exist!! Put it in ma belly!!!
YES IT DOES EXIST. JUST GOOGLE IT, LISA. YOUR LIFE WILL BE 10000% ENRICHED.
Sadly, I know no one in real life who I can crazy fan girl with. One of my close friends and I exchange books frequently, but she’s just not the fan girl type. Most fan girling is done in the privacy of my home, some place on the internet, or towards my family, in which case they ignore me and pretend they are not related. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can meet one of the rare creatures that is a fan boy and keep him as my very own so we may speak of books and movies and laugh/cry over gruesome character deaths.
Best bookish feels:
1) Coming out of the book store skipping and dancing because you got that one book you’ve been holding out for. I do this often.
2) Something is so good you just can’t sleep. There is no sleep until the book is devoured.
3) Being allowed hours of browsing time in a book store.
4) Smelling books in said book store and not being looked at like you are crazy… for the most part.
5) When a book makes you have a visible reaction (cry, laugh, hurtle the book against the wall with a scream…).
6) When you learn a lesson from a book that very eerily reflects something going on in your own life.
There is more, of course, but I should really stop.
SAME! My sister used to be a reader, but she never reads anymore, particularly not what I read. *wails* But we used to fangirl like crazy over stuff, so it is a good feeling. :’)
omg I relate to the no-sleeping-ever one. 😂 I’ve done that because a book is SO GOOD I couldn’t even stop thinking about it!! And I would love to have browsing time in a bookstore…alas being the only bookworm in the family makes that never happen. I GOTTA WORK HARDER TO CONVERT MY FAMILY!! Ahem. Also walking through a bookstore and pointing out the books you’ve read?! So much win.
I LOVE, LOVE THIS POST!!! And I absolutely agree with all your points! Anything bookish related never fails to bring a smile on my face, specially when your bookish package arrives when you were least expecting it but NEEDED it pretty badly. Also fangirling about a book or a character with other people, it’s such a glorious feeling!
OMG YES!! Or if it comes quicker than you thought?!?? I love that. It’s like I’m prepared to wait for X amount of days and then HUZZAH AND SURPRISE IT IS HERE EARLIER. *cries happy tears*
Book cake should totally be a thing! great post as usual Cait 😀
IT SHOULD BE. I mean, it kind of is??? I see cakes that look like books a lot but I have yet to eat one.😂
Great topic choice! Your lists always make me laugh!
Aw, thanks, JJ! 😂
YES. YES. ALL OF THESE. Converting readers to my fandoms–yes. *nods* That has to be the top one. Like, there’s nothing as exciting as getting others excited about what I’m excited about. It’s especially fun when the book you’re excited about is more obscure.
New books are the best. I LOVE opening book boxes and pulling them out and stroking them and piling them up and wearing them as hats. And they smell so GOOD. Book orders are the best of ever.
Obviously you’re 80% book, 18% immortal genius, and 2% cake dragon.
Especially when it’s a PAINFUL fandom. #amevil mwahahah. Omg, my friend had SO MUCH FUN getting me into Game of Thrones and watching me spiral into doom. -_-
STROKING BOOKS THO. <3 AND HUGGING AND SNIFFING THEM.
I will take those percentages too.
YES to opening boxes of books. I get ridiculously excited when books come in the mail, even when I know exactly which books are in the box because I ordered them.
SAME!! And it doesn’t matter if we know what’s inside right?!? IT’S STILL SO EXCITING. And I always find books look a bit different to the online photos anyway, so it’s still kinda a surprise. :’)
I am DEFINITELY a Stiefvater fan because of you. SO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF. Also now I want to make you a book cake with one of your bookcovers in frosting on the top… COME TO MY HOUSE SO I CAN MAKE YOU A BOOKCAKE, CAKENBOO.
also we COULD, TECHNICALLY make January cakes right now? They could be honor of you, because your birthday. We could call them… Cait Cakes. XD
I legit really want to contact Maggie Stiefvater and ask if she has a recipe or idea in mind for what the November cakes actually are??? So maybe I could try replicating them???? We must do this thing, Cait.
I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF. IT IS THE MOST GLORIOUS THING OF MY LEGACY TO HAVE CREATED SO MANY STIEFVATER FANS. <3 And yes, you need to make me that cake. I SHALL COME SPECIFICALLY OVER TO YOUR HOUSE TO EAT IT. *summons dragons*
I think January cakes would be nice. :') Tbh, I need to write a book to invent my own kind of cake??? Because that would be epic and I could sell the recipe and become famous.
OMG DIDN'T YOU KNOW?!? THERE IS A RECIPE!!! HERE BEHOLD THIS. If I didn’t have so many allergies I would’ve made them by now.😂
YOU HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES??? I DID NOT KNOW THIS. NUUUU. I suffered from a milk allergy for like fifteen years with an off-and-on wheat intolerance. I GET YOU, GURL. I REALLY DO. *huggles and feeds you non allergy things*
(also maybe i am going to make these November cakes asap if my mom let’s me. oh my word. i need these.)
OMG DIDN’T I TELL YOU!? But yes, it’s kind of frustrating. *heavy sigh* I don’t eat ANY grains (so not even rice, and definitely not wheat) and no dairy, nuts or sugar. I EAT AIR. 😂
APPARENTLY. YOU POOR THING. THAT’S TERRIBLE.
#1 The feeling you get when you finish an A+++ book and you just sit there warm and content and no one can break that bubble. Then usually you end up reading something that guts you. Such is book life.
Also, your #1&2 are so true. I’ve been converting one of my sisters-in-law to become a book lover. Muahahaha. And I keep lending my father-in-law books he ends up loving. I’ve become the go-to book recommender. It is a title I take quite seriously (and seriously loooove).
And a close follow up to all of the above is opening up that box of books, or just a box with a single book. I know I ordered it on Amazon so it shouldn’t be that much of a rewarding experience, but IT IS!!
OMG YES TO THAT FEELING. That is like one of the most amazing feelings of the world. Pure happiness. :’) Or pure terrible feels, because, ya know, books are mean.
