My favorite hobbies are: Reading books Admiring books Buying books Convincing others to buy books Talking about books Thinking about books - ThreadSky

cjfmeade.bsky.social • 49 days ago

My favorite hobbies are:

Reading books
Admiring books
Buying books
Convincing others to buy books
Talking about books
Thinking about books

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kirsten-marion.bsky.social•49 days ago

All the books, all the time! (Huddles over her favourites cooing, 'my precious). Favourite genres?

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

Dark academia
Horror
Romantasy
Paranormal romance
Urban fantasy
Dark fantasy
Occasionally dark romance

politicaltortoise.bsky.social•49 days ago

Variety is the spice of life.

😆

americanbookdragon.bsky.social•49 days ago

I cringe when people call reading books a hobby.

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I mean, it is more a lifestyle at this point, but “hobby” is easier for most people to understand 😂

americanbookdragon.bsky.social•48 days ago

Yeah, it's definitely a lifestyle for me. 😁

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

Once I finish my MBA later this year, I can go back to feeling like it is more lifestyle than hobby. Working full time and getting a degree takes up way too much time. It is criminal how much it takes away from my reading 😫

patrixilent.bsky.social•49 days ago

and when someone tries to get ahold of you, you say you're all booked up

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

That is only if they can successfully get ahold of me when I am in another world 😂

thesimplysyn.bsky.social•49 days ago

Me too, when I’m not doing book related stuff I’m thinking about book related stuff.☺️📚

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I mean, what else of value is there to even think about when compared to books? 😂

theunseenfanzine.bsky.social•48 days ago

I collect books but sshh don't tell anyone - this year I want to acquire all first edition hardbacks of Terry Pratchett's Discworld stories

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I love the idea of collecting first editions, but they are so hard to find and often so expensive. So, I have settled for collecting special editions, which is not quite as cool as first editions, but at least they are pretty 😂

theunseenfanzine.bsky.social•48 days ago

Nothing wrong with that. Fortunately because he sold so many Pratchett first editions are still affordable

holdtheolives.bsky.social•49 days ago

Carrying books

sssumbry.bsky.social•49 days ago

Pretty good hobbies to have!

Well, unless you’re just reading smut, which in that case…. Still a decent hobby lol

jeanneryan.bsky.social•49 days ago

Same

mybloodyvinyltime.bsky.social•49 days ago

Do you ever:
-Look at books
-Smell books
-Covet other people’s books
-Hide books from others
-Collect entire series of books so the bookshelf looks right
???
Etc etc etc?

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

Yes to every single one of the above, including hiding books 😂

marilynnmendell.bsky.social•49 days ago

Keeping books

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

Absolutely!

tomsbrown.bsky.social•49 days ago

I detect a theme...

isabellajosh.bsky.social•49 days ago

I like your list, looks similar to my unwritten one 😊.

wordywoman.bsky.social•49 days ago

You forgot smelling books.

anessav.bsky.social•49 days ago

🙌🏾

ibramxk.bsky.social•49 days ago

I like hoarding books!

cjfmeade.bsky.social•49 days ago

There is a reason why I am known as a book dragon…😁

temstarlite.bsky.social•46 days ago

Tsundoku: The term combines “tsunde-oku” (積んでおく), which means “to pile things up and leave them,” and “dokusho” (読書), which means "reading books".

notakarenbutkaren.bsky.social•49 days ago

And... smelling books. I know it's weird, but if you get it, you get it.

cjfmeade.bsky.social•49 days ago

You are correct.

searchingfor.bsky.social•49 days ago

I was just going to respond with that, but you already did it so thank you. And yes, I get it.

tiger4elfy.bsky.social•49 days ago

We have the same hobbies.

raskarl88.bsky.social•49 days ago

Right?

synystercola.bsky.social•49 days ago

Honorable mention:

Drinking coffee

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

You know me too well 😂

ondertussentijd.bsky.social•49 days ago

Yes but how many books are staring at you, right now - seething with disbelief that you're not reading them?

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

…many. They especially get annoyed with me when I start reading an ebook I just downloaded today when they have been sitting on the shelf for awhile 😂

mybookishadventure.bsky.social•46 days ago

Yesssss!!!

emiliaxenia.bsky.social•48 days ago

🫶🏼

laramide-orogeny.bsky.social•49 days ago

this is art 🏆

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I have certainly made an art of loading my bookshelves 😂

laramide-orogeny.bsky.social•48 days ago

load bearing bookshelves eh? pretty sure that qualifies you as an engineer as well, the knowledge gets heavy!

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I didn’t say anything about load bearing…one day it all might come crashing down. My sister is the engineer, not me 😂

01eri.bsky.social•49 days ago

I gotta re read the Uglies series again

bookbrowse.bsky.social•49 days ago

You sound familiar...

revelsinreading.bsky.social•49 days ago

Reading books and making a TBR list are two completely different hobbies imo (if only to justify my 5k TBR list and my lack of reading them) 😂

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I don’t think my list has reached that length yet, but I have no doubt that it will eventually 😂

jillsreads.com•49 days ago

What else is there, really?

koshkakitty55.bsky.social•49 days ago

📙📗📚📕📚📚📚📚📚📚

debbienorthway.bsky.social•49 days ago

Smelling books ?

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

Yes! I forgot to add that one.

storiesbooksandtea.bsky.social•48 days ago

Mine too 🤭

merryann55.bsky.social•49 days ago

Also organizing books and
Figuring out where to put all the rest of the books!

cjfmeade.bsky.social•49 days ago

Yes! Though sometimes that turns into a bigger project than I intended…😂

sirnapalot.bsky.social•49 days ago

You’re my mate. My wife convinced me once to get rid of the books that had already read. I’ve regretted that decision for decades.

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

If my husband tried to convince me to get rid of my books, I would tell him I am getting rid of our marriage instead 😂😂😂

heleline.bsky.social•49 days ago

I like your hobbies. May pick up a couple more of them.

alwaysinabook.bsky.social•48 days ago

Ditto! 😍

cozynomi.bsky.social•49 days ago

*Gasp* Me too!

cjfmeade.bsky.social•49 days ago

Twins!!!

suburban-vampire.bsky.social•48 days ago

I feel like you should make one of those ad campaigns for a general category of thing, like those ads for pork and cotton and stuff.

"You may be surprised to learn about some of the things books can do for you!"

[ starwipe to Steven King standing in front a bookshelf ]

cjfmeade.bsky.social•48 days ago

I don’t think I am familiar with those ads, but I just have to say, I love your username!

suburban-vampire.bsky.social•48 days ago

Why thank you! I live in the burbs, am aging slowly, and during COVID often ended up walking around at like 2 AM, so it felt appropriate. Also, this may be either/or an age & regional thing, but at least this one came to mind immediately:

suburban-vampire.bsky.social•48 days ago

oh and

hazelleandabook.bsky.social•46 days ago

Love this hobby! 🫶🏻

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vstreet7.bsky.social•49 days ago

Mine too.

thehagwriter.bsky.social•49 days ago

You know what? Yeah, Hell yeah

akasher.bsky.social•49 days ago

Ignoring your partner when they ask, “Why don’t you read the books you already have?”

cjfmeade.bsky.social•49 days ago

And glaring at my partner when he talks to me while I am reading 😂

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