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I've had this list for a while and I'm not sure where I got it from originally, but I thought it would be fun to share with you guys.

You know you're a bookaholic when ...

You walk into someone's house and you have to check the impulse to ignore them and immediately begin scoping out their bookshelves. A corollary: You walk into a house with no visible reading material anywhere and you immediately get nervous.

You reject purses because their book-holding potential is low.

You choose the exercise bike (or elliptical) over other nominally more appealing forms of exercise, because it offers the opportunity to read.

You're stressed out on vacation because there are too many people around (extended family) and they won't leave you alone to read.

You feel naked if you don't bring a book to some social event (baseball game, dinner with friends, church, jury duty).

You get irritated with your spouse or family member when they want to talk to you and you're right in the middle of a particularly good part of the book you're reading.

You feel the need to ask those who say they don't like reading "Don't you get bored?"

You've memorized your library card number from always typing it in online to request a book.

The librarian at the branch library you go to recognizes you and knows what books you like to read.

You take two books with you on a 5-day trip and return with thirteen. 

 

So do you guys have anything to add to the list?  I know Michelle does. She brought a book with her to the largest trade show in the country (BookExpo America) just in case there wasn't anything to read.

Last month I was at Book Expo America in Los Angeles, CA. Before everthig got underway, I was scanning my program and I came across an advertisement for The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler. I have to say, I was quite intrigued by it. So when it came time, I got in line to get my copy and get it signed. Now I wish I could have read it before I saw her. Seriously, this book is great! It's probably for the best, because I may have scared her with my enthusiasm. I would have tried to be cool and say something profound and it would have come out as "you uh... totally rock!". Or something like that. After all, when it was my turn to meet Richelle Mead, author of the Vampire Academy books, I geeked out and told her that I loved her. Oh, well. I really did mean it. Anyway, here is my review of:

The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler:

                                         

If you are looking for something to wake up your imagination, The Otherworldlies is the way to go. Kogler has created a richly detailed world inhabited by incredible characters that you can't help but love.

 

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