I’ve converted my niece and nephew into book hoarders and it’s GLORIOUS to behold. :’)
YOUR PICTURES ARE FABULOUS, I’m rendered speechless by your genius. Teach me your ways! BTW, where did you get the little books? That is such a cute bookish craft/thing/toy/decor to have <3
and I agree whole-heartedly with this list, especially converting people to love your fandom. I also love The Raven Cycle and it makes me happy when people decides to read and realizes they love it too.
OMG THANK YOU JOAN. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. I SHALL JUST FLAIL NOW.😊 Oh oh I make the little books! (I probably should’ve mentioned that in my post. *facepalm*) I actually sell them if you’re interested. 😛 AHEM.
But omg another Raven fan?! FLAIL WITH ME FOREVER, JOAN. <3 I have infinite love for Gansey at the moment...ergo I'm preparing to infinitely cry in The Raven King.
“OPENING A BOX OF BOOKS”
My husband felt bad about getting me books for Christmas this year and then he found out he got me books I already read and he was doubly disappointed. I assured him, as I sat on our couch holding them close and sniffing deeply that it was all good. I wanted them, needed them and they completed my Lunar Chronicles set. I’m pretty sure he thinks I’m crazy.
Omg, you are fabulous!! 😂 And YES the feeling is real!! People are always like “why would you want books as a present…don’t you want something fun” and I’m just like “YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY RECEIVING BOOKS MAKES ME”. 😀
Yes!!!!!!!!!!! Such Genius!
Definitely 1, 2,3, 4 and 9 I can relate to (ESPECIALLY 4, which recently happened except with a TV show but stories are stories). Other one’s I would add would be:
when your library restocks their new book shelf,
when your fav. author (or one of them) releases a new book,
when your normally uncooperative brother agrees to go to the book fair (a very forien place for him) and buy the book you’ve been wanting to read for ages but you can’t buy it yourself since you’re in high school this year and the book fair only comes to the middle school which is totally unfair and makes you want to cry especially when you hear afterward that the third book of you fav. series EVER is there and it’s the only one that you don’t own and it was only 3 bucks. but you didn’t know it was there so your brother couldn’t buy it for you but you’re still EXTREMELY happy because he did surprisingly buy that first book you wanted.
OMGGG YES. Especially to favourite authors releasing new books. I found out that TWO of my favourite authors are working on new books this week and I COULD SCREAM WITH DELIGHT! Okay, wait. I will scream with delight.
*flails and shrieks*
aHem.
Yes, I’m good now.
Also another: when your sister gives you her bookshelves. <3
BUT YOUR BRO THO. WHAT A GOOD BRO.
Wonderful list! Re: #1, I agree, it’s amazing when you get someone into a book and they end up flailing about it as much as you xD Also as amazing a feeling is #3 when you come across a book that totally gets you <3 Haha, and I totally hear you about #10, though so far what's happened is I've read a book that made me want to travel to that particular locale (read Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind a few years ago that made me want to go to Spain/Barcelona sooooooooo badly and my family and I ended up squeezing it in to the itinerary 🙂 Good times).
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Omg having a book that “gets me” just..afdjakslfdja it gives me endless good feels and I feel like I remember that book FOREVER. <3 Eeeep. Omg, and you even travelled to places because of books?! YOU WIN FOR BOOKS INSPIRING YOU!!😂
ENCYCLOWORM FOR LIFE!!!!!!
THE BEST WAY TO LIVE LIFE TO BE SURE.
Oh, man, I love good food descriptions in a book. Even if the food itself is not that appetising – I read Cold Mountain and really wanted to eat, like, corn mush. Which is not a foodal choice I ever make in life.
BAHAHA. I GET THAT!! I’m not even the biggest fan of lemon and I STILL want to eat Game of Thrones lemon cakes. 😂
Basically when all of the feels come pouring out when you finish a series, every single time. Was I devastated when Harry Potter ended? ABSOLUTELY! Did I ugly cry? YOU BETCHA.
Book hangovers are an awful but essential part to being a bookworm!
OMG ME TOO. I only finished HP7 this year and UGLY TEARS. SAD FEELS. STILL NOT OKAY. I’m pretty extra sure some of those deaths were typos though??? BECAUSE SURELY NO. *lives in denial*
THE RAVEN KIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG. Oh yes yes yes, soooooo many of these! Converting friends to your fandom or just as wonderfully, being converted to a fandom and watching your friends dissolve into a puddle of shrieks and happiness (like when I read the Song of the Lioness quartet this summer. THE TWITTERING, MY GOD). I love wandering around bookstores, even if there isn’t anything I particularly want. It’s soothing and fun. On the flipside, I love bookish mail because I LOVE MAIL and even if it’s a book I’ve ordered, like you said: opening that box or envelope is such a rush. Pretty pretty books to find a space for on the shelves! I’m a BIG fan of book related eating; when I read the Parasol Protectorate series, I got really into tea and milk chocolate digestives. And yeah, totally started eating lemon cakes because of Game of Thrones. But I’m with you, seasonal food must be seasonal! It’s sort of like having bookish holidays to celebrate 🙂 My sister and I made a cake for Harry Potter’s birthday one year. Mutual flailing over a little known book is such a good feeling. My new favorite book thing is becoming all-consumed and then finding all the fan art and memes on tumblr and falling deeper into my bookworm hole. Ahhh. As always, perfect post is perfect. You are a delight.
Omg wandering bookstores is a DEFINITE good bookish feel. also when you go down the aisles and can be like “I’ve read that” and “yup, read that and that and that” and it’s like hi fiving old buddies. :’) Omg. LOVE IT.
BOOKISH MAIL THOUGH. <3 Because who can doubt the gloriousness of books delivered right to your front door, right?! INFINITE LOVE.
(I really want to try a Game of Thrones lemon cake someday. 😂 NEED. It's like the only good thing that happens in that series...even pie is slightly dubious now. *gulps*)
I want a bookish cake for my birthday. Maybe I’ll demand it for my 30th. Go big or go home right? I don’t know if I like turning people into fangirls, they always take it too far!
I introduced two of my friends (separate friends during separate times of my life) to Kdramas and Kpop and they both ran away to Korea for X amount of years. The fangirl urge is strong I gues.
ABSOLUTELY! And if anyone complains just tell them it’s a good thing you’re not asking for thirty cakes like books. And then they’ll realise what a nice, reasonable person you are and get you a book-cake ASAP. *nods* This will work, I’m sure of it.
