Are you a non-stop re-reader? The first step is to admit you have a problem… Here are 12 problems only re-readers will understand.

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No matter how many times you’ve read your all-time favorite book, you can’t seem to stop re-reading it.

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Meanwhile your TBR pile looks like a skyscraper.

 

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“You’re going to re-read the book again?” A common question posed by your spouse/parents/friends/coworkers/et al.

4.

When you have to admit to someone that you’re re-reading a book for the eleventh time.

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You have the urge to skip to your favorite part.

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Because you already know what’s going to happen in the plot.

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And then there’s that awkward moment when you realize the book you read ten years ago now re-reads … differently.

8.

The notes in the margins make no sense.

 

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9.

The book you’re re-reading looks something like this.

 

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Or this.

 

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Or this.

 

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12.

That so-called wonderful “old book smell” by the way?

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