25 Bookish Facts About Me

Hello beautiful people :) 

Today, I wanted to participate in tag that has been very popular in the booktube community and that I find really entertaining: The 25 Bookish Facts. Since you are currently reading a book blog, it might be interesting to know the bookish habits of the person running this blog: ME! So, without further ado, here are 25 book related facts about yours truly. 

1) The Harry Potter series sparked my love for reading. I was very young when the books first came out and I remember my dad reading the first and second book to me and my brother. And thus began a never ending love story. 

2) One of my life goals is to have read 5000 books. I don't know why exactly 5000, I'd just like to make that number. Fun fact, apparently Winston Churchill read around 5000 books in his life, so there we go. 

3) I don't particularly like listening to audio books. I feel like I can follow the plot so much better and connect with the characters if I am actually reading the words. I get distracted much easier listening to something rather than reading it. Also, it feels like I haven't actually "read" the book. 

4) I am also not a big fan of e-readers. I do have a kindle, but I've had it for years and haven't used it much. I get that it is very convenient and often books are cheaper if you get them for your e-reader, but for me, nothing beats a physical copy. But, I am trying to use my kindle sometimes, as I still have quite a few books on there that I'd like to read. 

5) I read books in German and English, since I am fluent in both languages. Lately, it has been mostly English though. I have read books in French, but that was only for class and something I'd like to challenge myself with more. 

6) I don't like reading more than one book at a time, unless one of them is non-fiction. I just like to invest myself in only one story and one set of characters at a time. 

7) I prefer paperbacks to hardbacks. Not only are they cheaper, I also prefer how they feel while reading (lighter ect.) and I get really annoyed by dust jackets :D

8) I love slightly worn books; dents, broken-in spines, you name it. Of course the book shouldn't be completely destroyed, but I love when you can see that someone's read the book, maybe even multiple times. To me, a book well worn is a book well loved. 

9) Generally speaking,I don't really see the point in having more than one copy of the same book. I'd rather just invest the money in books that I haven't read yet. With that being said though, I do own three copies of Looking For Alaska (German, American and Tenth Anniversary Special Edition) and the Harry Potter series both in German hardback and UK paperback, with three copies of the first and the seventh book each. So, yeah :D

10) I usually carry a book with me wherever I go. I read on the bus, during my breaks at work ect. It can really help you to read more. 

11) A genre I'd like to explore more is poetry. I own a copy of "Ariel", Sylvia Plath's collected poems and I love it. Any other poetry recommendations? 

12) I am not interested in Graphic Novels. I know those are hugely popular at the moment, and I am not really sure what is putting me off about them, but its not a genre I'd like to venture into.

13) I don't like borrowing books. The book hoarder in me wants to have a copy I can keep forever, even if I only read it once. 

14) I tend to buy way too many books while I am on holidays and then have trouble getting them all back home, because, well, books are heavy and airlines have weight limits. For some reason this concept always escapes me. 

15) I have trouble DNFing books. Even when I dislike the book, there's usually something that keeps me reading, like a little sub-plot that I want to know the ending of. Sometimes the book does pick up and sometimes I am just left with regret and disappointment. 

16) The bargain section always gets me. If I see a book there that even vaguely interests me, I will buy it, because "It's only xxx". Again, that's a book hoarder problem. 

17) Fact 13 and 16 are the main reason why my TBR pile resembles Mt. Everest. 

18) I know that movie adaptions will disappoint me. Yet, I always go and see them anyway. And 99,9 % of the time I get disappointed (duh).

19) If you tell me that you don't like reading I will (silently) judge you a little.

20) I really want to get a book related/book inspired tattoo. 

21) I would say my reading speed is average to slow. I really, really would like to be one of those people that can read like 500 books a year, but it's just never going to happen for me.

22) I love to read about WWII. I have read a lot of non-fiction as well as fiction on it and there's just so many sides to all of those stories and events. 

23) I get really unhappy when I don't have time to read. A good day needs to contain some reading. That's why reading slumps are the worst. 

24) I have not yet read the Mortal Instruments series. I know this is a hugely popular book in the bookish community, but I have read City Of Bones and it was a "meh" book for me, didn't hate it but also didn't love it. So I haven't picked up the second book yet, even though I own the next four. Maybe I am just not the target age for this series anymore?

25) A book needs to be either really good, or really close to my heart to make me cry. There are books that make me teary or really emotional but one of the only books that actually ever made me cry was Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. I cried like five times when I was reading that book. 

Okay, so these were 25 more or less interesting bookish facts about me. What are your bookish facts? Do we share the same? Let me know in the comments and have an awesome day. 

Tabea