Omggg!! They actually ran away to Korea. 😂 YOU SHOULD GET A MEDAL FOR THAT.
I definitely agree with #10. Usually after reading a book I want to cook all the things in it, or figure out how to do the things in it (still working on magic school admission).
I did my Top 10 Tuesday list on fictional school I’d like to attend, if you’d care to take a look: http://tinyurl.com/hbghtl6
Zomg, cooking the things! YES. I would really love to make so many bookish recipes. XD ONE DAY I SHALL!
#1 and #10 totally speak to me! I may have only converted my sister and one of my friends into a “rabid fangirl”, but the joyous feeling that I got after proving that my taste in books were legit, was unforgettable. It was also THEE MOST AWESOMEST feeling ever! It’s also quite weird how the inspiring books speak to you the most. I always remember the books that made me want to do things and think about things more than I remember the ones that don’t. Awesome and relatable post!
SAME! The books that really glue themselves to my soul and inspire me to go out and DO STUFF are the ones I always think most fondly of. :’) Like I literally went and got into art after I’ll Give You the Sun. 😂 NOT AS GOOD AS THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK OBVIOUSLY. hehe. But it was an aaaamazingly inspirational thing. :’)
Good list!!
Here’s a link to my TTT post for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-ten-tuesday-10-favorite-indie.html
Thankyou. 🙂
Oh, opening a box of books is always a great feeling. And I’m totally that crazy person that you see sniffing her books all the time. I can’t help it! Some of them smell SOO SOO good. I would add meeting authors you really love in person. That’s always a really awesome feeling, even if you’re too shy to really say anything (hello? Me!)
-Lauren
I SNIFF BOOKS TOO!! I don’t even care if it’s weird. 😂 They smell so incredibly good, omg. And I have been known to have faint hyperventilating flail attacks over book packages arriving. I DON’t EVEN CARE. IT’S JUST SO EXCITING.
I’ve never met any author IRL because I’m so shy!! 😂 But I kind of want to one day?!
THESE ARE SO TRUE. Probably the best part for me is discovering my new favourite book, or finding someone who loves it just as much as I do. Coincidentally – YOU LIKE HALF BAD?! MY FAVOURITE SERIES!! Can we just take a moment to appreciate Nabriel, i.e. the cutest ship ever? (I need them to be together in Half Lost, so bad!). Getting new books is also the best thing ever. I love trying to fit them into my bookshelf! 😀
Thanks for sharing these, Cait! Thanks for dropping by at The Bibliolater too!
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AFJDKLASD YES I LOVE HALF BAD. AND NABRIEL IS LIKE ONE OF MY TOP SHIPS OF THE UNIVERSE. *Ships them aggressively* Even though I kiiind of feel Nathan isn’t ready for a romance at this point? Like he needs 92 years of healing and peace. Omg. That poor abused little thing. BUT I STILL WANT HIM AND GABRIEL TO HAVE A HEA. Is that too much to ask?? (Probably: yes. Omg I’m so nervous for Half Lost.)
YAY!!! Love this post… You always write posts that feel like you got in my head and wrote down exactly how I feel about a topic,
I LOVE recommending books to people. Hence why I have sent you two in the past. I can’t help myself. I’m usually really careful with what I recommend you, but so far I have got two for two. The only other one I desperately wanted you to read so I could read your review for was Forbidden, but you listed that as one you never plan to read >.< OOOPS!!!
I LOVE finding books that feel like they were written for me. I just read When We Collided by Emery Lord and that felt like it. It dealt with grief and mental illness so beautifully. I loved it. I think that might be one you would enjoy, even though you're not a massive contemp fan.
THAT IS BECAUSE I AM THE ALL KNOWING OVERLORD. <-- legit explanation there OF COURSE. Ahem. What were we saying. AH YES. So squeee to recommendations and OMG I LOVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TOO, BTW. YOU HAVE NOT LEAD ME ASTRAY!!😂 Even if I'm a sudden SJM grumpy gills, but, hehe, at least we agreed on a lot of QoS downfalls, right?! Ahem. (But *whispers* I kind of do want to read Forbidden now since I've had so many people tell me not to judge it. BUT I'M DUBIOUS. 😂😂 So we'll see.) I obviously need When We Collided! And pfft, I'm not the biggest contemporary fan buuuut some of my ALL TIME FAVOURITE BOOKS (hello All The Bright Places) are contemporaries. :') So I never turn them down!! *goes to the library to look it up*
Literally agree with all of these. Also great idea for this week’s topic.
If you are interested my TTT is here: http://powisamy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/top-ten-tuesday-ten-ukya-books.html
I’m glad you agree. IT IS THE ONLY WAY. (Mwaahahah. Ahem.) 😂
So much yes to opening up a box of books. It’s seriously the best. Great list (and photos)!
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Thanks, Natalie! ;D Opening those boxes is AN EXTRAORDINARY GLORIOUS FEELING.
YES to all of this haha. I absolutely love, love, love this post. Number 1 on your list is definitely one I can relate to. I take a great deal of pleasure in making my friends suffer the pain I felt after reading a certain book. Their pain is basically like a “well, you’re not laughing now” moment.
Now about this cake, I want it. Seriously. Cake + books = everything so we all need a book looking cake.
Being inspired by a book is the best feeling in the world. However, most of the time I’m inspired to actually visit the locations. Books make my wanderlust go wild. I will confess that books that feature sports/athletes make me want to actually try and watch the sport. I usually fail at this but it’s the thought that counts, right. 😛
It’s like karma right?! IT’S ACTUALLY QUITE FAIR AND GOOD IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS. *keeps telling self this to make it true* AHEM.😂
And I see absolutely no downside in eating a cake-book. I’ve heard some people say they wouldn’t on principle, but pfffft. It’s like EATING THE THING YOU LOVE THE MOST. I see no problems with that. I could eat 5.
I love that picture of your bookshelf so much. You probably shouldn’t have put it first, because I couldn’t stop staring. 😛
YES to #4.
Hahahaha, I can’t wait to read an annotated edition of one of your books some day. 😀
Ooh, #7 is a good point.
