Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is “Top Ten Bookworm Delights.” Limiting this list to only ten was quite the feat. If given enough time, I’d probably come up with a hundred thrills for this list. These are the first ten I came up with.
1. The Smell of New Books – I have this silly/crazy/odd/only-bookworms-can-understand ritual. Whenever I receive a new book, whether through the mail or at a store, I always crack open its pages and take a nice long whiff. As I’ve discovered, some books smell batter than others.
2. The Smell of a Used Bookstore – Much like the smell of new books, I also love the smell of old books. There’s something truly unique about the smell of a second-hand bookstore. I never tire of it and hope someday someone will bottle its fragrance.
3. Bookmail – Is there anything more pleasant than coming home to a pile of bookmail? I just love it when you order a bunch of books and they all arrive on the same day.
4. Rearranging Your Bookshelves – I love rearranging my bookshelves. I do it all the time. Every once in a while I just get the urge to take all my books down and do a little alphabetizing/genre-ing/rainbowing/no-one-knows-how-this-is-arranged-but-it-makes-sense-in-my-head-ing. There’s something so satisfying about it.
5. Multiple Editions of Your Favorite Books – Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book. This is the explantation I give whenever someone asks me why I have seven different editions of the book. And I still want more! Currently, I’m coveting this one.
6. Book “Swag” – It was only recently that I discovered you can get some pretty neat book swag (booksmarks/bags/art cards) for preordering certain books and since I preorder a good amount, this is something I really need to look into more often.
7. Library Holds – There’s nothing more romantic than getting that special phone call from that special automated message machine telling you that your library holds have come in.
8. Rereading Books – I’m a big believer in rereading books. Having just spent this last week rereading the first three books in Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle series, I can say with certainty that there’s something wonderful about rereading favorite books and discovering that they keep becoming more and more wonderful.
9. Cover Art – No, this isn’t just about cover art; although, I will say that I drool over a good deal of books based on the cover alone. This thrill comes when you realize that the book behind the glorious cover art is just as breathtaking as its cover.
10. Endless TBR Lists – Let us take a moment to appreciate that no matter how many books we read, there will always be another book waiting to be picked up. There will never be a moment in our bookish lives when we run out of books to read and that is hugely comforting.
Do you agree with these bookish thrills? Have a favorite on my list? Hook me up with your own TTT list, so I can visit!
So much YES on this list! Cover art, book mail, and bookshelf rearranging! I’m particularly fond of the latter task. For me, it’s fun. 😉
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Isn’t it so much fun? Only bookworms have ever understood how much I enjoy doing it 🙂
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Great list. I need to reread more. I do when a book in a series comes out to refresh my memory, but rarely just for enjoyment of a series all over again.
I don’t particular like the smell of books, though. I’m allergic to dust and used books often irritate my eyes. I try not to inhale lol. I have to shake and clean the dust off of them.
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Rereading is one of the greatest bookish pleasures. I’d love to find more time to do it. That’s too bad about the smell of books, must be hard when you enjoy reading them so much.
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I love it when my favorite books are republished with classy covers and bindings. What a fun and comprehensive list. My TTT Bookworm Delights
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Me too! It’s just always hard to resist your favorite book when it comes in such pretty packaging.
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I love that moment when the cover makes sense. Also library holds (though my notification comes via email) and gigantic TBR lists. I don’t own that many books, as I’m a huge library user (and a fast-reading cheapskate), but as I’ve built up a sizable classroom library, I’ve had a lot of fun making displays and reorganizing it periodically.
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Love notes in your inbox are just as romantic as a phone call. How wonderful your classroom library must be!
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I totally wish that I could fit in more time re-reading. There are some books that I’d love to revisit! I can relate to so many of these! 😀
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I try to reread, but it’s so hard when there are so many books on the TBR you want to get to. It is a rewarding experience when you do get a chance to pick up an old favorite though.
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Haha Nice list! I also had #10! I can’t imagine the times when bible was all people had to read o.O not even to mention that most people weren’t taught to read.
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Books may be the greatest invention ever.
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This list is on point! The smell of new books and library holds give me life. In fact, I’m gonna go check on the library hold I have right now..
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Thanks, Carolyn! Haha, I need to go pick up mine myself 😉
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Rearranging my bookshelf can both be fun and depressing. Sometimes I’d just sit on the floor and sift through a book for hours before finally putting it on the shelf 😂
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Yes, it’s an easily distracting activity! Worse is when you’re not sure you’ll have enough room to fit all your books.
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I absolutely agree on everything especially the smell and the never ending TBR list. Actually haven’t thought about this so thank you for including it. Here’s mine: TTT 🙂
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It’s my pleasure, I’m happy to bring some bookish happiness to your day 🙂
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Rearranging a bookshelf can be quite a task. Aside from obsessing over what classification to use (by title? by genre? by author? b publisher? by height? XP ), I sneak in a few reads, and I end up not getting things done. 😛 But the finished product–an efficient and lovely bookshelf–is in itself a thrilling!