#9: *raises hand*
That’s my trick just to keep all the people lured onto my blog. SHELFIE PICTURES. There is no downside to them :’)
(And also my parents have agreed to let me abscond with my sister’s shelves! I AM SO EXCITED.)
(Ahem)
You are like the queen of #9.
Yes to this list!! I love-love-LOVE inflicting – er, recommending – my favourite books to people…and then waiting impatiently for them to read it so we can talk about THE AWESOMENESS!
Although there is always that awkward moment if they don’t like it…
INFLICTING. 😂 That is the much more honest term…*ahem* But if we have to suffer. SO SHOULD THEY. THAT IS ALL.
YES TO ALL OF THESE. Also, I LOVE the photo you took of Six of Crows – so pretty. And ooh yes, I love it when you can fangirl with someone about a book you love – IT’S THE BEST. And YASSS, I love opening book packages because it’s got pretty books inside that smell nice too and they hold new adventures and friends and it makes my life.
EEEP THANK YOU, KYRA! 😀 I was really pleased with how that one turned out but…it will probably never happen again. I have no idea what I did. 😂 AHEM. But fangirling with someone else = so much. fun. I looooove stroking new books too, and just piling them all over my bed and feeling HAPPY. :’)
LOVE! I agree that all of these things are the absolute best! I want to convert everyone into fanatics for the Love Me With Lies series, The Raven Cycle and The Others series!!!!!!!
I will squawk about the Raven Cycle for BASICALLY FOREVER WITH NO REGRETS BECAUSE I LOVE IT TOO RIDICULOUSLY MUCH OMG. <3
I agree with #4 completely! That is probably the best bookish moment for me!
NOTHING BEATS THE FABULOUSNESS OF THAT MOMENT. :’)
You converted me, I’m Stiefvater trash. I recommend her books to everyone.
My favorite moment will always be reading the first page of a new or old story.
THIS IS THE MOST GLORIOUS NEEWS OF EVER. I AM SO PROUD. OMG SKYE. <3
The best part of being a bookworm is when it’s rainy and you can curl up on a soft thing (preferably near a couch) with a soft blanket and at least one book, and nice humans bring you hot chocolate and snacks to encourage your endeavours. YES. That is the best thing. All your reasons are nice. Other good things about being bookworms is once you’re well known for such you get a lot of books as presents, and also having bookworm friends to flail with.
Omg I need to get me some nice humans who bring me things like that. :O I’m working on my dog??? But he truly is a lazy fellow. AHEM. AND YES! Books as presents are GRADN (unless your family is of the opinion you have too many, hehe.)😂
YESSS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS LIST.
I have a friend who has almost the exact same taste in books as I do, and I love it when she recommends books to me.
By the way, you are awesome. I just sort of stumbled across your blog earlier, and I love it.
Awk! Finding friends with identical taste is. the. BEST. It’s like an eternal book reading buddy, right?!?
(Omg, thank you!! That is SO NICE TO HEAR. EEP. <3)
I’ve never eaten a cake which looks like a book but now I want to! Ha! What a fun and creative list! My TTT: Hottest Books in My Library right now.
SAME. It’s basically the toppest thing of my “NEED TO DO IMMEDIATELY” list. 😂
Can I just say that it’s awesome how all of your posts are so happy and funny? You add such joy to the blogging world without calling others to join you in it like you’re waging some almighty battle. You just DO it, and I absolutely adore you for that.
Anyways, converting people into fandoms is the best muahaha I pushed my co-blogger, Dash, into the Grisha Trilogy AND NOW SHE’S A FLAILING MASS OF FANGIRL #missionaccomplished My absolute favorite bookish moment is when I can touch all the spines of hardcover books *heart eyes* ♥_♥ <–heart eyes? I'm going with it. ANYWAYS I JUST LOVE HOW PRETTY HARDCOVER BOOKS ARE. And I love going to bookstores and being surrounded by copious amounts of aesthetically pleasing novels.
OMG THANK YOU SJ. <3 This means a lot to me because that is EXACTLY what I intend to do. *nods* I want to be positive and happy and blog these things and not even worry about the dramas. 😂 So I'm kind of glad you noticed, hehhh. SO LEMME HUG YOU NOW AND SMUSH CAKE AT YOU. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I SHOW FRIENDSHIP.
Ahem.
Omg, converting people is just SUCH a glorious feeling. :') Especially if they spiral downwards to the dark depths of character trauma. It's like fairness. *ahem*
HARDCOVERS ARE RIDICIULOUSLY GORGEOUS THO. Why are they so expensive though??? It will be the DETAH OF ME.
LOVE this post Cait!! Definitely making a “Gabi” version of this 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Cait! I missed you! I’ve been MIA for awhile because my desktop crashed and school started. BUT NOW I’M BACK.
And I wanted to tell you HOW COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY GORGEOUS that photo is of Six of Crows. So beautiful. I’m drooling.
AHHH WELCOME BACK EMILY!! I HAVE MISSED YOU. And omg I’m glad you like that Six of Crows photo. :’) I’m so proud of the darkness and shadows. 😂
I completely agree with all of these. I also haven’t yet eaten a book cake, but the ones I’ve seen are all so pretty that I don’t want to eat them. I just want to stare at them. And maybe eat a different cake, because not eating cake at all would be too much of a loss.
Another of my favorite moments is when a friend FINALLY picks up the book you’ve been recommending to them FOREVER, especially when you know it’s exactly their kind of book and they’ll have no choice but to love it. They don’t even have to have started reading it. Someone will tell me “So I got [insert amazing book here] from the library today” and my day is instantly so much better.
I would probably eat them anyway, PRETTY OR NOT. But this is like 99% of the reason I want to become an author — so I can have a book cake all of my own. :’) AHEM.
Oh oh when friends get around to book recs = GLORIOUS. You are so right!
If anyone ever threatens me with a spork I think I will befriend them instantly.
I always find with good books that I’m totally immersed in I end up sharing the emotion of the protagonist (rather than being inspired to do anything because effort). So I’m walking around the house all grumpy not really aware of it and mum’s like, what’s wrong with you?! And I’m like YOU DONT UNDERSTAND! [insert character] JUST DIED/BROKE UP/LOST THEIR PET/IS SUFFFERING FROM BEING A JOHN GREEN CHARACTER. Which makes it sound like a bad thing, but that’s how you know it’s a good book.
It’s quite the nefarious threat, isn’t it? *nods warily* Always befriend spork weilders. ALWAYS.
Omg but ME TOO. I literally was in a ROTTEN mood one day and I couldn’t figure out why because nothing bad had happened? And then I realised it was because one of my favourite characters was going through a hard time. 😂 SO BASICALLY I AM 100% WITH YOU ON THIS.
I love it when a book’s words are so incredibly beautiful/life changing/aggravating in a good way that I feel all the feels and am basically a different person and am so overcome by emotions that I cannot continue in normal human life. I love books that add to/ change the way I view the world or a part of the world. I love finding someone who feels everything I feel about a book so that we can infinitely fangirl/boy together until we fall from exhaustion. AHHHH. I could go on forever. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Aaaall the feels is basically. the. B.E.S.T. It totally just makes me feel, like more alive?! And a book that can do that is just proof of a master storyteller. :’)
Are you kidding? I didn’t want to come to the end of this post! You HAVE TO BE THE MOST fun, interesting, wacky,eloquent blogger in our bookie bloggy world. I am sorry to say I have never had a scone. and I love #6!! I think I now want to read every single thing on your blog-only I have to sleep sometimes, as I work in a deli and it wouldn’t be too good if I fell asleep on the slicer!! Thank you for being your wonderfully, wacky, insightful and delightful blogger.
Omgggg, BEST COMPLIMENT EVER. <3 *gives you cake* I AM NOW FLAILING HERE PERPETUALLY. THANK YOU!! Ahem. *composes self* But seriously, Joann, you need to have a scone. NEED TO. They are divine little things of (British?) origin and Australia took them for their own and SCONES MAKE THE WORLD TURN. (That saying I haven't had one in years and I'm craving one. 😂) Ahem. But back to books! Pfffft, sleep is for the weak. Just live on my blog. It's basically the only answer. (EXCEPT I KINDA DON'T WANT YOU TO FAL ON THE MEAT SLICER?? SO CAFFEINE MY FRIEND. CAFFEINE.)
Well you may just have converted me to Maggie Steifvater NEED RAVEN KING NOW. I love dressing up as characters with my friends who know who it is (a bunch of my friends did this one time with the Lunar Chronicles) Making obscure bood references that make sense to me. Finding out about something new from a book and having it change your life (for example, I read about Charlotte in Everything Leads to You who was doing a museum studies degree and decided it was my One True Path in life and I wanted to work in GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums))
AFJDKALFDJ MY WORK HERE IS DONE. I’M SO SO PLEASED. STIEFVATER FANS UNITE!!! And cry, because Gansey is gonna die. (And that rhymes. Omg. That will be the song of the deranged people.)
Omgggg, you decided on your future because of a book?! Okay that is INFINITELY cool. And I guess I kind of did too, because I was reading Lemony Snicket one day and I was just like “I am going to write stuff like this.” 😂 I mean I DIDN’T. But I do perpetually want to be a writer. :’)
DUDE. YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. #yesiamamericanandyeswesaydudeallthetimeandeathamburgersquickcallinterpolallthestereotypesaretrue
Basically, yes to all of this. And if you ever need someone to flail over The Raven Cycle or Fangirl with, you know where to look. *flails wildly to get your attention* *points at self with flashing neon signs while wearing a cake costume* I think it’s safe to say you’ve converted me. Perhaps.
WELL, DUUUUUDE, BACK. I AM NOT ABOVE SAYING DUDE. I think Australians use Dude? Like I wouldn’t even know because I never pay attention. 😂 Ahem. I WILL FOREVER BE READY TO FLAIL OVER THE RAVEN CYCLE. Have you ever looked up pinterest storyboards for it?! They. are. my. LIFE. I love the visuals ermagerd. *hugs all the Raveny things*
Full disclosure: You made me a Stiefvater fan. I actually only tried The Raven Boys because you recommended them with much capslock and many lists. And now, Stievater fan for life (I even learned how to spell her name correctly first try, that’s how well you have influenced me.). As to awesome bookish moments, finding a book that was 100% written for you is one of my favourite feelings! Like pretty much all of Derek Landy’s books. I feel that humour resonating deep in my soul. Ah, glorious feeling.
OMG. MY WORK HERE IS DONE. I AM SO SO PROUD. :’) I’m pretty sure I talk about my infinite love for Stiefvater books at least weekly!?? IT SHOULD BE DAILY LET’S BE HONEST. 😂 AHem. But I’m so glad you’re a fan. SO GLAD. *happy sigh*
DEFINITELY receiving new books! They just feel so good! It’s like the person who gave it to me actually knows me. I also cannot count the many times I’ve influenced people to read a book. I have tried many times, but I’m pretty sure 70% of them still need convincing. I’M NOT GIVING UP THOUGH.
I also love it when someone asks me about a book I’ve already read. They’re like “Please explain this to me” and I reply with such a straight and confident answer that it makes me feel like I correctly explained a complicated Math problem. IT FEELS WONDERFUL.
NEVER GIVE UP WHEN IT COMES TO RECOMMENDATIONS! HUZZAH! I will probably sit here chortling about Maggie Stiefvater for 900 years have exactly zero regrets.
But omg, explaining books = the best. ALSO!! Giving theories!! I love doing that…like especially with open ending books?! It’s so awesome to compare the “after story” sort of predictions.😂
Food yes! Dean gave me Game of Scones for Christmas and it made me howl with delight. Can’t wait to make a Jammy Lannister 🙂
And yes, you do need Truthwitch in your life. You do. YOU DO. There’s world building out the kazoo!
GAME OF SCONES???!?!? OMG WHAT IS THIS GLORIOUSNESS. :’) I could handle a cookbook with all those foods, tbh…especially lemon cakes. BUT NO PIE. NO PIE EVER.
*dies laughing over Jammy Lannister*
YES!!! All those moments makes me feel soooooo amazingly good… We all understand…
I would also add that moment when someone gives you a book you wanted for so long…. and there it is in your hands…. pure glory!!! ❤❤❤❤
YES! YES! THAT MOMENT TOO!! Omg I’ve had that moment a few times and it’s so ridiculously exciting I didn’t think I’d ever stop flailing. <3
FANGIRLING IS THE BEST. Especially when you convert people and watch them go through the same feelsssss. *laughs evilly*
Watching them cry like you once cried? :’) JUSTICE TASTES SO SWEET OMG.