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It really is. It’s like getting reacquainted with an old friend 😀
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I spent several hours on Sunday going through all the books I brought home from the library conference. An enchanting time.
http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2016/04/my-top-bookworm-delights.html
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That does sound like an enchanting time!
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Bookmail and library holds for sure!! Covers are some of my favorite things!! Great lists!
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New books of any kind are just so lovely. Thank you!
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Love them all!
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I’m so glad to hear you do!
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I love rereading too! It’s awesome when you find some new stuff you missed during the first read, especially when it’s a book with some epic plot twist.
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Yes, it’s so rewarding to find new things and even gain new insights into characters you may have missed the first time.
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Seeing the multiple editions of your favorite book is always great, but trying not to buy them all is always hard! 😐 If I didn’t have the willpower, or just didn’t care if I were broke, I would want to own every cover of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. That book has some great covers! 🙂 Great Top Ten!
My TTT.
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It’s so hard to resist new editions! The Bell Jar is a wonderful book to have multiple copies of. Have you browsed book depository’s selection? No, wait, I should had be encouraging you 😉
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Hahaha! I’m going to look now!! 😆
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I totally agree with library holds! It’s seriously the best…just envisioning the book you’ve been waiting for sitting on the hold shelf…just waiting for you…
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Yes, knowing that they’re there waiting just for you is just one of those great feelings that is hard to explain, especially if you’ve been waiting forever for a hold to come in.
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yes to all of these honestly… the smell of books, bookswag, cover art, reorganizing your bookshelves… all such joys in my life. great list!
here’s my TTT!
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I’m so glad you agree with all of these, there’s nothing quite like bookish thrills. Thanks!
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I totally agree with the whole smell thing! I just can’t get enough of the smell of books and bookstores! I’ve not gotten bookmail in a long while, not since I’ve moved on to Kindle, and I usually get my books from the bookstore. I’d love to have time to reread…and I believe in the power of it…but rarely find the time to do so. Lovely list!
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Nothing is quite like it for sure. I always feel a kind of nostalgia when I walk into a bookstore. Rereading is always so hard, but a wonderful feeling. Thank you!
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#5 – yes. this. And nonbookish people just don’t understand 🙂 My TTT
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You are so right, I only ever get strange looks if I mention have more than one copy of the same book. But they are all so beautiful!
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exactly!
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Great list! I love when there’s stacks of books in the mail and I completely forgot about used bookstores – the smell, the books, the possibilities!
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Thank you! I love when all the books can’t fit in the mailbox, it’s like Christmas. And that used bookstore smell is wonderful.
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Agree to all your choices – but particularly love your title – all about things that only other book lovers with understand! Yep.
Lynn 😀
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I’m so glad you like my title 🙂 And I’m happy you understand everything I mentioned.
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I’m actually scared of rereading my favorite books. I think they might not be favorites anymore. Happy reading! http://www.curious-daisy.com/top-ten-tuesday/top-ten-bookworm-delights/
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Oh, no, what a horrible feeling! But there is always that possibility that the books are even more wonderful the second time around, that they stand the test of time, that they have something different to offer you when you open them again.
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This is an amazing list! I really love the smell of books and rearranging my bookshelves is one of my favorite past times.
Thanks for sharing!
Amanda
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Thanks, Amanda! Nothing compares to the smell of books and bookshelf rearranging is so relaxing to me.
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It’s so great when a library hold comes in, especially when you work at said library and you’re unpacking the holds and see one that’s yours! 😀
Check out my TTT.
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Oh yes, that would be quite wonderful!
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Well, that was a loonngg scroll down. It appears that your TTT is always a favorite of others, and of mine too! I love how you’ve describe the library hold as “romantic.” I get my notice by e-mail. I agree that each time the library contacts me with a hold–it’s like a brush of something exciting that flutters in my tummy. Though, I do not like the late notices very much. Harumph 😉
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TTT comments accumulated very quickly sometimes. Yes, I just had a rendezvous today picking up some books and it was thrilling!
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Great list!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/top-ten-tuesday-54/
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Thanks!
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A HUGE, WHOPPING YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS to everything you wrote. I love being a bookish nerd. End of. By the way, I LOVED Pride and Prejudice too. I’ve got 4 editions!
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So glad you agree so enthusiastically 😀 You’ll have to do a post of your editions so I can see how beautiful they are!
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First, I have to dig them out! I love the edition you plan on getting. It’s beautiful!
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Here is a better look at the edition, which makes me want to cry: http://akernelofnonsense.tumblr.com/post/141695407775/milliebot-hello-beautiful
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SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON.
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