Recommending someone just the right book is the best feeling! I get that a lot with my partner and my sister, and it’s just. Hee.
I wish I had actual humans in my life that would like my recommendations. 😂 BUT I SHALL REC TO THE INTERNET FOR NOW. hehhehe.
Great list! I agree with it 100%!
AW, thank you, Lauren! ;D I had fun writing this one!
Yes, I like getting someone to read a book or series I enjoy, but I always think it’s better to meet someone who “gets it” and who has dove into that world on their own like you! That’s the best! When I read Fangirl I was like YASSSSSSSS! This book is me! She wrote about me in this book! Has Rainbow Rowell been following me? Should I cover my windows? Haha!
~Sara
That’s kind of how I felt with Fangirl too.😂 I mean, omg, down to the fact that Cath would rather stay in her room existing on peanut butter than go to the cafeteria?!? LIKE THAT IS SO ME I CANNOT EVEN. And what was even better was so many other bookworms saying how much they related…ergo so many potential friends because WE ALL ARE CATHS.
If the only thing you put in your blog post was:
So when you find someone who loves a book like you do, it is basically time to LET LOOSE THE SEVEN SUNS AND HALLELUJAHS AND DANCE IN THE GLITTER OF GLORY.
I’d still be like “I love this post! AJRKUUUKQQQRR!!!” Yes? Yes.
WELL LET ME AJRKUUUKQQQRR AGAIN WITH YOU, BECCA, BECAUSE FANGIRLING! BOOKS! FEELS! LIFE IS SO GOOD!
What is there to say except a HUGE FAT FLIPPING YES YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE FO THESE. Being a bookworm is great.
IT IS. THE FEELS ARE MONSTROUSLY GOOD.
Love and agree with all of your points! Also my most recent happy bookish moment was when my non-bookish friend was asking me about release dates of upcoming popular books and I could correctly provide them all. I was like… I should not be feeling so much pride right now 😀
OMG. YOU ARE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA!! Or a bookpedia….or cycloworm. I still have to decide because, gawsh, they are just too fabulous to say. AHEM. But yes! FEEL PROUD. That really is an amazing feeling. 😂
AHHH. YES. I love a lot of obscure books, and it always makes me so happy to find someone else who’s also read and loved it. ^_^ Or when I convince someone to read it! <3
YESSSSS. Obscure books can be so so awesome, but it also can be super lonely to plop into the fandom alone. Which makes me just need to rave until everyone joins me. 😂 I’ve been doing that for Blood Red Road and getting SOME SUCCESS!! 😀
Hahaha! YES YES YES!!!!! I have had that successful feeling of pulling someone deep into a fandom and it’s the best because you feed off their feels and vice versa and suddenly you’re both spreading the word and the fandom is groooowing YAS! Btw I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t know your love for MS books 😉 Ooooh! I haven’t finished TGFE but I’m definitely loving the sassy thief part so far :’) and totally agreeing with you that some books just speak to one’s soul so much it’s like they’re specifically made for us :”) Cait this post made my morning! It’s so amazing to see that I’m not alone in this hah and you and so many other people share these things as well! NOTHING LIKE THE MAGIC OF BOOKS AND BOOKISH FRIENDS <3
And it’s like watching a little rabid fanbaby turn into a full fledged fangirl and IT IS THE BEST. :’) *sniffles happily* Especially when they’re screaming “WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME” while they keep reading books that hurt.
(I’m pretty sure if someone didn’t know I liked Stiefvater books than I have been blogging wrong.) 😂
AHH I’M SO GLAD, SIIRI. YOU ARE SO NICE. I’M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU CAKE AND BE HAPPY NOW.
Oh dear, I do love bookish moments. In fact, all of these are lovely. I am going to go ahead and be really materialistic and say that opening boxes of books is my favorite, because then I am being greedy, but also honest. But your last one is pretty amazing too. Probably more amazing in the long run, because like, life impact and such, but shhh I want my instant gratification 😉
I also love the feeling you get when you read a book SO good that you need to hug it. Not want to, NEED. Because you love it that much and it has made you the happiest booknerd in ALL the land. That gives me the warm fuzzies 😀
It’s not greedy! IT FEELS GOOD! Like the smell of new books and the nice box (okay, confession: I have a box addiction? No joke. I LITERALLY collect empty boxes *ahem*) and then the feeling of holding a brand new book of potential. <3 I LURVE IT.
YES! Hugging books!! I have done so!!
Hang on is your hair PURPLE? Is that a trick of the light? No no, it’s purple!
Well clearly you ARE what you eat and you’re turning into a dragon reading a book. A bookagon. And what is that delicious dessert there? It looks like a vanilla slice, but sliced as pie. Is that Vanilla slice pie?
I feel like we’ve both invented new words here today *wpies hands* my work here is done.
EXCUSE ME. MY HAIR IS NOT PURPLE. BAHAHA. It is a trick of the light. Ahem. It’s just very dark brown. But I’m not going to deny I’m slowly turning into a bookagon. I think the more shiny things I collect in my dragon cave, the more scaly I’ll become?
And THAT dessert, my friend, is the infamous Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake which is my LIFE and GLORY and I will eat it forever and ever amen.
My absolute fave is getting recommendations from people and they’re right up my alley. The people on GR usually only rec their own books, which I usually have no interest in :/
I really want someone to make me a book cake! Perhaps when my first book is published!
Agh, I hate the goodreads recommendation feature. -_- I get like 839483 a day and it’s ridiculous because I don’t even really know the people doing the recommending?? EGh.
YES. That’s my plan for when my book is published! First matter of business will be = my book as a cake.😂
“I’m actually fair. If I have to suffer — why shouldn’t you suffer with me?!” #LOGIC THO. Because that’s very true and we fangirls like to suffer together, don’t we?? Without suffering there is nothiNG TO SCREAM ABOUT. (Well except for the good things…I suppose. heh.) MUTUAL HOWLING YUS. ♥ I’m for it. And those wittow baby books omg. i’m i’m i’m i need dem. O_O I WISH I HAD MORE BOOKISH FRIENDS TO GIVE THINGS LIKE THAT TO. Like…ugh. x) But yeah I’ll probably be totally selfish and just get some for myself.
AAAAH YES BOOKS THAT WERE LIKE WRITTEN FOR YOU (or..me? or whoever we’re talking about XD) is like the best of ever. ♥ gaaaaah. There are very few and that’s what makes them SO PRECIOUS LIKE DIAMONDS. Glorious papery diamonds. 😀 OMG CAKE I WANT IT. FNAKNVLDSMCSL. AND WHAT EVEN THAT OTHER 2% THING LIKE IS SO BRILLIANT I CANNOT EVEN SPEAK COHERENTLY BECAUSE NOW I WANT IT SO BAD AND MY LIFE IS IMCOMPLETE WITHOUT IT AND BASICALLY WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE TO SEND ME A COPY. OKAY?? please. heh. xD I will send you a cake that looks like your book.
Encycloworm sounds like a horror novel title. AND THAT IS AWESOME. aaaah cover love. ♥ I aspire to make my future book covers suffocatingly beautiful just for you, Cake. BECAUSE YOU’RE SO RIGHT IT IS SOOO IMPORTANT. Like…yeah. YEP.
this post is brilliant.
love,
Pineapple Abbie
It IS good logic. I mean, why suffer alone when everyone can be brought to the depths with me? It is kind of me. SO KIIIIND. *ahem*
You should definitely be selfish and buy some from me and give them to yourself. *nods* See my excellent marketing strategies here? I’m SO convincing. *awards self cake for efforts*
OMG BUT FINDING BOOKS WRITTEN FOR ME (OR WHOEVER😂) IS LITERALLY THE BEST. It makes those books feel like…gah, like they know me, or something?! It’s even hard to explain. I just want to hug them and possibly yelp.
I completely misunderstood the title of this post! I thought it was covering 10 of the best moments IN books! But since that’s not what you’ve done, I’m going to steal your non-idea and do it myself! Hurrah! 😛
THIS POST IS AWESOME! I’m a children’s bookseller as well as blogger, so it is SO amazing when I get to hand sell books; teens come in, ask what’s great, and I just rave at them about almost everything. Well, I tailor my raves to their YA interests, so not everything. But when they actually listen to you and buy the books you recommended. AWESOME!
Also, being a book blogger comes with some pretty awesome perks. Some of the awesomest ones are the rarer ones. I was asked to be a speaker on a panel, Blogging: The New Community at the London Book Fair, and I was also chuffed to be asked to Sponsor the Children’s Innovation Theatre for the Fair (which just meant that I post about the events happening at the fair, and they blew up my logo and stuck it on the wall). AMAZING! And the few times I’ve had my book quoted in the praise pages of books. So, so cool! But they are more book blogger moments rather than bookish moments…
HAHAAH. Okay, but that would make a spectacular post, Jo! I CAN’T WAIT TO READ IT. 😛
Awk! SELLING BOOKS. THAT IS SO aWESOME. (Okay, actually, it’d be the worst job for me because I tend to want to just own all the things, not sell them. Ahem.) But that’s so cool how you can like give really good recommendations and all that because you’re and avid reader/blogger. :’) GO YOU, JO.
Omggg you were asked to speak on a panel?! SO BASICALLY I AM IN THE PRECENSE OF FAME RIGHT NOW?!? *flails*
Some days ago a friend of mine was explaining to one of our classmates and she told him “Well, before saying that you don’t like reading you should try more genres. For example I hated reading but she (pointing at me) introduced me Harry Potter and then I found out that I love fantasy and started to read a lot of books!” I was without words and hugged her.
Omggg. THAT IS THE BEST THING OF THE UNIVERSE. :’) I convinced my friend to start reading by lending her Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet books once. :’) It is literally the pinnacle of good bookworm feels.
All of these. So much yes. I would have to say number one and two would probably be my favorite because I absolutely love fangirling over books with other people, it’s the greatest feeling when someone loves something just as much as you do. Opening a box of books *drools*
IT IS!! It’s like such an insta-connection, right?! BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE OVER MUTUAL FANGIRLING FLAILS.
BOOKS INSPIRE ME SO MUCH! They just make me realize how boring my life is… They kinda force me to get up and do something! The one thing I have always wanted to do, is just go an a freaking adventure. Like come on, I WANNA RUN AWAY INTO THE FOREST AND DO SUPER COOL THINGS! I also want to be a magical wizard dragon…
Sidenote: It was my birthday on Tuesday and now i get cake. *squeals*
SAME. I WANNA RUN INTO THE FOREST AND DO SUPER COOL STUFF. For maybe, like, 20minutes? Because there is no WifI in the forest and I’ve heard the trees are dangerous and like to eat people. *shrugs*
(This might be why I’m a reader and not an adventurer. Gosh darnit.)
ZOMG HAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOOU. Also HI FIVE for January children. We are like twins basically because of this fact. (Although mine is earlier in January but pffft. I believe in birthmonth’s not birthdays, because one day isn’t enough for all the cake that needs eating.)
I agree with the last point sooooo much! It’s extraordinary that a book can affect you so much that you want to do something because of reading it. That’s how I felt about TFIOS (and probably why I loved it so much). I think it’s one of the hardest things a writer can achieve in their audience, simply because we bookworms read way too much to be doing something in honour of a book! 😀
AGREED!! As a writer, I think that’d be the biggest compliment I could ever receive…just knowing my art made someone want to do something. Omg. It just translates from a reading to an action and GAHHHH IT’S AMAZING.
ALL OF THESE! Allllllllllllll of these! This is basically why I’ve been stuck to Paper Fury like really new velcro. I FOUND SOMEONE WHO SHARED MY EXUBERANT ENTHUSIASM FOR THE STIEFVATERLAND, and that was that. (Also, that someone happened to SOUND like The Stiefvater herself a lot of the time, so that was a bonus to a bonus to a bonus.) But gosh, personalized recommendations, Beauty Queen covers, becoming a book/encycloworm, finding a “me” book (AKA MAGGIE STIEFVATER), book box enthusiasm, and converting and shrieking with a new bookworm – THE BEST OF EVER. ALL OF IT. FOREVER AND EVER.
STIEFVATERLAND IS THE BEST WORD I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS. THAT NEEDS BE EMBLAZONED ON A TEE-SHIRT SO I MIGHT WEAR IT ALWAYS.
#1 Converting someone – I did this to my friend and regretted it. It was a TV show and now she’s more addicted than I ever was. Also, I told her about the show a few weeks before the deadline for grades (she’s a teacher)!! But she said she couldn’t get over it and concentrate on her work so we did sleep overs on weekends to finish all 47 episodes. But she’s still addicted to the show and the cast. Ugh.
Oh and I had bought Six of Crows because of bloggers who really loved it and I trusted them and their reviews. I still haven’t bought Raven Boys yet, but I’m getting there…
Omg. 😂 That is a very proud fangirl you have raised. XD I’ve done this to one of my friends with Supernatural. And even though it’s like my FAVOURITE show, she is a much more dedicated fan than me. hehe. It is a kind of proud moment?!?
OMG RAVEN BOYS THOUGH. RAAAAVEN BOYS. If I can only recommend one author for the rest of ever, it is Maggie Stiefvater. :’)
You forgot #11: when your bookish twin says they love a book! 😉 But yes to all of these! Converting someone to your fandom is absolutely THE BEST because you know they just get you. That’s pretty much why I love book blogging so much – there are so many amazing people that get your love for books and you can talk to them about it and know they’ll understand you. And I love that feeling when you pick up a book that feels like it’s written for you. That’s always the best! Thanks for sharing Cait and, as always, fabulous post! ♥
HHAA< OF COURSE! And that whole, they "get you" thing is just....fajdklsad it's a wonderful, glorious feeling. It's like INSTA FRIEND too since you suddenly have so much common ground. :')
Cait, why oh why must your photos be so gorgeous? You’re making me all sorts of envious here. And you dare taunt me with pictures of CAKE, no less? It’s just shameful. XD Okay, okay, anyway, I would KILL to own a copy of a book you wrote and annotated. I wish all authors did that.
I take beautiful photos JUST TO TORTURE YOU. *ahem* Aw, but seriously now, ajfdklasd I’m so glad you like them.😂 PICTURES OF CAKE THOUGH. <3 IT'S LIFE.
And omg isn't it a good idea though?! I think all authors should regularly annotate their books and give them away or something. It’d be hilariously wonderful.
lol @ when books are prettier. seriously, my fave thing. omg cheesecake and books??? stop my heart hurts. and you remind me I still haven’t read bone gap and I shall soon. (when it gets a nicer paperback. that bee / wasp whatever still scares me. smh) LET THE BOOKS INSPIRE YOU. AND WHEN PEOPLE GIVE YOU THOSE GREAT RECS. OMGOMGOMG.
OMG YoU MUST READ BONE GAP. Omg you don’t like the cover?!? I adore the cover for some reason despite a) actually hating honey because b) I’m allergic. 😂 But yet the book is still my favourite?! IDEK EITHER, DUDE. Ahem.
“REALISING A BOOK IS PRETTIER IN REAL LIFE AND THEREFORE PLEDGING TO ABSCOND WITH IT AND MARRY AT DAWN”
I saw this and then scrolled down to see “A Grisha Novel” and yep, I’m pretty sure I’ve been married to any and all Grisha novels since.. forever. Amazing post, as always ;D
SAME. Aren’t they far too ridiculously beautiful?! *happy sigh*
Reminding me of all these moments is MAKING ME WANT TO READ SO I CAN EXPERIENCE THEM ALL AGAIN. On the other side of bookish moments is having a lull of NONE OF THESE for so long that it starts making you question whether it’s all worth it. It’s like a drought of good book moments and I’m having one right now so let’s not talk about it, ok??
Anyways, just found your blog and have been reading it (instead of books). Keep it up 🙂
OH YES. The lull and drought and reader slump are. the. W.O.R.S.T. I couldn’t agree more! But when it all comes back and hits you, you remember how awesome it is to be a bookworm, right?!? <3 I think it sounds like you need a really good book, Michelle. I HOPE YOU FIND ONE SOON. *sends you cake in the mean time*
(omg, but thank you. <333 I'm really glad you like my blog! *HAPPY DANCE*)
I agree with all of these Cait! But the best bookish moment for me would probably be being able to go to a book signing of an author you love so much and whose books you all have read, and who happened to have a signing close to where you live. I was able to go to Kiera Cass’s book signing last year and it was by far the MOST AMAZING BOOKISH MOMENT OF MY LIFE! I AM OBSESSED WITH THE SELECTION and BEING in the same place with one of my fave authors and BREATHING the same air as her filled me with soo much joy, I fangirled SO HARD, that when my turn came up and Kiera said “Hi Sweetie!” I could only stupidly stare at her, mouth agape. IT WAS SUCH A SERIOUS FANGIRL MOMENT FOR ME. AHHHHH! 😀 *flails arms wildly at the memory*
PS. Now if only Uncle Rick Riordan would have a signing here in the Philippines, my bookish life would be complete. 🙁
AHHH THAT IS SO COOL THAT YOU MET KIERA CASS. *FLAILS* And omg she sounds like such a nice author too. SQUEEE. Honestly I have never met an author and I don’t even know any if any my favourite ones have ever even come to Australia! #bookwormproblems
She is such a lovely person and very down-to-earth as well! Really? They don’t have book signings there in Australia? That’s quite a shame. I hope there will be though in the future! It’s truly one of the best experiences (if not THE best experience) a bookworm could ever have! 😀
PS. I do hope you meet Maggie Stiefvater soon! I’ll bet that would be a blast! 😀
Oh they DO have book signings in Australia! Sorry. XD I probably wasn’t very clear in my reply. Eep. Just that I’ve never been to one and most of the Big YA American Authors never come here anyway. (Plus I live in a tiny obscure town, so yup. Going to a signing needs to be on the bucket list. ;D)
MEETING MAGGIE STIEFVATER WOULD BE AFDJKSLAFD AMAZING.
If there were a like button on this website, I’d click it! I am currently obsessed with the Harry Potter series and have had my nose glued to my computer since I started! (I read via Kindle to avoid the bookshelf overload)
Aww thank you for reading! YOU ARE SO KIND.